Master Creations Watt-Moreland Waxworks

[Lynnb]

Wow this is really coming together nicely, your attention to detail is amazing. I really didn't realize there was so much to this kit.

[Opa George]

Thank you everyone for all of the comments.  I am very happy with how this turned out, but I have to credit a lot of support and great advice from everyone on this forum.

To anyone considering this kit, don't be intimidated by it's reputation.  I did not find it to be significantly more frustrating or difficult than any of the other craftsman kits I have built to date. True, the instructions were not as detailed as an FSM or Builders in Scale kit, but were on par with a Fos kit.  You just have to take your time.  On a few occasions when confronted with a confusing sequence, I quit for the night and approached it fresh the next day. Usually that helped me figure it out.

I did receive good advice on a tricky step from a member of this forum.  I am eager to repay that kindness. If anyone attempting this build gets stuck, I am more than happy to offer my advice or an explanation of how to do something. I did make errors here and there, but nothing that made a huge difference in the outcome.

Best regards,
Opa George

[deemery]

You've done a great job with this kit.  Frankly, I always thought that structure looked kinda funky/fakey, particularly that tower on the other side of the tracks.  But that's an opinion on the architecture, and not on the construction.  I think you've done a great job with the kit, and how you've "planted" it makes it look a lot better than I would have thought when I saw the photo on the box...


dave

[sdrees]

George, I am really surprised how your diorama worked out.  When you put the whole thing together it is a fantastic looking project and your modeling work is just great. 

[madharry]

Very well done! I have built a few MC kits and they were a struggle in the early days of my modelling. I have a few more to make which having been inspired by your superb efforts I will now re-visit. Thanks very much for sharing.
Mike

[Opa George]

Thanks very much, Dave, Steve and Mike.

I agree with Dave that many of the kits by this company have a really funky style.  That is a plus for me, though. My layout theme falls somewhere between my nostalgia for the romance of steam railroading and mild steampunk fantasy.

I'm brainstorming a way to model a dirigible in HO scale, but given a prototypical size would be between 9 and 10 actual feet long, that is probably not happening! 

--Opa George

[deemery]

Watt-Moreland Waxworks is definitely 'steampunk' long before there was 'steampunk'. 


dave

[Jerry]

George you hit this one out of the park.  Wonderful modeling!


Jerry

[Zephyrus52246]

Great work.  Beautifully finished.

Jeff

[postalkarl]

Hey George:


WOW!!!! very nicely done diorama.

Karl