SierraWest O'Neills Fabrication

[SteveCuster]

Hello Everyone.

I recently started construction on the newest SierraWest kit, O'Neills Fabrication. I've built a few other SW kits and I believe they are some of the finest kits out there right now. I have a build thread on the SierraWest forums for this but I wanted to cross post it here also.


First step was to add grain texture and some knotholes in the stripwood. This was done with a stiff wire brush out of the welding section of Home Depot. The knots were made with a dull compass.


After the wood is textured I colored it using a mix of brown colored rembrandt chalks. The technique is very easy just lay the stripwood out and file some dust off
the chalk stick randomly over each board. I then coated the board in rubbing alcohol. I really saturated it, I wanted the dissolve all of the chalk.


The main wall color is done by using a semi-dry brush and randomly hitting across the tops of the boards. Brett has a video on his website for this, he calls the technique damp brushing. I just tried to do a really sloppy job at drybrushing and it worked out fine.


Here is picture of all the siding wood colored with the white paint.


This is the color recommending for the trim, its Americana craft paint "Bluegrass Green'. I was a little bit concerned about how it would look but it worked out
just fine.


I framed out the window openings with the blue colored wood.


I added some weathered and textured trim pieces around the window openings.


The stripwood is then randomly applied to the wall.


I added the doors and windows. These were colored with the same green, I weathered everything with rembrandt chalks to tone it down, including the window glass.


Here is closeup of one of the loading docks.


Other side of the building.


Another close up of the other walls, the area to the right will be covered.


This clapboard wall is for the addition that sits over the unfinished area of the first wall. The clapboard is done by covering a piece of laser cut clapboard with individual boards. All the wood was colored with chalks, I painted the doors white and weathered them with brown chalk.


Here is another view of the addition.


I glued the addition on to the main wall.


I added some dock details and glued the walls together. The details were colored with water based paints from Reaper, SierraWest has a full paint set for sale. I weathered them with chalks to tone it down a bit.


I added the roof over the one dock and added a few warning signs.


Here is a shot of the interior corner bracing provided with the kit.

I'm not sure if this is picture overload here, the thread is almost completed up to date with my progress.

Everything I built in the past was weathered with A&I and drybrushing, this is my first experiment with chalks and a few other techniques. I decided to follow the instructions word for word to see if I could learn some new techniques. So far I'm happy with the results even if a little outside my comfort zone.

Thanks for checking in.

-Steve

[ak-milw]

Walls look great. never tried that method either, might have to read up on it.

[EricQuebec]

Fantastic Job Steve,
Your wheathered wood is simply amazing.

Eric Quebec

[Janbouli]

Wow Steve , first of all thanks for posting this build here , looking great so far , the weathered wood is super realistic.

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

Very nicely done. Really like your peeling paint. It looks just great.

Karl

[GPdemayo]

I'm looking forward to your build on this one Steve.....I'll be ordering that one in a month or so.....to add to the collection of his other unbuilt kits that I have. Think it is a neat looking structure. 


And welcome to the forum, your many pictures will be greatly appreciated. 

[S&S RR]

Steve


It looks great! I'm a big fan of Brett's kits and techniques.  Thank you for posting it here.

[sierrawest]

Looks fantastic Steve! You know I am a big fan of your work and am so looking forward to watching this project come to life.

Brett

[GPdemayo]

Looks fantastic Steve! You know I am a big fan of your work and am so looking forward to watching this project come to life.

Brett

Glad to see you're here.....welcome Brett. 

[SteveCuster]

Thanks everyone!
The peeling paint technique is very easy, I've used several other techniques with mixed results this one is by far the easiest. Brett has a video on his website, he also has a video on coloring and weathering stripwood with chalks, both are very helpful to master these techniques.

Ive almost finished the tower walls. I'll try to post some more pictures tonight.

-Steve

[Slim Jerkins]

Looking good!


-slim

[S&S RR]

Looks fantastic Steve! You know I am a big fan of your work and am so looking forward to watching this project come to life.

Brett

Brett


Welcome to the Forum!  You will see a number of your kits come to life on this forum in the coming months.

[ACL1504]

Brett,

Welcome to the forum.

Tom

[sierrawest]

Thanks for the welcome! I really enjoy watching forum builds. Every builder has their own unique take.

Brett

[Polux]

Wow! Lovely work Steve.
looking very good so far