RSM Delwins Boat & Net Storage build.

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Don,

Yes, carefully. Some of the casting in this kit were bent. Both the utility pole cross members and the swing arm on the jib crane were bent. I just carefully bent them back to what I thought was straight. I placed them on a flat surface and applied a little pressure to get them straight.

Hope this helps.

Tom

[donatode]

Don,

Yes, carefully. Some of the casting in this kit were bent. Both the utility pole cross members and the swing arm on the jib crane were bent. I just carefully bent them back to what I thought was straight. I placed them on a flat surface and applied a little pressure to get them straight.

Hope this helps.

Tom

O.K. thanks Tom, I'll give it a try .... just nervous not wanting to break them .... sometimes I don't know my own strength.

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Don,

You are very welcome. I have broken a few little casting in the past but super glued them together when I put them on the model. A little weathering and who knows.

Tom

[Erieman]

Good Morning Tom,

Sorry to hear about the bird heads. They are a key part to the model. They are probably sea gulls since the building is on the water. Around here i am known for "my birds" on my structures. As you know, many of the SRMW kits come with birds. On my buildings, they are either sea gulls of pigeons, depending. And of course, you must model the bird poop. I take a lot of ribbing about all the bird poop on my structures, but it really looks good to me. Just another part of the modeling process.

As I may have said earlier, I always liked this building, but could not find a place on the layout for it. I have a couple of other of Dario's structures on the layout and they really blend in nicely with the other kit, scratch built structures on the layout. Keep up the great work on this build. Got to get back to Tucker & Cook. Have a great weekend.

Frank / Erieman

[ACL1504]

Good Morning Tom,

Sorry to hear about the bird heads. They are a key part to the model. They are probably sea gulls since the building is on the water. Around here i am known for "my birds" on my structures. As you know, many of the SRMW kits come with birds. On my buildings, they are either sea gulls of pigeons, depending. And of course, you must model the bird poop. I take a lot of ribbing about all the bird poop on my structures, but it really looks good to me. Just another part of the modeling process.

As I may have said earlier, I always liked this building, but could not find a place on the layout for it. I have a couple of other of Dario's structures on the layout and they really blend in nicely with the other kit, scratch built structures on the layout. Keep up the great work on this build. Got to get back to Tucker & Cook. Have a great weekend.

Frank / Erieman

Frank,

I didn't realize you made a post to the thread. I like the birds and the "poop" on the structures also. I'll send an email to Dario and ask him for more birds. I've found a couple of other small casting missing as well.

I got a little more done on the kit and the update will follow.

Thanks for the kind words on the build. Have a great time on the cruise.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Over the past week or two I got the windows and all the casting painted. The windows were painted with Floquil Zinc Chromate Primer and the metal casting were all painted with Floquil Earth. I let them all dry and cure for a week.

Floquil paint will be dry to the touch in less than 24 hours but it won't be cured paint until three days.





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I was Skyping with Frank, Erieman, the other day and he was telling me about long structures warping. I noticed the walls on this kit have warped as well.



This is not a big deal at this point. When I glue the walls together, I'll add interior cross bracing to straighten the walls. I'll go more into this later in the thread.

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I decided I'd try something a little different in the A&I staining process. Well, actualy it is the same but I changed colors. I have traditionally used Black A&I for the walls both prior to and after painting the walls.

This time I used Hunterline Sepia Brown weathering mix. I also tested the Hunterline Cordovan Brown on a piece of clapboard siding. The Cordovan Brown was just to dark for the look I was after.



In the above photo, you can see the two stains on the top of the siding. The stain of the left is the Cordovan Brown and the Sepia Brown is on the right. I applied one coat of each stain to what you see. Not shown is the second coat of Sepia Brown stain added to the sample on the right.

I then used the Zinc Chromate Primer and applied one coat wash of the paint to the two stains. By wash I mean I dipped the brush in the paint, just on the tip and then into some thinner and applied this to the walls. Refer to the below photo.



The top left was still to dark for me. The top right is to light. When the window was placed on the wood, it made the window to dark. On this kit both the walls and windows/doors are the same color.

The wall section below the stain with the window is the paint wash with no A&I. This is to light as well. So to darken the color I could not thin the paint or just add one more thin paint wash. I opted to not thin the paint as much as in the sample.

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I took the four wall sections and applied a coat of the Hunterline Sepia Brown. I let this dry.



The next day I applied a second coat of the stain to the walls and let dry.




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This next step was a bit scary for me and certainly a leap of faith. The look I was after was one where the structure has been weather faded in the Florida sun for many years. Dark reds and browns fade quickly in the Florida sun.

Time for the test. I painted the four walls with a slightly thicker wash and when I finished they were very dark. However, the next day after the wash soaked into the board and batton siding, the color was more to what I was after.



The next photo is more of a closer look at the walls with one window installed. I'll temporarily add the windows, apply some dry brushing and I believe I'll have my look.

[bparrish]

Tom....

If things go too dark....  Try this. 

Rather than a fast solvent like acetone,  try a slower lacquer thinner or even a paint thinner solvent. Get a Kleenex wet with it and wipe the areas.  Two things will happen. The Kleenex will pick up some of the excess and some will be thinned by being driven into the wood.  If you need to use a really slow paint thinner it will take over night at least from the darkening effect of the wet.   

Floquil picks back up really well with this.

Change the Kleenex often while you work.

Don't use anything with a sealer until you are sure you have it.   This is why woodworking stains are not good for our purposes.  Most carry their own sealer so you are really married to what ever you get. 

Generally alcohol is not good for this process. 

See ya
Bob

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Bob,

Thanks for the great info. I'll keep it in mind. I'm happy with the way this one turned out for now. I let two of the SBG's see it and they like it as well. So, for now all is good.

Tom

[postalkarl]

Hi Tom:

Look really good sofar.

Karl

[S&S RR]

Looks good Tom.

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom:

Look really good sofar.

Karl

Karl,

I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for checking in.

Tom