FOS's Pressman Radio

[JimF]

This is the kit I'm working on, to get back into the swing of things, it's what prompted my 'nail hole' question the other day.

Going to try and attach a picture of the 1st wall with nails.

Jim

[ReadingBob]

Great start on a great little kit.      Nice job on the sign. 

[rpdylan]

I will be following your build as I have had this kit on the shelf for years! Great start!

[PRR Modeler]

I'll be following.

[Opa George]

Hi Jim, I'll be following along. I don't have this kit but am interested to see how it builds.
--George

[GPdemayo]

I'll be looking in too Jim.....

[ACL1504]

Jim,

Count me in on the followers as well. Like Bob C. mine is on the shelf but one day it will get done.

Tom

[JimF]

Thanks, one and all, for the encouragement. I'll do my best with pics as I go. Had lots of bench time, but not as much got done on the kit, as I planned.

I realized the oil paint wood finish on parts for the 1/32 aircraft kit I am also working on had fully dried, so I went ahead and finished the cockpit assembly. It's the item in the upper left corner of the 2nd picture.

Anyway, nails holes finished, trim added on, and the front sign in place. The windows are just set in place for the moment, I'll glaze them and do any shades before I glue them in.

Speaking of glazing, has anyone used the clear Elmers instead of Canopy Glue? The bottom left pane of the 4 pane window in the stairway side wall was dome with it, It dried pretty quickly, and looks really clear except right around the edges.

Tomorrow, the lower front wall will get built and painted, for starters.

Jim

[Brian T]

I built this kit last year - it was my first FOS kit.  I was happy with how it came out.

[Opa George]

Nice job on the chipping paint effect on the walls.
--George

[Zephyrus52246]

Walls look good.  So does the cockpit.  What model plane is that? 


Jeff

[Mark Dalrymple]

Coming on nicely, Jim.

Cheers, mark.

[Dennis Bourey]

Jim, I agree. love the paint job............. Dennis

[NKP768]

Watch out for those Wing Nut Wings kits Jim - they are very addicting......

Doug

[JimF]

Made some progress yesterday. Windows glazed and installed, the front sign done, storefront painted, glazed and display done up.

See a couple of things in the pictures I'll address today, paint the door knob plate brass and add door knobs to front and rear door. Handles for the freight door.

I'll do some window shades today, before I start to put the walls together. I'll just do a black paper view block in this structure, as it's planned location won't allow much of a close up view. Will try and get pretty much everything short of the roof work done, today.

Although the discolored stripe down the left side of the wall sign is not actually as bad as it look s in the photo, it is there (Came that way in the kit), so will come up with something to either hide it a bit, or something that will draw the eye away from it.

The window glazing was almost all done with the Elmer's Clear Glue I came across. I did one of the small 4 pane windows with Canopy Glue. The Elmer's seemed to dry as fast as the other, and seemed to act no different. The only issue I found was, in using the Canopy Glue in the past, I could use the bottle nozzle tip to apply it. I couldn't, with the Elmer's, but I think it is because the nozzle comes to more of a point than the CG bottle does. I'll experiment with this, before I do a structure with a lot more windows.

And, like the wall sign, the glazing looks much better in actuality, than in the pictures.

Doug and Jeff, the cockpit is from a Wingnut Wings Bristol F.2b Fighter. I did resist acquiring a number of WnW kits, Doug, but did buy a couple. This one, a Royal Naval Sopwith Pup and a Felixstowe. The last is huge.

Thanks all, for the comments, and for following.

Jim