FOS Brody & Martins (2019 Tom Schwarz build challenge)

[GPdemayo]

Neat coal shed Bob.....great work. 

[ReadingBob]

Bob,

Love the roof and coal pile, just fantastic.

Tom

Thanks Tom!  You've seen the final results up close and personal.  I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.   

[ReadingBob]

Hey Bob:

Sounds good keep the pic flowing.

Karl.

Thanks Karl!  Will do.  I'm finished with the build.  I just need to take some pictures of the final results and post them.   

[ReadingBob]

Neat coal shed Bob.....great work. 

Thanks Greg!  I need to show this one to you and Curt one of these days.  Tom, Bill and John saw it already.   

[GPdemayo]

Neat coal shed Bob.....great work. 

Thanks Greg!  I need to show this one to you and Curt one of these days.  Tom, Bill and John saw it already.   

I'll look forward to seeing it. 

[postalkarl]

Hey Bob:

Sounds good. I'll be waiting to see the final  pictures.

Karl

[PRR Modeler]

Look forward to it Bob.

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Looks great Bob.  Like everyone else, I can't wait to see the final pictures.

[ReadingBob]

Thanks Karl, Curt and Bruce!  Here are the final pictures.   

I must confess that I hit the big Coal sign with some powders and it ended up getting much darker than I wanted.  Were I building this for someone else I probably would have soaked the sign with either water or rubbing alcohol until I was able to peel it off.  Then I would have tried again.  But it's for me and I can live with it the way it is.    




I'm always trying to figure out how I can make the lighting circuit accessible in case it requires any repairs.  Sometimes I make the roof removable but for this one I found it easier to make the structure removable.  I lined the bottom of the walls with extra bracing and then cut out a rectangle of photo mounting board that just fit inside the base of the structure.  I glued the mounting board to the pier, put the structure on it and got it lined up just right before the glue set.  There are no light leaks around the base of the structure doing it this way.   








There are not too many windows so not many LED's were required.  Still, a waterfront structure lit up at night will probably look pretty cool.




Overall a neat little kit and a relatively easy build.  I had a lot of fun with this one.   

Thanks for following along!

[Zephyrus52246]

Nice job, Bob.  As usual. 


Jeff

[cuse]

That is a little gem. I LOVE the weathering, particularly on the sign. Great job!!


John

[PRR Modeler]

Great build Bob.

[vinceg]

yeah, seriously...I think the sign looks great! Nice job, Bob.

[Opa George]

Bob, Wonderful job! Considering how dirty and corrosive coal dust is, I don't think you overdid it on the sign. But then I acknowledge having a very heavy hand at weathering, and liking it.  The lighting is over and above cool!  I really like the film noir mood set by the low light coming from the interior through only a few windows, shades drawn, lots of shadows!
--George

[postalkarl]

hey Bob:

Looks just beautiful. What's next?

Karl