FOS Oyster Hill Group Build

[S&S RR]

Magnus


Welcome to the forum - great work!

[chooch41]

Magnus, you didn't steal this thread. You are more than welcome to post your progress here. Can't wait to see more pics of your build. Hopefully your progress will inspire more people to start their kit and we can get a few people to jump in.......


Brad


Hurry Jaime Hurry!

[NEMMRRC]

I'm hurrying. I plan to start this weekend. Lisa and I don't go out on Valentine's Day 'cause all the restaurants are always crowded so I'll have plenty of free time tomorrow...

Jaime

[Slim Jerkins]

I'm hurrying. I plan to start this weekend. Lisa and I don't go out on Valentine's Day 'cause all the restaurants are always crowded so I'll have plenty of free time tomorrow...

Jaime

I hear ya Jaime. Lisa and I (my Lisa - not yours) went out for Valentine's Day dinner long ago and haven't gone out for Valentine's dinner since. One place we went to (not in business anymore) had the bright idea of filling the restaurant with two-top tables placed four inches apart. 

I'd join in on the group build but I've been re-shooting my lighting/soldering/gooseneck-making videos for the upcoming Expo. Shooting new clips as well. This kit looks like a fun one to build and light-up.

-slim

[NEMMRRC]

And so I begin my build of FOS Oyster Hill.

Here is the amazingly small box compared to how large a kit this will build.



The box is just a tad over 8.5" x 11" as you can see by the instruction sheets.



My kit's box came signed by Doug Foscale himself.




And here is all the kit's goodness ready for all the fun.



I'm off to read some instructions.

Later.

Jaime

[NEMMRRC]

First step is to brace the wood walls with 1/8" bracing according to template C.



I'm building Oyster Hill...

Jaime

[chooch41]

Hi everyone. When Jaime says he's ready to build.... IT"S GO TIME! During this build I would like to throw in a few tips that I like to do while building craftsman kits. They are more for the newbie than for the experienced builder. First off, I carefully cut the walls from the wooden sprues. When this happens you find that there are small nubbies that need to be sanded off. You can see these in the picture with the pencil. I go through and sand all of these off with an emery board. I then number the backs of the walls and wooden pieces. This is for easy reference to the template. When you build these larger kits, there tends to be a lot of walls and things can get a bit confusing really quick. The next step is that I go through and check to see that I have all of the walls that are on the template. Once I have the wall I draw a line under the number. In this kit, all pieces are accounted for and a call to Doug is not needed..... so far. I then go ahead and brace the walls..... This takes a while so be patient....

[chooch41]

Another kewl tip..... When you are done cutting all of the pieces off of the wooden sprue, you end up with a small pile of wasted wood. I keep these and use them as test pieces for paint. I'll paint a bit on them, label the back with what color and brand of paint it is and then in the future when deciding what color to paint something, I can check these and see what colors I might like to use..... Thats it for me for this evening. I have a busy day at the bench tomorrow... Here In Ottawa Canada, it is roughly -29C. I will stay in doors and work on my kit all weekend.

[NEMMRRC]

This takes a while so be patient....

This hobby requires the patience of a saint.


It should be noted that the bracing template shows the *back* of the walls. Some walls are mirror images of their mate and well, you could end up bracing the wrong side of the wall...


Brad makes a good point about sanding the burrs of the laser cut walls. And, be careful when removing the walls from their carriers. I've already broken one wall. Luckily it broke right where the bracing goes so it's not noticeable and with the bracing it's now stable.


I got to get moving. There are some 43 walls in template C.


Jaime

[liabacken]

Great  nice to see that you have started to build, i will follow 

Magnus

[ACL1504]

This is a fun thread and I'll be checking in on all the builds.

Tom

[liabacken]

I have started to build some landscaping around the building


i build up the shape with different kinds of styrofoam that i had at hand


some rocks were carved near the waterfront


real dirt were glued down Before i added the greenery






I added the rolled roofing with white glue


i painted the roof with Polly Scale tarnished black and dipped the brush in green colour sometimes to give the roof some variation


i drybrushed the roof with a light gray colour


here i have added the big billboard

more on building the structure next update

Magnus
www.liabacken.se

[coors2u]

Impressive!! Magnus, you have really made great progress with this. I am enjoying watching your build. Keep up the good work.

[martin.ojaste]

Magnus, it's real impressive diorama.


Marty

[jerryrbeach]

Magnus,
Outstanding work.  I especially like the finish on the stone foundation walls, very realistic.  I found it interesting that you painted the rolled roofing after applying I to the roof.  I paint mine before applying it to the roof, I like the variation in color you got by your method.  This is something I might do differently (your way) in the future.