SRMW - Wrisley Paper

[postalkarl]

Hi Eric:

Looks grat so far.

Karl

[EricQuebec]

Thank you for you comment Mark and Karl, I muc appreciate it.

Eric Québec city

[ACL1504]

Eric,

The stone work and walls look fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to document it all for us. I know how much extra work is involved in doing it.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

That's a lot of windows Eric.....you must have a ton of patience! 

[EricQuebec]

Eric,

The stone work and walls look fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to document it all for us. I know how much extra work is involved in doing it.

Tom

Thank you very Much Tom.

Eric QUébec city

[EricQuebec]

That's a lot of windows Eric.....you must have a ton of patience! 

No, I'm not... I'm just a modeler 
In other hand, to have so many windows for a first try is a very good practice to learn and master a new technique. Yesterday, I've do 16 windows for the two clearstory, totally finish and glue in place in only about 1 hour and 20 minutes.... that'S great.

THank you for your comment.
Eric QUébec city

[BandOGuy]

While playing "catch up" this evening, I read your post on the signs. In my rookie modeler opinion, they look great. I wish I had a suggestion to protect them just as they are as they look very realistically weathered. Sometimes, tragedies have a way of working out very well.
Great thread, overall. Thanks for your time and efforts.

[postalkarl]

Hi Eric:

Looks great so far. I will be following along.

Karl

[MAP]

Hi Eric,
Any update photos of your build?

[EricQuebec]

Hi Eric:

Looks great so far. I will be following along.

Karl

Thank you very much Karl, I much appreciate it.
Eric Québec city

[EricQuebec]

Hi Eric,
Any update photos of your build?

Yes, coming soon (maybe sunday) thankyou for you interest.

Eric Québec city

[EricQuebec]

Hello All,
I can'T believe that's a month since i've update this thread.  I've make a lot progress on this kit during the last mont.
For begin I've begin to assemble de different wall of the main mill. The piece are exactly cutting and perfect square, I haven't encounter any problem during this task for this building (I've had some minor problem with the wood addition, but it's an other story).

Once the building was assemled, I've glue the floor support on each long wall of the mill. This task was a little bit difficult do to the small space avaible for take good mesure and glue them perfectly right and aligned with their opposite.

I know that this task does not require the greatest accuracy, but I like  the job is well done.... Then I've glue the floor in place and constat that it was more easely to do If I've had made a floor after another (support and floor)

Then time was coming to do the roof. The main roof consist of one piece of cardboard that need to be folded in his center. I've necer had good result by folding roof, eac time I've a side more loong than another. So I've cut the roof in two part. Then, the instruction call for gluying the roof in place, after what, gluethe wood trim in place on the undeside of the roof.  AN other time I don't like this kind of technic. So after checking the dimensions, I've glue all the underside trim before gluying the roof in place. Note that I left a small space in the bottom side, so that the two roof panel fit together perfectly in despite the wood trim.

For finsih I've glue the edge trim in place


To be continued

[Powersteamguy1790]

Nice work Eric..


Stay cool and run steam.....

[EricQuebec]

The next task consist to do the two clearstory. There's nothing particular in this task except the besel that must be do on the top and bottom of the front wall of the clearstory. The difficulty consist to make the right angle (it's two different angle. One for the bottom,  very pronounced, and a second more light for the top)

Once all piece was ready, I've paint the roof in black, where the clearstory will be glued. Each clear story was assembled  before glued in place.

Then I've glue the two roof in place, and glue the  edge trim in place in the same way that préviously.  I've made the underside roof trim for this roof too, in the instruction there's nothing about that. But I' don't like undeside in cardboard, sooner or later, a picture of the dio will highlight the gap, (like the only one pictures that I don'T like of the F&SM, remenber, Johen Have post this pics of the depot, where yu can see a desesperatly white cardbord inner roof, In my sense, this inner roof broke all the magic of this pictures... only my opinion)
Bob van Gelder call for painting the edge after assembly, an ther time I prefer painting my stripwood before assembly.

After what I've begin to do the wood addition and the shed of this kit. I've made only one change : the windows, I've used some tichy windows from my stash rather than the metal casting windows provide in the kit.  Two reason for that : first I don't like metal windows, you can see in the pictures that the casting isn'T perfectly right, and not so fine than plastic windows. The second reason is that I've make a mistake when I've glue the windows on the main mill. I've used the template for referencing where each kinfd of windows must be glued. But there's an error on the template, and I've used all the double hung windows and Have only two lind windows for the wood addition).

The wall are paint in the following method : first I've coated them with AI solution,when dry, I 've paint a very thin coat of buttermilk color acrylic paint. When perfectly dry, I've brush the wall with the wire brush, and finally repaint the wall with Buttremilk color apply with a terry clothe. YOU can see this three step in the following picture. (okay, it's not my better picture )

I'Ve choose to heavely wheatered the walls. Here's a pictures of the wall ready for assemble

Ready for assemble ? Not sure, I has a problem, the wall are not cutting in the right size. In fact, the end wall of the building is too short. it appears it was cut without consideration  of the roof slope which affects the corner trim.


To be continued

[EricQuebec]

Hey, thank you Bob for your comment, I Much apreciate it.

This problem of walls was resolv by adding a piece of 6x8" stripwood on the bottom of the two wall concerning by this problem.

Then I've make the basement of htis building in stripwood primed in red (the same used for my brick work), and assemble with a small square. ALl the pices are cuttinf with the NWSL Chopper to make perfect 45 deg angle.
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Next I've made the roof in the same way than previously, inner roof too. and glue them in place. I've constat that the space between the rafter tail isn't regular, so I've redrw the correct spacing on a small piece of paper and tape it in place. You can see the diffrence of spacing.

ANd I,ve cut all the rafter needed. AN ther time it's a strange angle that be used (understand that all angle that not be at 30, 45, 60 or 90 deg, are strange)
I'Ve learn a new technique in using the nwsl Chopper. Make you angle pattern with a piece of masking tape on the chopper, it work very well

Once all the rafter are gluying in place, time is coming to finish the roof.
The main mill roof is a slate roof, doing with pre assembled laser cut paper. The kit contain only two sheet of this stock, with a draw explaining how to cut it to cover the roof, it's no extra material, so the most accurancy was needed. It's a very easy to use product.

For coloring the roof, Bob use marker from  different tone and shade of grey. Personnaly, I don't have this kind of marker, so I've used my grey chalk (cool and warm grey), with alcool. I'Ve painting radomly many slate with diffrent color of grey, and for finish, brush a small coat of cool grey III without alcool.
I'm very satisfied of the final result.


To be continued