Welcome to my build thread for the 2019 Tom Schwarz build challenge. :) I'll be building the FOS Brody & Martin waterfront coal dealer. I'll have another build thread going on concurrently but that one won't be part of the challenge. It will be the Fine Scale Miniatures, Jewel Series #10, Avram's Bakery. I'd only be kidding myself if I thought I could wrap that one up my April 15th. ::)
So let's get started with the obligatory pictures of the kit and it's contents. ;)
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One two sided sheet of instructions and a template are included along with strip wood.
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Also walls, signs, details and corrugated roofing material.
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Let's get started by cleaning up the detail parts. I use a sprue cutter to remove the windows from the sprues. Note: Some of you prefer to leave the windows on the sprue and paint them first. That's cool. I just prefer to remove them prior to painting. ;)
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I clean up the edges with and an emery board. I also check the mullions for any flash (there was none) and if I see any I gently scrape it off with the tip of an X-Acto knife.
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The metal castings I clean up with a file and/or sanding sticks.
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More in a moment... ;)
I used the tip of an X-Acto to clean up a little flash that was in an opening in the metal casting of garbage cans, a barrel, tires, etc.
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Once the castings were prepped I taped a strip of blue painters paint, upside down, on an old jelly roll pan and stuck the castings on the sticky side of the tape so I could prime them with my airbrush. When I'm working on a smaller kit like this one I'll prep the castings for another kit (or two) and add them to the tray as well so I can prime all of them at the same time. If I'm going to break out the airbrush, mix up paint and have to clean it up afterwards the more the merrier. ;D
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While waiting for the primer to cure I started prepping the wood. There are a few dowels included for the pilings so I ran an fine tooth razor saw along the length of them to rough them up and give them some texture.
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The flat strip wood that will be used for the decking and supports for the pilings I roughed up with one of my favorite tools for such things, a wire welders brush I found in Home Depot.
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All the strip wood was then given the opportunity to jump into the pool (filled with Hunterline Light Gray Weathering Mix) and soak for a spell.
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I keep an old cardboard box handy to prop the wet strip wood up in to allow to dry. I failed to mention I sorted all the wood by size first and marked the sizes on some blue painters tape I (loosely) wrapped around each bundle to keep it organized.
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More in a moment... :D
Great start!!
Looking forward to seeing how this baby turns out. Great kit selection for the contest!
Next up I removed the walls from their carrier sheets using a single edged razor blade. A double edge one might be a bit rough on the fingers. :P
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I squared each edge of the walls (particularly the ends) by running them back and forth over an emery board laying down on my cutting mat.
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Next up I added bracing to the back of the walls. I used a square just to make sure I didn't glue the bracing beyond the end of the wall which would make a good fit at the corner next to impossible later on. Note I didn't stain the bracing material. No need to as I'll paint the interior black later one.
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After the bracing was glued into place I trimmed it to fit using a single edge razor blade. I always toss my old blade from the previous build and start with a fresh one when I start a new build.
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Once the walls have been braced I paint the interior black using a cheap craft store acrylic. To think I used to use Floquil Grimy Black ($$$) for this step. :o
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The exterior of the walls were first stained with Hunterline Light Gray Weathering mix and then, after they dried, with Polly Scale Reefer White.
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That's all for the moment. Thanks for following alone! ;D
Quote from: Dave K. on January 01, 2019, 12:27:44 PM
Great start!!
Thanks Dave! My vacation ended yesterday but I spent a good part of it at the work bench practicing for retirement. I think I'll be able to handle it but it's still a few years away. ;D
Quote from: Bruce Oberleitner on January 01, 2019, 12:31:24 PM
Looking forward to seeing how this baby turns out. Great kit selection for the contest!
Thanks for following along Bruce. This is one of the rare one's I'm building for myself. I've got a ton of waterfront kits and I'm thinking about building a waterfront switching layout centered around Red Hood Wharf one of these days. This one will fit right in with that. ;D
Bob,
I'm in on the followers as well.
Tom ;D
Quote from: ReadingBob on January 01, 2019, 12:35:30 PM
Quote from: Dave K. on January 01, 2019, 12:27:44 PM
Great start!!
Thanks Dave! My vacation ended yesterday but I spent a good part of it at the work bench practicing for retirement. I think I'll be able to handle it but it's still a few years away. ;D
Yep. June 2021 for me. It's dragging.😡
Looks great so far. I'm following.
Quote from: ReadingBob on January 01, 2019, 12:37:01 PM
Quote from: Bruce Oberleitner on January 01, 2019, 12:31:24 PM
Looking forward to seeing how this baby turns out. Great kit selection for the contest!
Thanks for following along Bruce. This is one of the rare one's I'm building for myself. I've got a ton of waterfront kits and I'm thinking about building a waterfront switching layout centered around Red Hood Wharf one of these days. This one will fit right in with that. ;D
That would be awesome! I hope you do it!
The Red Hood Wharf is ones of Dougies kits I wish I had pickup up back in the day.
Looking good Bob. You sure get a move on and this has been a flying start. Doug's kit was called Red Hook Wharf, if he ever did a Red Hood Wharf I would be first in the queue!
Mike :D
A great start, Bob, and I certainly will be following along.
--Opa George
Wow -- really exploding out of the gate, Bob! Looking forward to following this one.
Quote from: ACL1504 on January 01, 2019, 12:47:28 PM
Bob,
I'm in on the followers as well.
Tom ;D
Glad to have you on board! Hopefully I can show you the finished model sometime soon. ;)
Quote from: Dave K. on January 01, 2019, 12:50:00 PM
Quote from: ReadingBob on January 01, 2019, 12:35:30 PM
Quote from: Dave K. on January 01, 2019, 12:27:44 PM
Great start!!
Thanks Dave! My vacation ended yesterday but I spent a good part of it at the work bench practicing for retirement. I think I'll be able to handle it but it's still a few years away. ;D
Yep. June 2021 for me. It's dragging.😡
Lucky you! It's April 2024 for me. :( Not that I'm watching the calendar or anything like that. ::)
Quote from: PRR Modeler on January 01, 2019, 03:16:47 PM
Looks great so far. I'm following.
Thanks Curt! Glad to have following along! :D
Quote from: Bruce Oberleitner on January 01, 2019, 04:21:43 PM
Quote from: ReadingBob on January 01, 2019, 12:37:01 PM
Quote from: Bruce Oberleitner on January 01, 2019, 12:31:24 PM
Looking forward to seeing how this baby turns out. Great kit selection for the contest!
Thanks for following along Bruce. This is one of the rare one's I'm building for myself. I've got a ton of waterfront kits and I'm thinking about building a waterfront switching layout centered around Red Hood Wharf one of these days. This one will fit right in with that. ;D
That would be awesome! I hope you do it!
The Red Hood Wharf is ones of Dougies kits I wish I had pickup up back in the day.
I missed it too when it first came out but recently acquired one via a mutual friend of ours. I was very lucky to be able to get my hands on one. It's a really neat kit. ;)
Quote from: madharry on January 02, 2019, 05:00:05 AM
Looking good Bob. You sure get a move on and this has been a flying start. Doug's kit was called Red Hook Wharf, if he ever did a Red Hood Wharf I would be first in the queue!
Mike :D
;D ;D ;D Thanks Mike! Darn that spell check. Doesn't it know I meant to type Hook, not Hood? ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Opa George on January 02, 2019, 05:38:49 AM
A great start, Bob, and I certainly will be following along.
--Opa George
Thanks George! Glad to have you following along! :D
Quote from: vinceg on January 02, 2019, 07:05:29 AM
Wow -- really exploding out of the gate, Bob! Looking forward to following this one.
Thanks Vince! Being on vacation for a couple of weeks over the Christmas Holiday really helped me make some progress at the workbench. ;) Now that I'm back in the cube it'll slow down a little bit.
Sorry about missing your challenge build kick-off yesterday Bob, but I'll be looking in from now on. :)
Looks like its day 2 and you're moving right along.
Jumping in the following line , glad I made it.
I will jump in line and follow this one also.
Jim
Greg, Lynn, Jan and Jim - Thanks for jumping in and following along! The more the merrier. :)
Time for the next update. :)
Since this is a waterfront coal dealer, and one I'm building for my own use, I decided I wanted it to look pretty weather beaten/ratty looking. After painting the walls with PollyScale Reefer White I dabbed them with a sponge that was dipped in a light gray craft store acrylic after which I remove most of the paint by first dabbing it on a piece of paper. Think dry brushing but with a sponge. The light gray doesn't contrast too much with the white and it can be hard to see when you're doing it but it does make a difference. The intent here is to emulate spots where the white paint peeled away and the primer underneath is showing.
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I did the same thing with a khaki tan craft store acrylic paint. The intent this time is to emulate places where both the white paint and the primer have peeled away exposing the wood beneath. I also did this to all of the sides of some strip wood I had set aside and painted with Reefer White for the corner posts and trim as well as the doors and windows. I had to figure out how much of the strip wood I would need for this. You don't want to do all of it. Some is not painted. Select just enough for what's needed for the main structure. (I did two pieces of the 1/16" square and three of the 2" x 6").
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I dipped the doors and windows in my A&I mix and set them on a paper towel to dry. They dry lighter than they look but they can also be adjusted at this stage by brushing with a brush dipped in straight A (no I) and/or blotting lightly with a paper towel to pick up some of the excess A&I. Any overly heavy spots from the gray/khaki sponge effect can be lessened or washed away by gently scrubbing them with a cotton swab or fine brush dipped in the A&I mix or just straight A. This is a very forgiving technique that allows for adjustments long the way. Same is true for the walls and trim pieces.
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Before applying the A&I wash to the walls I needed to beat them up a bit. First I added rows of nail holes using a ponce wheel and steel square. We won't go into the whole nail hole discussion here. ::)
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I failed to snap a picture of me masking off the lower section of the walls and "dry sponging" them with Polly Scale St. Lawrence Blue (after which I followed up with the light gray and then Khaki sponge treatment). What was interesting about this was a) the clapboards didn't align properly with the end and side walls but I taped them so the blue would come up to the same spot. I used the edge of one of the clapboards on a longer, side wall as a guide and just put the tape where it needed to be on the end walls even if was in the middle of a clapboard. Not a big deal on the tall end wall because that wall will be pretty much hidden by the coal bin. It's only the short end wall where the blue lower section will be visible. This did bring up an interesting conundrum though. I hadn't glued the 1/16" corner trim the walls yet and the was also painted white and weathered so what to do about that? Leave the corners white? No, I opted to add the corner posts later and then go back and mask them off and apply the blue (followed by gray and khaki) paint at that time.
Once again, prior to applying the A&I wash, I chose to beat up the walls by slipping a chisel blade underneath some clapboards and lifting them up. I even twisted the blade and broke off a few small pieces here and there. Try not to do the section of the large wall where the sign will go. That can be done after applyling the sign.
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Finally I applied the A&I to the walls and painted strip wood pieces. The reason I save this for after the nail holes and beating up the walls is because it will settle into the holes and color the exposed wood where I broke off pieces of the clapboard siding.
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That's all for today's update! Thanks for following along. Next time we'll add some doors and windows to the walls and she'll start looking like something. ;)
Hi Bob:
Looks like you are off to a good start. I built that when it first came out and its A great little kit.
Karl
Very nice color combo.
Ditto on the color pairing.👍🏻
Quote from: postalkarl on January 03, 2019, 09:37:51 AM
Hi Bob:
Looks like you are off to a good start. I built that when it first came out and its A great little kit.
Karl
Thanks Karl! Yep, I really liked the looks of this one when I first saw it. My wife gave it to me for X-Mas a couple of years ago. Every now and then it helps if I build one she gave me so she knows they're not all getting stashed away somewhere. ;D ;D ;D
Thanks for the comments on the colors Curt and Dave. Not very original on my part though. I just used the colors Doug recommended. I was very surprised to find I had a bottle of St. Lawrence Blue in my stash. I stocked up on Reefer White when the Floquil/PollyScale lines bit the dust. :'(
Looking good Bob. I'm usually not a blue color user, but your treatment of it came out very well. I may have to do some experimentation with some blues. Keep those photos coming along!
Quote from: MAP on January 05, 2019, 04:41:58 PM
Looking good Bob. I'm usually not a blue color user, but your treatment of it came out very well. I may have to do some experimentation with some blues. Keep those photos coming along!
Thanks for the comment and for following along Mark! I'm happy with the color combination and how it's turning out. I may have to try it again on one of the FOS freebies I have. ;)
Okay, the system I need for work is down at the moment so I'll post a quick update. ;)
I drybrushed the walls, doors, windows and a few of the castings with a cheap, off white acrylic paint I found (FolkArt Ivory White). I'm really just trying to hit the edges of things to make them stand out a little better to the viewer. I used to use Floquil Antique White for this step. That was very unforgiving. If I get too heavy handed with the cheap acrylic a quick swipe with a wet finger of cotton swab will remove the offending spot and allow me to try again. :D
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For this structure I opted to use MicroScale Krystal Klear for the window glazing. I find this easier to work with than Canopy Glue (in other words I get less, very few in fact, bubbles). I apply it with a pointy thingy tool I have, from the rear of the window, by drawing it across the opening to create a film.
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While the glazing was drying I started working on the large Coal sign. I have a confession to make. I scanned the signs into my computer and spent 30 to 40 minutes or so searching for a font that I could use to change the name from Brody and Martin to T. Schwarz but I never found one that I liked. Since I spend all day on a computer I finally threw in the towel and decided to go with the Brody and Martin sign that came with the kit. :'( I cut it out using a steel ruler and sharp X-Acto blade. Then I started gently sanding the back, from the center out, to thin the paper a bit.
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Then I mixed up some Elmers White Glue with water to thin it out a bit.
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I smeared the thinned white glue onto the back of the sign, being careful not to get any on the front, using a finger.
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Then I carefully positioned the sign on the wall. By the way, before I did any of this I had figured out exactly where I wanted the sign to go. ;)
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More in a moment... ;)
When the sign was flat on the wall I carefully started pushing it down into the clapboards using a fingernail. If you want to be extra safe a sheet of thin plastic (like from the bag the kit came in) can be laid over the sign. That way there's less risk of tearing the wet paper. I guess I was feeling like a bit of a daredevil when I did this and did it unprotected. ;D
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I glued the 1/16 square corner pieces onto the walls. Since I colored and weather all four sides I take a moment to make sure the two exposed sides are the two sides that look best to my eye and applied the glue to one of the sides that maybe didn't look as good.
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When adding the corner trim I tried to line it up with the back of the clapboard wall as best I could so I'd have a nice joint.
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The corner pieces were glued on longer than necessary and trimmed to fit after the glue had a chance to set a bit. That single edge razor blade comes in handy for this.
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Now it's time to add the doors and windows. I applied the same glue (Pink Flamingo glue) I use for the wood to wood joints to the inside of the opening.
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Then I pressed the window into place.
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Okay, systems back up. Gotta get back to work. :( More the next time I get a chance. ;)
Great progress and a good looking build. Unfortunately finger cuts are the price we pay.
Bob,
Wonderful job on the walls and windows. I love the nasty and used/abused look of the walls.
Tom ;D
Dang, Looks very cool Reading Bob.
Beautiful job on these walls Bob.
jim
Quote from: PRR Modeler on January 08, 2019, 04:05:38 PM
Great progress and a good looking build. Unfortunately finger cuts are the price we pay.
Thanks Curt! How true on the finger cuts. I also poke myself with that little pointy thing I use quite frequently. :P
Quote from: ACL1504 on January 08, 2019, 04:57:53 PM
Bob,
Wonderful job on the walls and windows. I love the nasty and used/abused look of the walls.
Tom ;D
Thanks Tom! I'm really quite happy with how this one is coming along so far. It may inspire me enough, along with Red Hook Wharf when I build it, to start a 2' x 4' module that can be incorporated into a shelf layout (or larger). I may need to find some place to put where it'll remain visible. ;D
Quote from: Bruce Oberleitner on January 08, 2019, 06:00:09 PM
Dang, Looks very cool Reading Bob.
Thank you very much Bruce! Glad to have you following along. :D
Quote from: jimmillho on January 08, 2019, 07:38:04 PM
Beautiful job on these walls Bob.
jim
Thanks Jim! Much appreciated! :D
Nice job Bob and a great tutorial on how your doing it all.
Jerry
Quote from: Jerry on January 09, 2019, 12:33:01 PM
Nice job Bob and a great tutorial on how your doing it all.
Jerry
Thanks Jerry! Much appreciated. The little steps I may gloss over in this build thread I might cover in the next one (or not). It depends on how often I remember to set the camera to take pictures. :D
Another quick update (just so I can show the walls glued together).
For 'blinds' I take a sheet of printer paper and paint it either a green or beige color. A full sheet lasts a long time. Then I cut strips off a little wider than the window openings. I take the strip and, using a square, cut off random lengths.
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Then I put a little glue around the window, inside the building of course. :P
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I put the blind in place varying the height from window to window so it doesn't look too consistent.
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This is a simple structure so I glued one side wall to one end wall and tried my best to keep everything square. I use a marble block so I have a flat base. I repeated this step with the other side wall and end wall so I ended up with two halves of the building which were then glued together.
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Next I added some trim to the top of the walls. Longer than necessary and cut to fit after the fact of course.
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As I said, cut to fit. ::)
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Hey! It's time to go home so I'll stop here. More to show next time around. Thanks for following along! :D
Incredible Bob! IMO, those might be the best wall treatments you've ever done. You really nailed the weathering- very much reminds me of Doug's displays. Great job!
John
Really looking great, Bob!
Bob, definitely top-notch work so far. My favorite bit is how the coal sign works with the two-toned wall. Wonderful.
--George
Really out standing work Bob
Jim
Hey Bob:
Looks great so far. I'm following along.
Karl
Quote from: cuse on January 12, 2019, 04:39:16 AM
Incredible Bob! IMO, those might be the best wall treatments you've ever done. You really nailed the weathering- very much reminds me of Doug's displays. Great job!
John
Thanks John! If it reminds you of one of Doug's displays I must have done something right! :P
Quote from: Opa George on January 12, 2019, 03:21:56 PM
Bob, definitely top-notch work so far. My favorite bit is how the coal sign works with the two-toned wall. Wonderful.
--George
Thank you George! It's been a fun little build. I'm happy with how it's coming together. :D
Quote from: jimmillho on January 12, 2019, 04:07:29 PM
Really out standing work Bob
Jim
Thanks Jim. You got a sneak peek at what the rest of the thread will contain. ;)
Quote from: postalkarl on January 12, 2019, 08:27:17 PM
Hey Bob:
Looks great so far. I'm following along.
Karl
Thanks Karl! Glad to have you following along. :D
I'm sure you've answered this before, Bob, but do you use a little cell phone stand/tripod for your threads?
Quote from: Dave K. on January 14, 2019, 05:54:10 PM
I'm sure you've answered this before' Bob, but do you use a little cell phone stand/tripod for hour threads?
Here's my setup Dave. I have an old Sony Digital camera on a small tripod pointed at my work area. It's kind of top heavy so I have to careful not to tip it over when I'm pressing buttons. I know, by feel/location, which button on the rear sets the timer. If it was a newer camera with just a screen and no physical buttons I'd have to look at the screen each time to set the timer (unless that could be set as a default on a newer camera). ;)
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Don't know if it will work with your camera Bob , but I use a program from Sony to view and take the shots with my Sony a68 , the program is Sony Imaging Edge might be handy for you too. https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/imagingedge/en/download/ (https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/imagingedge/en/download/)
Bob
Another fantastic build and thread. I agree with the others that have said the walls look amazing.
Your build is coming along nicely, always appreciate the time you put into narrating.
Quote from: Janbouli on January 15, 2019, 08:43:24 AM
Don't know if it will work with your camera Bob , but I use a program from Sony to view and take the shots with my Sony a68 , the program is Sony Imaging Edge might be handy for you too. https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/imagingedge/en/download/ (https://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/imagingedge/en/download/)
Thanks Jan. I'll have to remember to take a look at that. I lost the programs I was very familiar with when Windoze 10 crashed and I had to reinstall it. I haven't found anything that I've grown to accustomed to (yet). ;)
Quote from: S&S RR on January 15, 2019, 08:58:18 AM
Bob
Another fantastic build and thread. I agree with the others that have said the walls look amazing.
Thanks John! Much appreciated. :D
Quote from: Lynnb on January 15, 2019, 09:52:35 AM
Your build is coming along nicely, always appreciate the time you put into narrating.
Thanks Lynn! Fun little build. I don't mind sharing the process. Actually looking at the pictures helps me spot things that, for some reason, I don't typically see when the build is sitting right in front of me. Go figure. ;D
Quick update (because I'm going to run out of pictures that I've cleaned and uploaded to the forum).
I braced the underside of the card stock roofs. Nothing fancy. Just some simple bracing that doesn't interfere with anything. Note I also painted the edges and underside the wall/trim color (white).
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The base gets a lined with strip wood on three sides. Pretty simple/straight forward process.
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I cut the pilings to the same length using a razor saw and miter box. The blue painters tape was my 'bump stop' for the dowels so I'd get the same length on all of them.
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I had previously stained the dowels for the pilings with HunterLine Light Gray Weather Mix. But I wanted the bottom to be darker (water logged) than the top so I stood each up in about 1/4" of HunterLine Creosote Black and let it wick up the dowel.
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After that I applied some AK Interactive Slimy Green Dark to the bottom of each piling and let it wick up a little bit as well.
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Last picture for today. One of these holes is not like the others. For some reason one of the holes for the pilings didn't line up with the rest. So I drilled a new one where it should have been. No big deal, just odd given the pilings are all in a straight row in the pictures in the instructions.
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More when I get around to processing pictures from my camera. ::) Thanks for following along!
Bob,
Since I've seen the finished build, I just say excellent tutorial. 8)
Tom ;D ;D
Really nice job Bob.
OK, so now we know how Bob takes pictures of himself building things. But, how does he take pictures of himself taking pictures of himself building things?
;D
Quote from: vinceg on January 16, 2019, 02:35:18 PM
OK, so now we know how Bob takes pictures of himself building things. But, how does he take pictures of himself taking pictures of himself building things?
;D
That's very 'meta' :-)
dave
Quote from: PRR Modeler on January 16, 2019, 11:06:22 AM
Really nice job Bob.
Thanks Curt! You missed seeing the finished product last weekend (yes, the build's done but the thread isn't). I'll try to remember to bring it along again if I know we're going to be at Tom's on the same day.
Quote from: deemery on January 16, 2019, 02:54:49 PM
Quote from: vinceg on January 16, 2019, 02:35:18 PM
OK, so now we know how Bob takes pictures of himself building things. But, how does he take pictures of himself taking pictures of himself building things?
;D
That's very 'meta' :-)
dave
Would it help if I posted a picture of myself taking a picture of myself taking a picture of myself? ???
Quote from: ReadingBob on January 18, 2019, 06:07:17 PM
Quote from: deemery on January 16, 2019, 02:54:49 PM
Quote from: vinceg on January 16, 2019, 02:35:18 PM
OK, so now we know how Bob takes pictures of himself building things. But, how does he take pictures of himself taking pictures of himself building things?
;D
That's very 'meta' :-)
dave
Would it help if I posted a picture of myself taking a picture of myself taking a picture of myself? ???
Now I'm confused. ???
Time to update this thread. It's been too long. :-[
While working on the pilings I discovered that the kit didn't include enough strip wood of the size necessary for the horizontal beams under the deck. I checked my stash and, sure enough, I didn't have any of the size needed. I found some that was a scale 2" off so I used that for the four beams that will go under where the coal is stored. The difference isn't noticeable.
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I applied 3M Transfer Tape to the roof next. This stuff is really handy if you're not aware of it. first put it on the cardstock as shown.
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Then trim to fit with a scissors or razor blade. When you're ready you peel off the carrier sheet and what you have left is a cardstock roof that's sticky like tape is. All you have to do it place your roofing material on it and rub it a little bit to adhere. No glue smears, etc. ;)
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I had some leftover roofing material from an FSM kit I recently build and chose to use that in lieu of the material included in the kit. The FSM rolled roofing material is slightly heavier and I like the look of it. I painted one side, after the paint was dry, cut it into strips using the guidelines on the reverse side.
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I like the effect I've seen Dave K. get when he sands the lower edge of the rolled roofing to represent wear so I thought I'd give it a shot. I sand it, from the unpainted side of course, until the edge looked a little ragged.
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More in a few... ;)
Just a little bit of a ragged edge on the rolled roofing.
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As I mentioned earlier the 3M Transfer tape makes the cardstock sticky so all I have to do is position the piece of rolled roofing in place and press down on it to adhere it to the roof.
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After the lower roof was complete I add some pitch where the roof meets the wall. I used to use Liquid Leading for this but my bottle dried up and I haven't seen it Michael's or JoAnn's recently so I reverted back to a mixture of Elmer's White Glue and Grimy Black (Acrylic) paint. I keep this in one of those little craft bottles you can get at JoAnn's. That makes it easy to apply a nice even amount.
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The upper roof, just for something different, has the roofing applied from opposite the way we'd normally do it. Later on some strip wood will be added over the seams.
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I just put the roofing on longer than needed and trim with a scissors. I leave just a little excess to fold down over the edge of the cardstock.
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Time to build coal shed. I assembled the frame directly over the template by gluing, with the smallest amount of white glue possible, the main pieces directly onto the template. When I say smallest amount of while glue I mean a very tiny drop at each end. Not even the size of a pin head.
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More in a moment... ;)
The two end pieces have some boards applied at the top. I wanted some broken and even a few missing to give the impression this business has been around a while.
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Again, I glued them on longer than necessary and trimmed them to fit with a single edge razor blade.
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I thought I'd try something different to get the bottom edge to look a little ragged. Rather than cutting them with a razor blade I put the strip wood in a pair of needle nose pliers and snapped it off.
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My fingers kind of block the view here but I assembled the side walls over the template. One thing I'd recommend, or do over if I were to build this kit again, is to make the side walls about 1/16" to 1/8" shorter. The structure fits, barely, on the deck but the short front wall, when added, actually doesn't attach to the deck. It's just hanging there.
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After it was assembled I touched the cut ends of the wood with the same stain I used to stain it in the first place.
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I applied black Bragdons powder to the inside of the wall and the deck where the coal pile goes. Coal is dirty! :o It may burn clean, as the old advertisements promise, but it's dirty to have around. Yeah, I know I have my powders mixed up in the container. I didn't notice the containers had labels on them when I was filling them. ::)
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More in a moment... ;)
I took a small piece of black Gator Board, removed the top and started shaving off pieces to form a coal pile.
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I did a test fit and kept trimming until I had something that looked good to me.
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Over a piece of wax paper I covered the Gator Board coal pile with Elmers White Glue.
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Then I sprinkled on some coal leftover from a Fine Scale Miniatures build. This kit doesn't come with coal.
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I knocked together a little thing with two LED"s and a Current Limiter to place inside of the main building. There are on a few windows in the structure so I made so one would the light the upper windows and the other the lower windows.
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I had previously cut the corrugated roofing panels to the lengths indicated in the templates. I painted them with oil paints Umber's and Sienna's and applied some rust colored powders to them to make them look like crusty, rusty panels.
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More in a moment.... :D
I forgot to mention I used Yellow Ochre too. I blend them together and ran a brush over them that was dipped in Odorless Mineral Spirits to smooth them out. They're messy but I love working with oil paints because they're very forgiving.
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After the roofing panels were glued in place I applied some rust colored powders. I've done this both ways, applying the powders while the oil paints are wet and, like here, after they've dried. The effect is about the same.
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Note - I had to cut the longer panels shorter than the template indicated otherwise they would have interfered with the placement of the building.
That's all for today. Next up will be the finished pictures. Once I take them. ::)
Thanks for following along!
Great modeling Bob.
Wow , thanks for the great modeling and for sharing it in this way.
Bob, I like the effect you get with the oil paints. I'm just starting to work with them a little bit and am nowhere near your level of skill yet. They take some practice, but the final result is nice.
--George
Very nice!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hey Bob:
great job on the coal pile. I never would have thought of that.
Karl
Quote from: PRR Modeler on March 17, 2019, 01:00:41 PM
Great modeling Bob.
Thanks Curt! This one was a fun little build. :D
Quote from: Janbouli on March 17, 2019, 01:47:27 PM
Wow , thanks for the great modeling and for sharing it in this way.
You're welcome Jan and thanks for following along! :D
Quote from: postalkarl on March 19, 2019, 07:54:08 AM
Hey Bob:
great job on the coal pile. I never would have thought of that.
Karl
Thanks Karl! Yeah, it let's me be stingy with the coal that George includes in his FSM kits. I don't need to use nearly as much of it to make a big pile of coal. ;)
Bob,
Love the roof and coal pile, just fantastic.
Tom ;D
Hey Bob:
Sounds good keep the pic flowing.
Karl.
Neat coal shed Bob.....great work. 8)
Quote from: ACL1504 on March 19, 2019, 11:21:06 AM
Bob,
Love the roof and coal pile, just fantastic.
Tom ;D
Thanks Tom! You've seen the final results up close and personal. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. :D
Quote from: postalkarl on March 20, 2019, 12:12:47 PM
Hey Bob:
Sounds good keep the pic flowing.
Karl.
Thanks Karl! Will do. I'm finished with the build. I just need to take some pictures of the final results and post them. ::)
Quote from: GPdemayo on March 20, 2019, 01:33:20 PM
Neat coal shed Bob.....great work. 8)
Thanks Greg! I need to show this one to you and Curt one of these days. Tom, Bill and John saw it already. ;)
Quote from: ReadingBob on March 21, 2019, 12:56:46 PM
Quote from: GPdemayo on March 20, 2019, 01:33:20 PM
Neat coal shed Bob.....great work. 8)
Thanks Greg! I need to show this one to you and Curt one of these days. Tom, Bill and John saw it already. ;)
I'll look forward to seeing it. :)
Hey Bob:
Sounds good. I'll be waiting to see the final pictures.
Karl
Look forward to it Bob.
Looks great Bob. Like everyone else, I can't wait to see the final pictures.
;D ;D ;D
Thanks Karl, Curt and Bruce! Here are the final pictures. :)
I must confess that I hit the big Coal sign with some powders and it ended up getting much darker than I wanted. Were I building this for someone else I probably would have soaked the sign with either water or rubbing alcohol until I was able to peel it off. Then I would have tried again. But it's for me and I can live with it the way it is. ::) :P
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I'm always trying to figure out how I can make the lighting circuit accessible in case it requires any repairs. Sometimes I make the roof removable but for this one I found it easier to make the structure removable. I lined the bottom of the walls with extra bracing and then cut out a rectangle of photo mounting board that just fit inside the base of the structure. I glued the mounting board to the pier, put the structure on it and got it lined up just right before the glue set. There are no light leaks around the base of the structure doing it this way. 8)
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There are not too many windows so not many LED's were required. Still, a waterfront structure lit up at night will probably look pretty cool.
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Overall a neat little kit and a relatively easy build. I had a lot of fun with this one. ;)
Thanks for following along!
Nice job, Bob. As usual. ;D
Jeff
That is a little gem. I LOVE the weathering, particularly on the sign. Great job!!
John
Great build Bob.
yeah, seriously...I think the sign looks great! Nice job, Bob.
Bob, Wonderful job! Considering how dirty and corrosive coal dust is, I don't think you overdid it on the sign. But then I acknowledge having a very heavy hand at weathering, and liking it. The lighting is over and above cool! I really like the film noir mood set by the low light coming from the interior through only a few windows, shades drawn, lots of shadows!
--George
hey Bob:
Looks just beautiful. What's next?
Karl
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on March 26, 2019, 08:05:37 AM
Nice job, Bob. As usual. ;D
Jeff
Thank you very kindly Jeff! Thanks for following along. :)
Quote from: cuse on March 26, 2019, 08:47:53 AM
That is a little gem. I LOVE the weathering, particularly on the sign. Great job!!
John
Thanks John! Funny how I thought the sign overdone and you like it. ;) I'm hoping to plant this one near the (yet to built) Red Hook Wharf someday so it'll be a supporting cast member. :D
Quote from: vinceg on March 26, 2019, 01:51:11 PM
yeah, seriously...I think the sign looks great! Nice job, Bob.
Thanks Vince! By the way good luck with the new job! :D
Quote from: Opa George on March 26, 2019, 04:23:31 PM
Bob, Wonderful job! Considering how dirty and corrosive coal dust is, I don't think you overdid it on the sign. But then I acknowledge having a very heavy hand at weathering, and liking it. The lighting is over and above cool! I really like the film noir mood set by the low light coming from the interior through only a few windows, shades drawn, lots of shadows!
--George
Thanks George! When I lived in St. Clair, PA during the 90's my house was heated with coal (anthracite of course) so I do have a little first hand experience as to how dirty it is. The basement, where the coal pile and furnace resided, was unsuitable for any kind of modeling because of the coal dust. Now I'm in Florida with no coal but also no basement. :(
Quote from: postalkarl on March 26, 2019, 05:14:16 PM
hey Bob:
Looks just beautiful. What's next?
Karl
Thanks Karl! I'm in the middle of building FSM Avram's Bakery for John (S&S). I hope to add some progress photo's to that thread later this week.
The weathering looks great Bob..... 8)
You make it look easy Bob. Learn a lot as usual.
Thanks
Jim D
Bob,
Your modeling threads are always well done with great photos and helpful hints.
Tommy
Quote from: GPdemayo on March 27, 2019, 08:44:44 AM
The weathering looks great Bob..... 8)
Thanks Fireball!
Quote from: Jim Donovan on March 27, 2019, 10:54:21 PM
You make it look easy Bob. Learn a lot as usual.
Thanks
Jim D
Thanks Jim! Glad to hear they're useful. :D
Quote from: tom.boyd.125 on March 28, 2019, 12:19:37 PM
Bob,
Your modeling threads are always well done with great photos and helpful hints.
Tommy
Thanks Tommy! Believe it or not it actually helps me identify things that need to be tweaked when I post the pictures to the forum. It's funny how I see things in the pictures that I didn't notice when the actual model is sitting right in front of me. :D