RSM Delwins Boat & Net Storage build.

[Erieman]

Tom,

This is one of my favorites from Dario. Unfortunately, I could not find a place on the layout for it. And believe me, I looked. With the bridge in the background, that structure will look marvelous. I'll be following to see what I missed. Keep up the great work.

Frank / Erieman

[ACL1504]

And the fun begins.....I'll be following along Tom! 

Greg,

Thanks, this will be a fun build for sure.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I'll be following along as well.  This is going to be a major focal point of the layout.  Should be really cool when it's all lit up.   

Bob,

This will be the first structure anyone sees as they enter the room. I may have to call upon you for some LED electrical advise when the times comes. However, I plan on doing the LED installs as this is the only way to learn.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,

This is one of my favorites from Dario. Unfortunately, I could not find a place on the layout for it. And believe me, I looked. With the bridge in the background, that structure will look marvelous. I'll be following to see what I missed. Keep up the great work.

Frank / Erieman

Frank,

Good afternoon from the Sunshine State. This wasn't on my radar when it first came out but I never forgot how it looked in the advertisement. When I decided to redo the layout this kit immediately came to mind. Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I built the base for the kit and many of you may have seen it on my layout thread. The instructions call for the base to be from a piece of 3/4" plywood. A section of 5/8" plywood on top of that followed by a 1/2" piece of plywood. That is one heavy diorama base. The base figure diagram is shown below.



Well, the scan didn't come out to clear but you can get the idea.

Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

I chose to build the base out of different material. My base is a 1/2" piece of Gator Board using the same 24" X  28" base size. I then glued 1" blue foam and topped that with 2 pieces of 1/8" Masonite. On the bottom portion I only used 1 piece of 1/8" masonite.

My is much less heavy and portable yet very sturdy. The diorama base is shown in place below.





As mentioned, I made it portable so I can carry it to the workbench or a work area as needed. When finished I can secure it to the layout prior to adding the water.

[UP Fan]

Count me in for following this build.  Particularly when you get to the part where you pour the water.  I have a Sierra West Shipyard at Foss' Landing and I've never modeled a large expanse of water.

[donatode]

I'm following along as well Tom.  Looking forward to one more learning opportunity. 

[ACL1504]

Count me in for following this build.  Particularly when you get to the part where you pour the water.  I have a Sierra West Shipyard at Foss' Landing and I've never modeled a large expanse of water.

Bob,

Thanks for following along. It will be some time  prior to the water flowing under the docks. But I'll eventually get there.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I'm following along as well Tom.  Looking forward to one more learning opportunity.

Donato,

Thank you also for following along. I sure hope I don't dissappoint you or lead you wrong. I'll attempt to explain every step I do. Well, maybe at least a great majority of what I'll be doing on the build.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I'll be starting off with the main boat storage building. The instructions call for two smaller pieces to be glued to the two larger pieces. These are the end walls by the way. Be sure you "mate" them up correctly. In the photo below you can see the side end walls just don't fit on either side. One is shorter and the other one is longer.



If you switch the two smaller pieces and fit them to the wall sections, you will have a perfect fit.



Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

The same is true with the side walls as well. Be sure you get them in the correct position. If not, you will end up with one end of the side wall with the two windows upside down as seen below.



The two smaller side walls go on the end where you have all of the windows off the bottom of the side walls. Refer to the photo below for the proper look of the side walls.

[ACL1504]

To prevent any mistakes when the glue starts flying I marked the backs of each wall with A, B, C and D.





Well, obviously I did the "B" thing twice but at least they are on different shaped walls. Oh Boy!   These senior moments are all to often to suit me.

Tom    Arrow left here, I don't know this guy!

[donatode]

.... an extra "B" or extra "S" ain't a bad thang, besides who's counting .... we are looking!

[Dave K.]

Grest start. Looks like Dario really put some serious time into that manual and the templates. One sign of a first-rate kit!