FOS Oyster Hill Group Build

Started by chooch41, February 11, 2015, 05:11:36 PM

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EricQuebec

Very nice thanks to take tiime to share with us
Eric Quebec city


chooch41

Happy Valentine's Day to all you romantic train guys.... I don't know Magnus and I am good friends with Jaime, however, I don't want to play with them so I'm going to go over there and work on a different building. The freight building. I thought I would come at this kit from a different angle. Stray off of the order in the instructions. First up, I used my Black Hunterline stain, and stained the walls of the freight house. While these were drying I dug out one of those pieces of scrap wood, I mentioned not to throw out, earlier. I tried 2 different colors of light blue on it. I found the one that I wanted to use. After taking my ponce wheel and making some holes in the walls, I took an old sock, scrunched it up and dabbed it into the paint. I now dabbed most of the paint off, and then dabbed the walls with this sock. I rotated the wood so that I would not end up with a consistent pattern. It is very faint, just the way I wanted it. Chalks will come later when I don't have to touch the building anymore.....

chooch41

Look Jaime..... more windows. Just what you need after your last build.......

moonlicht

Looking good
Maybe i will blent in with an 0 scale build , see if i can connect it to red hook.

Cor

chooch41

Here's a modelling tip for the newbies. I use these small pieces of cut dowel that I call pucks, to hold small things while I paint them. I place a very small piece of double sided tape on the top and stick my piece to it and paint away....


For the other tip...... I keep lids to containers for separating different steps of the build. They keep everything together and that way parts and pieces don't find there way off the bench......There is nothing more frustrating than getting to a step and finding that you have misplaced a piece of wood and now you have to stain another one, cut it and carry on....
I hope everyone is enjoying the build so far.. I am also playing around with the settings on my camera so the pictures will get larger, once I find the right setting.....

NEMMRRC

Quote from: chooch41 on February 14, 2015, 01:30:38 PM
Look Jaime..... more windows. Just what you need after your last build.......
Ain't no step for a stepper.


Jaime

NEMMRRC

Gang, how did you all brace and trim number 21?

Jaime

chooch41

#38
I braced it as per the instructions.... I add the trim when I the walls are glued together...I have a bad feeling about your post.....

chooch41

Good evening everyone. I have been at the bench all weekend. I attached the walls of the freight house to each other. They hadn't warped at all so the fit was very good. While they were drying I tended to the dock. It was pretty straight forward. Build all parts over the templates. Then attach the bents to the underside of the dock and then glue on the floor boards to the top of the dock.

chooch41

When the dock was all done drying it was time to add the building and the freight dock roof supports. When these dried, I drilled a small hole into the floor of the dock really close to the building, and ran two led's up and along the roof supports. I glued the wiring in and when the roof goes on, you shouldn't be able to see any wires

NEMMRRC

I thought I'd start working on the basement walls plaster castings. I had a slight setback. I knocked over my camera on top of the castings. I don't suggest you try that.


Jaime

chooch41

Next up is the small dining establishment. The walls are laser cut pieces that you have to glue together. I painted the base of the wall an acrylic paint called Americana Camel. The other laser part that is then glued on top of the camel colored, was painted Folkart Heartland Blue. I then mounted the acetate material where the windows go, followed by paper curtains. The base for this was painted an earth color to represent concrete. It will be very weathered later on. While parts were drying, I was able to get the plaster wall castings painted and the wooden walls that create a room for cleaning the oysters. It's coming together very nicely... I am very happy with the results so far...

chooch41

Jaime, that really sucks about the walls. If you are unable to glue them back together, maybe contact Doug for replacements. You can always hide the seams with vines...... check this out......

chooch41

For my last post this evening, I am dedicating this kit to some friends of ours that relocated to the other side of Canada. Cara and Kevin O'Blenis. I will get my wife involved and she will help print up some new signs for the buildings. O'Blenis Oysters will go on the main building. Another name for the diner, more on that later....... And the whole area, when this goes onto my railroad, will be called Cara's Cove. I like to rename the kits to give them a more personal touch. Have a great night everyone.....


Brad

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