Seabiscuits Boatworks COMING SOON in HO Scale!

[robertseckler]

i might have missed this, but when will it be released in HO


Working on a large waterfront now


What will price point be??

[GPdemayo]

Very nice Darryl.....

[ACL1504]

Darryl,

Ditto to the other comments. Your technique for weather beaten walls is a wonderful idea. I'll be giving it a try myself. Thanks for sharing.

Tom

[Rail and Tie]

Thanks for all the great comments team. I have really been having fun weathering this one, though trying not to make it look run down too much and still like someone has tried to care for it over the years.

Robert, the kit will come out in a month or two I suspect (though I have been known to take longer than that sometimes!). I am still working on the price point, but fortunately for all you guys south of our border, we work on Canadian Pesos so you get the advantage of that 30% premium on our listed prices in Canadian dollars!<<shameless plug>>

[S&S RR]

Thanks for all the great comments team. I have really been having fun weathering this one, though trying not to make it look run down too much and still like someone has tried to care for it over the years.

Robert, the kit will come out in a month or two I suspect (though I have been known to take longer than that sometimes!). I am still working on the price point, but fortunately for all you guys south of our border, we work on Canadian Pesos so you get the advantage of that 30% premium on our listed prices in Canadian dollars!<<shameless plug>>

Darryl


Make sure you let us all know here on the forum when it's available. 

[Rail and Tie]

Make sure you let us all know here on the forum when it's available.

Will Do John.  I will post it in the new kit section when ready. I posted this thread here to keep a conversation on developing the new kit and share some techniques and experiments, etc.

[Rail and Tie]

Onto the Dock and floor of the building.

I designed the dock from 3 sheets of basswood that are tack glued together. Tack glued only from the back because I did not want any glue on the surface for staining purposes later in the construction.




I stained the rafter and braces in driftwood stain. I will go back and darken and highlight after assembly. The planks are all precut and makes for easy brush on staining I think anyways. Some of the parts pop out of the sprue after the stain dries so good to keep things isolated and sorted.




the 4X12 rafters are glued to the back and then The 12 X 12 runners stiffen everything up. I will provide some guides to simplify the alignment for gluing the rafters in place. Staining the Top of the deck can then commence with out warping everything. I like to put several dryer coats for staining the deck and selectively darkening some strips to get the variance in the sheet wood.

[Rail and Tie]

Dock Board Detailing:

I used a fresh #11 blade to lightly saw into the surface of some of the plank ends and shave out some of the deckwood. this helps create an uneven surface with out having to do individual plank on plank construction. Not sure if I will pre-scribe the plank ends or let the builder do that as it creates more of a random personalized appearance to the dock. Long planks or short etc.. I try to engrave deep enough so that you could even go back and deepen the groove and pull out a few planks and replace them or create rot etc.



For scribing the plank ends, I use a blade and pull a little more than half way across the board. Then turn the dock around and pull from the other edge of the board directly torwards the center of the cut that was made the other way.

Also going back over the dock and selectively hitting with AI solution at some of the plank ends really enhances the effect of individual planks.




a bit of care and patients gives a pretty credible finished planked dock. I did mess up in some of the plank cut alignment as the ends should end overtop of a rafter. I figured this out just after I starting hand scribing.



So, Laser cut plank end scribes or let the builder decide where to put the plank ends? Comments?

[Powersteamguy1790]

Looks really great Darryl.

I might try that kit in N scale. However all my water front areas are fully occupied. I might have some room for a land kit by cutting down the pilings. Have you upgraded the original N scale kit at all since its inception in 2013?

Stay cool and run steam......

[Rail and Tie]

Hi Bob, you can download the instructions for the N-Scale Seabiscuits from our website if you want to see what you would need to do to fit things for your surroundings.  A number of modelers have used this kit for other things like a golf course clubhouse/restaurant, a land based facility with an extended loading / work deck.

D

[Rail and Tie]

Worked out the sequence for assembly of the building after a couple of dry fit trials. I find it helps builders in providing a somewhat logical sequence to assemble the building especially when there are a number of cross frames etc and wanting to keep the interior exposed for detailing with bracing etc in logical locations to represent real structure.

[Rail and Tie]

Now for some fun stuff! Adding some exterior and interior details.

These are some of the 3D printed details that we will be supplying in the kit. I had to work out this packaging method to protect the delicate, tiny contents.




Painting the door knobs and plate a brass color. will have to tarnish them later...




Pretty convincing??  I could even supply a tiny key to fit the key hole if you like!!

[Powersteamguy1790]

Hi Bob, you can download the instructions for the N-Scale Seabiscuits from our website if you want to see what you would need to do to fit things for your surroundings.  A number of modelers have used this kit for other things like a golf course clubhouse/restaurant, a land based facility with an extended loading / work deck.

D

Thanks Darryl. I already looked at the 19 pages of instructions. I could probably fit the kit on my layout. Will probably order it after the holidays when mailing it won't be an issue.

Stay cool and run steam.......

[Rail and Tie]

Some interior work benches, another mini kit.



some scrap bits added before weathering.






working on a master for a resin cast tool board.  the saggy area was from a flaw in the printing process.

[Rail and Tie]

Some more details that will be included. 3D printed fluid cans and small boxed part stacks.




a few pieces of tissue glued and added to the bench for paint rags. I should have coated the tissue with matt medium first so that the paint stains would not run as much as they did. They wicked a bit too much.




Note the wall regulator clock kit that will be included as well. Another mistake in assembly sequencing was that I put the rafters in before completely detailing the interior. It is easy to get ahead of oneself when you are excited to see what everything looks like finished.




Just checking how the balance of the interior looks.