FOS Hendrix Style Foundary

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

I started out with the hydrocal walls by spraying them light gray. Afterwards I used wet weathering powders to randomly paint stones then did a heavy (intentional) wash of Tamiya German Gray (grimy black). I want this kit to look very dirty but not falling apart.

[PRR Modeler]

And the side walls.

[GPdemayo]

Great looking stone building.....I'll be looking in Curt. 

[Mark Dalrymple]

I'll be watching, Curt.

This kit looks like it would sit nicely with South River Modelworks Thonedike mills.

Cheers, Mark.

[richbeau]

Looks cool!

When you say, "FOS Hendrix Style Foundry"... Have you got an Ed Fulasz "Old Stone Warehouse"?

--Rich

[PRR Modeler]

Greg, Mark and Rich thank you.

Rich- Actually you are correct. The instructions talk about him. The kit has wooden add on walls and rooms along with a bunch of stuff on the roof.

[ReadingBob]

Great start Curt.  I really like the looks of this kit.  It'll be fun to follow along with your build.  The hydrocal cast walls are a nice break from wood every now and then.   

[Zephyrus52246]

Nice looking walls.  Did you seal them after using the powders and before the wash?


Jeff

[vinceg]

Yep..mighty fine-looking walls, Curt. To me, there's just something special about masonry walls cast in hydrocal.

[postalkarl]

Hey Curt:

The walls look just beautiful.

Karl

[deemery]

I got this kit but haven't decided where it'll go.  So I'm watching this intently.  Your stone looks good so far!


dave

[Jerry]

Beautiful coloring on the stone!


Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

Thank you Bob, Jeff, Vince, Karl, Dave, and Jerry for your kind words.

Jeff- I did not seal the colors because they were very bright compared to the gray base coat. A lot of the color washed out but I was afraid of it looking cartoony.

I did spend several hours on the build today but no pictures so I'll do a update in the next couple of days.

[Opa George]

Curt, the color on those walls look super in close ups.  I'll be interested in how well those interlocking joints fit together. That is a lot of engineering to get around those corner joints, but looks like it will be worth the trouble.

--Opa George

[PRR Modeler]

Thank you George.

Over the last couple of days I put in the windows and "glass" in the hydrocal walls. I took the plunge and put the walls together busting off 2 of the "fingers". They were easily glued in place after the fact. The prep trimming wasn't bad but it's a really tight fit. I shingled the roof and built the upper structure (on roof), shingled it and weathered the roof. The roof structure isn't centered because of a billboard that goes on the roof.

I don't know if I mentioned before I found a stone ramp missing from the kit and I notified Doug about it via Email. Today I discovered a roof card missing but I made my own.