FSM JS # 11 Butcher's Way

[tom.boyd.125]

Bob,
Your build is coming along really well. After you finish the butcher shop structure and add it to the diorama, can I order some steaks ?
Tom

[UP Fan]

Bob,
Your build is coming along really well. After you finish the butcher shop structure and add it to the diorama, can I order some steaks ?
Tom

Thank you Tom.  And you can have your steaks done any way you like.  We aim to please.

[UP Fan]

Once I'd glued the shingles on the front wall of the Butcher's Shop, I did not like the green of the Floquil Aged Concrete, so I repainted the wall surfaces with Tamiya XF-59, Desert Yellow.  Once it was dry, I sanded the surface ever so lightly with a number 220 sand paper just to highlight the stucco (see last picture).  The picture is yellower than it actually is.  It's more of a sand color which is what I was after.  Might do a coat of light A/I to tone it down either further.  Comments?

[UP Fan]

It's finally starting to look like a diorama.  Working on the butcher shop and have it about 80% complete.  Still have a few details to add i.e. the roof on each level, the hoists, the rain barrel platform, the chimney, etc, etc, etc.      Okay, more like 70%.  Having a blast with the entire kit.  Also included some shots of the layout.  Long way to go on that.  Thinking I want to restart the layout using the L-girder method.  Right now I'm using a modular system; 2' x 4' blue foam in a 1" x 4" frame.  Very, very flat and very little opportunity for elevated track.

[Janbouli]

Wow Bob , all I can say is that you've really got your meat cut out 

[donatode]

Wow Bob , all I can say is that you've really got your meat cut out 

Let's get to the meat of the matter ... this guy is good!!!

[UP Fan]

Wow Bob , all I can say is that you've really got your meat cut out 

I hear ya.  Not quite sure where to start on the layout.  Guess I'll just have to keep building FSM and Sierra kits til I figure it out.  Oh darn.   

[UP Fan]

Wow Bob , all I can say is that you've really got your meat cut out 

Let's get to the meat of the matter ... this guy is good!!!

Donato, you are too kind.  But from what I've seen, I can learn a thing or two from you and the others here on the forum.  Thanks for looking in on Butchers Way.

[UP Fan]

Tackling the roof/shingles on the Butcher Shop.  The shingle strips were pretty straight forward, thanks to the pre-drawn lines on the cardboard roof, spread white Elmer's glue with a 1/4" brush and line up the strips.   The other adjustments to be made were re-shaping the angles on the front and back walls of the 2nd floor to accommodate the shingles once they had been added to the roof.  I then glued the strips for the seams of the roof, taping two steel weights together to apply pressure evenly over the roof peak.  The strips on the other seams of the roof were held in place by hand until the glue took hold.  I use "Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue".  Great stuff for the entire build.  With the exception of gluing the stock pens to the diorama board.  There I used wood glue.

[LongHornCaddy]

You're doing a great job!

[UP Fan]

You're doing a great job!

Thank LHC

[UP Fan]

HELP!.  I'm having one heck of a time getting the water in the watering tubs to not shrink so much and leave a hole in the water.  I'm using Woodland Scenics Realistic Water with just a hint of brown acrylic mixed in.  This is the second attempt with the same results.  First try did the same thing, so I dug out the "water" and repoured.  This time I did two shallow pours.  Each pour shrinks and leaves a hole in the water. 

[martin.ojaste]

Try, mod podge,;or 5-minute epxoy diluted with de-natured alcohol ; or matte medium; or just white glue. I assume you are tinting it and/painting the bottom a darker color?


Marty

[UP Fan]

Try, mod podge,;or 5-minute epxoy diluted with de-natured alcohol ; or matte medium; or just white glue. I assume you are tinting it and/painting the bottom a darker color?


Marty

Thanks Marty.  All very good suggestions.  I'll let you know which works best.  And yes, I will be tinting the solution (whichever one I choose) with a little brown just to make the water look well used.  :-)  And, painting the bottoms a dark rust color.

[postalkarl]

Hi Bob B:

Looks really great sofar.

Karl 

kARL