FSM Bailey's Produce for Cuse - Here we go again!

[Lynnb]

Really nice progress Bob and I really appreciate the narrative. I'm just finishing up putting my roof panels and will update my build soon. Have you any idea what kind of vegetables are actually suppose to be in the crates and barrels? Kinda struggling with painting them.

[Lynnb]

This time around I did something I only do on occasion.  I painted all the detail castings before I started working on anything else.  No reason.  I just felt like doing it this way this time around.  It took me a couple of weekends of work until I had them done.  Afterwards I weathered them with A&I or gray and black washes.



Not sure how I missed this post, now I have a better idea what's in the barrels and crates, you did a great job on the colors.

Finally I dry brushed them with some cheap craft store acrylic. 





I'm ready to start playing with glue and building something but, alas, that won't happen until I return from vacation in a couple of weeks.


Thanks for following along!

[ReadingBob]

Really nice progress Bob and I really appreciate the narrative. I'm just finishing up putting my roof panels and will update my build soon. Have you any idea what kind of vegetables are actually suppose to be in the crates and barrels? Kinda struggling with painting them.

Thanks Lynnb!  I'm looking forward to seeing your updates and I'm glad you're able to work on you build again. 

No, I have no idea what the vegetables are supposed to be so I just took a guess and tried to mix it up a bit so there'd be a lot of different colors to represent different fruit and produce.  I figured the red in the barrel are apples, the light brown in the basket/somewhat reddish brown in the crate might be different types of potatoes.  Nothing definitive.  I must mixed some colors together to get a shade I like for whatever it was I envisioned the detail casting was meant to represent. 

[ACL1504]

Bob,

Beautiful build as usual, very well done sir. Looks like you are nearing the end.

Love the rusty roof panels.

Tom

[Opa George]

Really nice progress Bob and I really appreciate the narrative. I'm just finishing up putting my roof panels and will update my build soon. Have you any idea what kind of vegetables are actually suppose to be in the crates and barrels? Kinda struggling with painting them.

Thanks Lynnb!  I'm looking forward to seeing your updates and I'm glad you're able to work on you build again. 

No, I have no idea what the vegetables are supposed to be so I just took a guess and tried to mix it up a bit so there'd be a lot of different colors to represent different fruit and produce.  I figured the red in the barrel are apples, the light brown in the basket/somewhat reddish brown in the crate might be different types of potatoes.  Nothing definitive.  I must mixed some colors together to get a shade I like for whatever it was I envisioned the detail casting was meant to represent.

Your painted castings look great and I think almost any color would work. I was a green grocer for over 30 years at the retail level, between the late 70s and early 2000s, and even then the produce would come into the store in every size of crates, baskets, boxes, sacks and bags and in every color in the rainbow (yes, even blue). I imagine the variety of containers in the 30s, 40s and 50s was even more varied.

--Opa George

[Lynnb]

Thanks Opa George that's some good info.

[Lynnb]

Really nice progress Bob and I really appreciate the narrative. I'm just finishing up putting my roof panels and will update my build soon. Have you any idea what kind of vegetables are actually suppose to be in the crates and barrels? Kinda struggling with painting them.

Thanks Lynnb!  I'm looking forward to seeing your updates and I'm glad you're able to work on you build again. 

No, I have no idea what the vegetables are supposed to be so I just took a guess and tried to mix it up a bit so there'd be a lot of different colors to represent different fruit and produce.  I figured the red in the barrel are apples, the light brown in the basket/somewhat reddish brown in the crate might be different types of potatoes.  Nothing definitive.  I must mixed some colors together to get a shade I like for whatever it was I envisioned the detail casting was meant to represent.

I think you did a terrific job on making a variety of different uh , stuff 

[NEMMRRC]

This is such a great kit. I sure do miss those Jewel series kits from FSM.


Keep the updates coming.


Jaime

[vinceg]

This is such a great kit. I sure do miss those Jewel series kits from FSM.


Keep the updates coming.


Jaime

Yeah, this is one of the kits that I originally chose not to buy. Rethinking that now after seeing the details and great builds. Have to watch eBay for a while, I reckon.

Really nice, Bob.

[NEMMRRC]

This is such a great kit. I sure do miss those Jewel series kits from FSM.


Keep the updates coming.


Jaime

Yeah, this is one of the kits that I originally chose not to buy. Rethinking that now after seeing the details and great builds. Have to watch eBay for a while, I reckon.

Really nice, Bob.

I hope you can find a bargain on it on eBay, Vince.


I wonder does Bar Mills still sell their O Scale version....


Thanks for sharing your builds, Bob. We enjoy them greatly.


Jaime

[Timbob60]

It was on display at the Expo and is still listed on their website as available.


Geo2rge aka timbob60

[ReadingBob]

Bob,

Beautiful build as usual, very well done sir. Looks like you are nearing the end.

Love the rusty roof panels.

Tom

Thanks Tom!  Yes, I am getting close to wrapping this one up.  I just finished the loading platform, which was a little challenging, and started bracing the walls for the tiny office.  Hopefully I'll have it finished in a week or two.  Then I'll move on to Avram's Bakery.   

[ReadingBob]

Really nice progress Bob and I really appreciate the narrative. I'm just finishing up putting my roof panels and will update my build soon. Have you any idea what kind of vegetables are actually suppose to be in the crates and barrels? Kinda struggling with painting them.

Thanks Lynnb!  I'm looking forward to seeing your updates and I'm glad you're able to work on you build again. 

No, I have no idea what the vegetables are supposed to be so I just took a guess and tried to mix it up a bit so there'd be a lot of different colors to represent different fruit and produce.  I figured the red in the barrel are apples, the light brown in the basket/somewhat reddish brown in the crate might be different types of potatoes.  Nothing definitive.  I must mixed some colors together to get a shade I like for whatever it was I envisioned the detail casting was meant to represent.

Your painted castings look great and I think almost any color would work. I was a green grocer for over 30 years at the retail level, between the late 70s and early 2000s, and even then the produce would come into the store in every size of crates, baskets, boxes, sacks and bags and in every color in the rainbow (yes, even blue). I imagine the variety of containers in the 30s, 40s and 50s was even more varied.

--Opa George

Thanks Opa George!  When I push the grocery cart through the produce section at the grocery store (following my better half) I'm always amazed at the variety of colors as well as the quantity of things I've never heard of before.   

[ReadingBob]

This is such a great kit. I sure do miss those Jewel series kits from FSM.


Keep the updates coming.


Jaime

Thanks Jamie!  I miss the Jewel series kits as well.  I have a few of them and I've built a few but there were some I missed that I wish I had.  They're a lot of fun to build.   

[ReadingBob]

This is such a great kit. I sure do miss those Jewel series kits from FSM.


Keep the updates coming.


Jaime

Yeah, this is one of the kits that I originally chose not to buy. Rethinking that now after seeing the details and great builds. Have to watch eBay for a while, I reckon.

Really nice, Bob.

Thanks Vince!  I hope you can get your hands on one.  It's been a lot of fun to build and it's a interesting set of structures.  I can't wait to see it when John plants it on his layout.  I think it will look better than it does on my workbench.