Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

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Quote from: Janbouli on May 17, 2017, 03:41:05 AM
I have that kit too , so am very much looking forward to a build thread of it.


Hi Jan


I did a search of build threads on Machenzie and there is very little out there. I will try to take lots of pictures along the way.



John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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Here is the best thread that I found checking all the regular places.  It's right here on our own forum


http://modelersforum.com/the-official-fsm-layout-thread!/fsm-mackenzie-milling-co/
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

PRR Modeler

Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

Janbouli

Thank you John, I wish Kimberley would show some more of her work.
I love photo's, don't we all.

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Quote from: Janbouli on May 20, 2017, 03:30:17 AM
Thank you John, I wish Kimberley would show some more of her work.


I agree, she showed us some first class modeling.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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Quote from: PRR Modeler on May 19, 2017, 06:05:20 PM
Thanks for sharing the link John.


Curt


Your welcome - Like Jan said we need to talk Kimberly into sharing more of her wonderful modeling work with us.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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The structure building continued today.  Here is a progress picture for my Isaac's Coal Build (FSM Jacob's Coal) - the coal bins are starting to go together.


John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

ACL1504

John,

Just checking in on your progress. I've built MacKenzie Milling but no longer have it on the diorama. Jacob's has always been one of my favorites.

Of course, I'll be following along.

Tom ;D
"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

Tom Langford
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engine909

John,
I love Seattle and I love your modeling. You have matched that effort with posts that are incredible.
You are a very generous man. Every page is a treasure.
ed

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Quote from: ACL1504 on May 20, 2017, 04:34:19 PM
John,

Just checking in on your progress. I've built MacKenzie Milling but no longer have it on the diorama. Jacob's has always been one of my favorites.

Of course, I'll be following along.

Tom ;D


Tom


As always, good to have you following along and to have your input.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

S&S RR

Quote from: engine909 on May 20, 2017, 07:44:37 PM
John,
I love Seattle and I love your modeling. You have matched that effort with posts that are incredible.
You are a very generous man. Every page is a treasure.
ed


Ed


Thanks for following along and for your kind words.



John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

S&S RR

I got a good start on the Mackenzie Milling build, today. Since I haven't been able to find a build thread on Mackenzie I will try to take pictures of most of the steps ( I have to keep remembering to take pictures). As usual, I must warn that I tend to deviate from George's wonderful instructions. It's and Engineer thing, can't look at the instructions until I get in trouble. I should also add that some of the older FSM kits recommend the use techniques that I have replaced with new - hopefully improved techniques.  So here we go:





I started out the day figuring out how I wanted to paint the window castings.  I should start out by saying that this is one of the FSM builds where I'm going to model it as the run down - no longer in service mill - as George originally designed it. It is going to occupy a space (see above) that is on the other side of the tracks where the new mainline took out the spur that once serviced it.


So the freshly treated casting in the picture just had the final A&I wash.  I started with a primer coat of khaki paint. I then weathered it with two shades of grey chalk.  And then finally, set off the details with a alcohol and ink wash.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

PRR Modeler

It looks like it is coming along nicely. I really like the color choice.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

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Next step, was to figure out the coloring for the outside walls of the run down mill. I tried a number of different techniques and narrowed it down two.





The bottom sample is the khaki primer paint followed by a barn red "wet brush technique" pealed heavily weathered paint.


The top sample I added the two shades of grey chalk over the khaki paint - then the barn red "wet brush" followed by Alcohol & Ink.  This samples had three different levels of the barn red paint.  I will be shooting for the middle on the actual build.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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Quote from: PRR Modeler on May 20, 2017, 08:10:42 PM
It looks like it is coming along nicely. I really like the color choice.


Thanks Curt - I think choosing colors is one of the hardest steps for me in starting any build.
John Siekirk
Superior & Seattle Railroad

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