Schwarz Foundry - 2019 Challenge Build - aka FSM Sewall's Foundry

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Another great stone wall building, love them all John.

Jan


Thanks for following along.  I love doing them. My next four our five builds will be mostly wood.

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Today, I made some more progress on this build.  The buildings B and C got a coat of Hunterline Driftwood.

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I also added the shingles to the main A building. There is a lot of detail to add to this roof.

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I used Jan's sand bag to hold the shingles down while the glue dried.

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As soon a I get the rafter ends installed (not my favorite part of the build) on the main building,  it will be time to start gluing the structures to the baseboard. I spent some time getting the baseboard read, including finding a wall casting for the other side of the pit area.  I will need to do some cutting but I found one in my castings box that will match the one supplied by George with the Fox Run kit. I just have to cut it to size and paint it the same way I did for the Fox Run Casting. The part that I have to cut off to get the right height will work to extend it the length of the pit. It headed for the ban saw.

[Opa George]

Everything is looking great, John.  I really like the way you do your masonry walls, and the wooden walls look good with the Hunterline stain. I've been hearing so much about that line that I searched out some at a local show. Since then I've used it quite a bit. Really useful product that gives reliable results.
--George

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Everything is looking great, John.  I really like the way you do your masonry walls, and the wooden walls look good with the Hunterline stain. I've been hearing so much about that line that I searched out some at a local show. Since then I've used it quite a bit. Really useful product that gives reliable results.
--George

George


Thank you for following along and the kind words. This is my first build using the Hunterline stain - so far I like it. I believe it is alcohol and shoe die which is a combination I have used for years. My own formula. I bought it on the recommendation of Bob Butts at the Expo two years ago. I bought the driftwood and cement for my first test and like the color of both. I put it on with a brush and as I said so far very good stuff.

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On the building with the bricks low:  Shouldn't the wood overhang, the bricks, rather than the bricks sticking out below the wood?


dave

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On the building with the bricks low:  Shouldn't the wood overhang, the bricks, rather than the bricks sticking out below the wood?


dave

Dave




The short answer is yes for proper drainage - but the dozen or so builds that I have in my library off the internet and from layout visits built it like I did.  The stack-up of the walls would require some trimming to the walls to make this happen. 

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Dave


Thanks for pointing it out - I'm not going to change it because  it will never be seen on the layout.  It will be on the back side of the building under the loading dock.

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...Thanks for pointing it out - I'm not going to change it because  it will never be seen on the layout.  It will be on the back side of the building under the loading dock.

Out-of-sight, out-of-mind (and away from the rest of the nitpickers! )


dave

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The base pieces have been test fitted and are ready for painting.

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I painted the cement walls with Hunterline Cement colored stain.

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After two coats of the stain, I liked the color, but I just wasn't getting the coverage I wanted.  So, I added grey pan pastel chalk, my old standard for cement, for the final coat.