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

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The khaki paint that I use.

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Here is the barn red paint that I'm using.

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The popsicle stick in the above picture was another test of the painting technique.

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For the details of the "wet brush technique"  see the Sierra West Scale Models Website or U-tube. Brett Gallant has a number of great techniques described in his "university" section of his website. If you can get a chance to attend one of his clinics - just do it!

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Next step, was getting the casting ready for the paint booth. George's casting are so good that this doesn't take long.

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This kit has a number of unique casting that gives the build that run down look.

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Here is a picture after the Khaki primer.

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The workbench - it didn't take very long for me to mess it up.

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Here is the 1983 color add that George ran for this kit.

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I paid more than $62 dollars for this kit

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This kit was made before laser cutting so George cutout the window openings with a table saw. The final cut is up to the modeler in some cases and the wall sections have strategic cut lines that need to be pieced together.  I save all the little pieces from the openings for test samples for coloring the next kit. The pieces I used for samples on this kit came from the Brambell's build I did last year.

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Here is how I left the walls at the end of the day - ready to test fit the window castings.

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Today, I made some more progress on my Jacob's coal build, it is amazing how many pieces of strip wood go into each of the coal bins.

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So the outside walls of the bin is made of individual boards? If so you're doing a even better job than I thought!

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I complied a couple more steps on the Mackenzie build, yesterday.  First, I glued the wall sections together. With the "before lasers" kits the windows were cut with a table saw so the wall sections were in two or three pieces.