SRMW Retirement Build Challenge - 2021 updates

[NEMMRRC]

Groovy.


Do you prefer the plaster or the resin castings?


Jaime

Like the plaster castings more only because if I leave the resin dust on my hands too long from sanding a rash develops....sometimes have to wear non-latex gloves to work with it.
Tommy

The hazards of the hobby.


Jaime

[tom.boyd.125]

Thanks to...
Jaime, Curt, John and Craig for your comments...more updates coming this week since returning from a short 2 week vacation away from the bench...
One note is the email received from Bob VanGelder at SRMW ... he is no longer supporting the laser cut parts from the first 4 - 5 SRMW kits, he does not have the software files...we have one missing/misplaced part D4 that will have to be made from scratch...see the photo.  His template in this kit is full part size, so that helps. Bob did send me the missing plastic bag with the 2 outside staircase pieces and the 4 dormer pieces he had in a storage shed that was not in this box which he had extra of....THANK YOU !!!
Tommy

[tom.boyd.125]

 Some modelers assemble the entire plaster building first and then paint it, we prefer to work with the walls flat to prevent breakage and then touch up the seams if needed...( Old School )
Never use clamps here for plaster structure wall raising assembly...only large rubber bands from lessons learned in the past. Here's 2 photos showing frog tape on each side of the narrow side seams with a plaster mix added, then the second photo shows the seam fixed...then we use a craft paint called Pewter Grey which happens to be a exact match to the grey spray primer and my beige wash mentioned earlier to complete the repair. Hope this helps your builds...
Tommy

[GPdemayo]

Good job on the plaster corners Tom.....I love the detail in the plaster and resin kit walls, but getting the corners of brick or stone to look right can be a challenge. 

[PRR Modeler]

Nicely done.

[tom.boyd.125]

Gregory and Curt,
Thanks for the comments. When the tape is removed from the side walls a single edge razor blade is all that is needed to clean up the narrow patch of plaster to match the stone heights of the walls, followed by that grey craft paint and beige wash. The kit still has 7 more plaster building walls to complete, besides the stone retaining walls in the kit...so here are some photos of them. All methods are the same except Krylon spray red primer is used on the brick areas.
Tommy

[tom.boyd.125]

 The two other buildings in this kit are now assembled and waiting for rafters to be installed...wood has been stained for the 3 docks to be built next...Pan Pastel color 380.3 Red Iron Oxide Shade  applied a light coat on the red surface of the bricks finished off that building...with some craft mudstone color paint added for the caps. Also doing a dry fit on the small stone rear addition...Here's the updates...
Tommy

[tom.boyd.125]

 Front view of both assembled plaster buildings with roof cards attached...
Tommy

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent Tom.

[ACL1504]

Tommy,

Very nice build on this. I've always liked the SRMW kits but they are mainly New England structures. I do have the station, Reading Bob build, and Thorndike. These can fit on a southern style layout.

Again, very well done.

Tom 

[ReadingBob]

Enjoying the build Tom!

The only SRMW kit I've ever tackled was the Cambridge Crossing kit that Tom mentioned I built for him.  I enjoyed building that one.  I had one SRMW kit of my own but I traded it away when I realized how much space it was going to take up and me, without a layout, would have no place to store it after I built it.   

[Mark Dalrymple]

Coming on nicely, Tom.

The stone work in that kit is just beautiful.

When I was in Scranton in 2015 it was a toss up for me between this kit and Thorndikes.  Thorndikes won - but only just.

Cheers, Mark.

[tom.boyd.125]

Excellent Tom.

Curt,
Thanks for following along and the positive comment.
Tommy

[tom.boyd.125]

Tommy,

Very nice build on this. I've always liked the SRMW kits but they are mainly New England structures. I do have the station, Reading Bob build, and Thorndike. These can fit on a southern style layout.

Again, very well done.

Tom 

Tom,
Thanks for checking in and the comments. This is the first of 16 plus SRMW builds that will be discussed. Thorndike is on the shelf but not for a while...
Tommy

[tom.boyd.125]

Enjoying the build Tom!

The only SRMW kit I've ever tackled was the Cambridge Crossing kit that Tom mentioned I built for him.  I enjoyed building that one.  I had one SRMW kit of my own but I traded it away when I realized how much space it was going to take up and me, without a layout, would have no place to store it after I built it.   

Bob,
Thanks for the comments too. The Cambridge Crossing station will be built, and the Cambridge hotel part of that kit is near completion. It will be shown on this thread in the future.
Tommy