Hilltown Entrepreneurs, Build Challenge 2016

[postalkarl]

Hi Jeff:

Very nicely done.

Karl

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, John and Karl.  I'm positioning them on their spots on the layout.  The pic shows rough topography with white foam.  I usually don't use white, but my wife's recent furniture purchases left me with several usable pieces.  The straight piece of masonite represents a road.  The piece of paper is the outline of a CCK kit which will fit here perfectly.  The building on the left is one of Fos' "Little Lou's".  Next up is to cut some thin gatorfoam for diorama bases so I can detail these kits at the bench and then drop them on the foam. 


Jeff

[GPdemayo]

Great build Jeff.....  

After watching your thread, I'm glad I bought this kit.

[donatode]

Nice work Jeff....

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Greg and Donato.  I've shaped the foam to fit the road, trying out some vehicles to see how things "fit". 


Jeff

[Mkrailway]

Jeff, That is some weird building. All the different angles of roof lines and the contrasting colours would fit perfectly into and place on the layout.

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for watching, Marty.  I finished the gas pump stand.  Working on siting and will start on the details.


Jeff

[MAP]

Looking good Jeff!

[Twopoint2]

Jeff nice job on the build and the track work is looking good also.

[EricQuebec]

Always a pleasure to follow a SRMW kit building thread....

Eric Quebec.

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for watching the build, Mark, Jim and Eric.  The building is raised on some 1/8 inch stripwood so that the landforms can be built around it.  The instructions call for the "asphalt" to be made using Durham's water putty.  I had some of this, and tried it, but it didn't seem to work differently than the Lightweight Spackle I usually use for this.  I've been building up the spackle layers slowly for this.  the rest of the scenery base will be Sculptamold.  The overall base is Gatorfoam.   Looks like I need to add some more under the garage door and certainly under the access door.   


Jeff

[S&S RR]

Looking good Jeff.  Getting the landforms and the foundation right adds so much to the build.

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, John.  The auto repair diorama asphalt is finished.  The sculptamold for the other areas is down as well.  I mixed the sculptamold with some paint so I wouldn't have any white spots showing through.  I was a little short and too lazy to open up the paint can again, so the last little bit is much lighter.  The asphalt area work on the store diorama is going on as well.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Removed the "formers" from the store diorama so that the store can sit below the asphalt level, otherwise the door would be way to high off the ground.  It's better, but I'll probably add a step.   Started on the detail castings as well.  Put them in the solution Brett Gallant suggests, Midas Pewter Oxidizer.  It works MUCH more quickly than the "Blacken-it".  still were some silver spots, probably from air bubbles, I may just brush it on next time. 


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Preminary scenery, dirt and ground cover on the auto repair diorama. 


Jeff