Bar Mills Tribute Kit 1

[Opa George]

Love the walls George! Great job. You are working fast on this!

Thanks much, Bob!  I agree, and funny you mention that because last night I thought, "Wow, this first of the three kit structures is almost finished--that was quick." The instruction manual is 57 8x11 pages, but for all the information, Artie really gives you free reign to do things your own way--all the while advising you to watch the videos on the Bar Mills website (I did, repeatedly).  So I got to the last page dealing with just this structure and did a double-take--as in "that's all?" and re-read every page. Nope, didn't miss anything. Cool.

It threw me for a moment, having just completed the classic Waterfront kit from Builders In Scale, in which the instruction book holds your hand through every part of the build. I guess I have graduated to the big kids table.

--George

[Opa George]

WOW, looks fantastic George

Thanks much, Jan. I really appreciate the supportive comments.
--George

[Opa George]

George,
I really like how the colors and weathering tie everything together so well.  It is a compliment to the manufacturer and modeler when a structure screams, "I could have been real", and this does without a doubt.

Thanks, Jerry. Agreed--this one is well designed and invites you, in fact encourages you, to make it your own, all the while retaining its flavor. There are plenty of photos in the instruction manual for reference and inspiration.
George

[Lynnb]

Looks great George , the nail holes on the rolled roofing really makes it. Dry brushing is not one of my strong points, your drybrushing is spot on and does exactly what you were after.

[Opa George]

Looks great George , the nail holes on the rolled roofing really makes it. Dry brushing is not one of my strong points, your drybrushing is spot on and does exactly what you were after.

Thank you much, Lynn. I've been practicing and using dry-brushing on models of all types for a long time and am always debating on whether I have too much or too little. One truism I have learned over the years: less is more. Our eyes have an amazing capacity to pick up subtle detail, such as barely detectible shading from dry-brushing, and the brain fills in the overall picture as rich detail.

--George

[ACL1504]

George,

Fantastic job on the build. The weathering, colors and over all appearance blend as if it was done over a period of years. Very well done my friend.

Tom

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Very impressive George!  I hope my version of the kit can come out half as nice as what your doing.

[Opa George]

Tom and Bruce, thank you very much for the kind comments. 

I spent the last few days going over it for final details: rain gutters and downspouts, small roofs over the side doors and a few other small things. Added some nice junk castings from Rusty Rail, and weeds and vines. I do think the vines look better in person, but I might have to do some trimming so it doesn't look TOO wild. Here are some "final" pics of this first structure of three in the kit:


The other side:



Fuller view of the "front" as depicted on the kit box:


And the back:


Now on to structure two in the kit.
--George

[vinceg]

Very nice, George. Fantastic. You added a lot of great character to the kit.

[sdrees]

The project looks real awesome George. The weathering, signs and other details look fantastic.

[Lynnb]

Beautiful structure .

[cuse]

That came out great!!


John

[GPdemayo]

Great build George.....

[PRR Modeler]

A great looking structure George.

[NKP768]

Great looking build George

Doug