SRMW - Wrisley Paper

[GPdemayo]

Two things I've always wanted to know:

What is a drawring?

and

What is a diorammer?

If any of yinz know, let me know.

thanks,

-slim

Hey Slim.....you sure you aren't from Jersey?.....sure write like you're from there with that accent!

[dougkast]

I think a diorammer is a nickname for a Doctor of Proctology?

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi Eric.  I love South River Modelworks kits - so will be watching with interest.

Cheers, Mark.

[EricQuebec]

Hello all,
First, thank you for your interest about this thread, and second, thanks Gnatshop for the lesson on "South Accent".

During the last week, I've work a little bit on this kit (I've several project to finish like painting little people, and make the finishes on my the scratchbuild building), so I've really work on the kit about 6-7 Hours in all the week. Most of this time was occupied by preparing the urethane casting, and a begin trying to assemly them together
First step of this preparation is to clean all the minor flashing on the wall, and in case of the stone foundation, to highlited the details of the cut of the stone.
I must say that the casting are very detailled  and look to be  straight.. Bob Van Gelder said that the wall can be have a little wrappage, and give the solution to correct it. In my cas, all are straight. The back of the casting are very smooth, so to facilitate the adhesion of the glue (Weld Bond), Bob recommend to sand it a little bit on a very straight base. On the following pictures, you can see the high Quality of the stone design, and the small recut that I've do to accentuate the space between the stone on the border of the casting.
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Once all the part are sanded, The instruction call for wash them in  lukewarm soapy water.

In my opinion, it was an error to wash the casting in this step. the reason is very simple, I did  a lot of dust and debris when I've cut the window opening
I,ve decide to open all the window, so this task was a little bit long and boring. ANd in final I'Ve rewash all the casting.
Finally I've begin to glue  the casting that make the foundation of the mill. Bob pprovide a template to facilitate this task.  A great precision was needed to do this task, the parts must be perfectly square, but also perfectly vertical and aligned in height SO I've work on a glasse

In the begin I was sceptic about the strenght of Weld Bond glue. On Urethane casting, it take a little bit more time to dry, but permit to make the adjutments needed to align perfectly all the pieces, and once dry it'S very strenght.
The same task with same conditions was require to assemble the brick addition (power central). But after try to make my assembly on the template, I'Ve decide to cut the cardboard roof to make the alignement of the wall, and draw  line on the back of the casting to indicate the position of the ledge for the roof.
That's all for today.
Thanks for viewing, feel free to comment.
Eric Québec city

To be continued

[NEMMRRC]

Is Welbond glue similar to white glue? I've never used it before.


Jaime

[EricQuebec]

Is Welbond glue similar to white glue? I've never used it before.


Jaime

Hi Jaime, yes Weldbond glue is a white glue, but I think it's vinyl glue. when dry it be transparent and relatively elastic.. and the glue is very strong.

Eric Quebec city

[gnatshop]

Jaime, your local Home Depot should have it!

[postalkarl]

Hi Eric:

Looks like you're off to a good start.

Karl

[EricQuebec]

Hello All,

There's a long time I haven't upgrade this thread, but in july, I've  makevery slow progress on this kit.
First, I'Ve finished to assembly all the wall of the brick building, with the tower and the cap on the tower. It isn't very difficult, but requir a lot of précision to align perfectly all this part.

Tehn I've cover the building with a coat of primer ( paint with can : Oxyde Red from Krylon Rust protector, and grey automotive primer  from Walmart), to make a clean work paint, I've cover all the part that no need to be paint in red with masking tape, and once the coat of paint was dry make the same job for grey color.

Then, I've paint all the wall woth a coat of reddish brown obtain by mixing acrylics paint Georgia Clay and a small amount of charcoal color. And finally, begin to think about what I really want to do as diorama with this Kit. I've been very impressed by the work of an other modelers that have make a thread about this kit on RR Line forum.
SO I've make several draw at 1/2 scale to determine the possibility to put the brick building at angle with the Main Mill

Once my project clearly determine, I've destroy the back wal of the brick building and cut  23/32" from the length of the wall. For this task I'Ve use my small atlas saw, that I use generally for cutting rail.

As you can see, this kinf of saw make a very good job on urethane casting.


ANd with sand paper make a besel to make a straight assembly with the mill.

[EricQuebec]

And make a besel with sandpaper to make a straight assembly with the Mill.

Finally, after re-assembly the wall, I've paint individualley some the brick with different shade of color obtain by mixing the Georgia clay color and more or less charcoal color.

Once this task doing, I've paint the window linten with Linen acrylic paint, and the frame of the window with Titanium white, and the doors with Ligth avocado color. You can see on the following pictures the different shade of the brick color.

OnAfter What I've paint the basement of the building. For that I was inspired by the work of ReadingBob on his Fox Run Mill Kit. So I've decide to try to work in the same way, but with some difference. First I've paint the stone individually with Chalk and Alcool.

Then I've cover the wall with a wash of acrylic paint Folkart Battleship Grey. Once dry, I've coated the basement with a AI solution. ANd finally, I've do an other wash ( a little bit more thick than previously) Of battleship grey for doing the mortar line. I'm very satisfied with the final result.

Finally, I've make the mortar line on the brick. For this, I've use Grey chalk (cool grey I from Mungvo), and Rembrandt Raw Umber 408.10, apply the chalk with encil, and then, the wall are wipped with my fingr to elimine the chalk on the surface of the brick

That's all for today.
Thaks for viewing
To be continued
Eric Québec city

[Zephyrus52246]

Nice work on the bricks/stones, Eric.

Jeff

[bparrish]

Amazing brick

thanx
Bob

[S&S RR]

Eric
Very nice work - I'm enjoying the thread.

[BandOGuy]

It's "pee-bawdy".

I like South River kits a lot. I'm eager to see the end result.
Jaime

Correction:
Pee-buddy. Spoken quickly so the "buddy" disappears. You do barbecue, I'll do New England.


Eric,
You're an inspiration. Forget the grammar worries. Good pictures overcome any "problems" you think might be there.

[ReadingBob]

Amazing brick

thanx
Bob

Couldn't agree more.  I think Eric is the master of brick finishes.