CCK'S Causeway Canning Company - Build Challenge 2016

Raymo · September 12, 2016, 06:59:55 PM

This will be my build challenge. I'm changing up the water side of the building with the addition of a door and platform at the 1st floor level and other details to the building. This will eventually be part of a small diorama.

Raymo · September 12, 2016, 07:00:57 PM

Whats in the box

NEMMRRC · September 12, 2016, 07:44:58 PM

Alright !!!!!

Is this where we post our challenge entry? I have my kit ready and today I did some research on how to build it. It's on!

Jaime

Raymo · September 12, 2016, 09:25:17 PM

Quote from: NEMMRRC on September 12, 2016, 07:44:58 PM
Alright !!!!!

Is this where we post our challenge entry? I have my kit ready and today I did some research on how to build it. It's on!

Jaime

Sorry Jaime but this is my build thread. I've started a thread on the Contest Board called Build Challenge 2016. Post a photo of your kit or idea and then start a separate build thread.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:00:04 AM

I decided which door I wanted to use on the water side of the building and chose the Tichy Train Group door #8038

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:02:09 AM

I then put a piece of masking tape across the back of the water side wall and marked out where I wanted to make cuts for the door.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:07:08 AM

About the only thing the tape did was it kept me from losing the narrow piece of the wall when it broke off. I glued a piece of bracing on each side of the doorway and let it dry before sanding the doorway up to final fit the door.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:09:30 AM

I then finished bracing the walls.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:13:24 AM

I then took a small clean brass wire brush I picked up at the Big Orange Box Store, and scrubbed the clap board to add grain. A stainless brush might have done better.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:14:45 AM

The corner boards will be the same color as the rest of the building so I added them.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:17:45 AM

So the floor doesn't curl up, I added bracing to that as well. It was at this point I realized I made the wall bracing to long.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:20:22 AM

So then I carefully cut back the bracing and trimmed up the corner bracing

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 09:22:04 AM

Then it all went outside to have the inside of the walls painted Flat Black.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 10:28:23 AM

After a brief interruption, I'm going to try and post this for the 3rd time. After the black set up I applied 2 heavy doses of MicroMark's weathering grey stain.

Raymo · September 18, 2016, 10:31:28 AM

Then came a thin wash of Testor's ModelMaster Intermidate Blue