Sewall's Foundry using RailroadKits castings.

[SteveCuster]

Hello everyone,

Next up is a structure based on the FSM castings of Sewall's Foundry from Railroadkits.

This will end up being about half the size of the FSM kit. I plan on using the main stone structure but I'm not really sure about the rest. I have no plan as I start except I know I'll be starting with the main stone building and I already know the size of the space I'm going to be installing it on the layout.


I laid out and started sorting the castings. The quality of the castings are excellent and pretty much no different than what I would expect from George's original kits. The only thing I found a bit tedious is the castings are polished with walnut shells and they really get imbedded in the cracks. I used a dental pick to clean the remnants out but it did take a bit of time especially on the stonework. I bought these from Jimmy so I'm not sure if Bill is using the same process. It does make them look nice, shiny and clean.


I primed all the walls with gray auto primer.


I washed over the stones with A&I, touched up some with chalks and added the doors.


The side wall.


First step was gluing the bottom together. No rear wall is provided so I just made one from cardstock and painted one side black.


I glued the top 3 walls together on their own then I glued them on top of the bottom base walls.


The lower brick section will be covered with decking so I didn't spend much time weathering it.

While these walls were drying I did spend some time working on the detail parts.

I'll be working on the roof tonight or tomorrow hopefully.

Thanks for following along.

[Keep It Rusty]

Nice.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one, Steve.

[cuse]

That looks great. I think I purchased some of those wall castings from Jimmy at one of the EXPOs...I might just have to dig them out.


John

[S&S RR]

Craig


Looking good.

[Dennis Bourey]

That's some great metal casting's work. Love the color's.

[postalkarl]

Hey Steve:

Your walls look just gorgeous. I just can't wait to see your layout.

Karl

[GPdemayo]

Great start Steve.....I'll be looking in. 

[Jerry]

Steve looks like your off to a good start.  Wall look great. Be following along to see how you do with this one.


Jerry

[Pennman]

Steve,

With your modeling abilities, I'm sure you will have another winner.
I noticed when you dry brush the walls after A & I, it really makes the stone pop.
I will be following along with your progress. I have yet to dig mine out, and I should
have purchased the castings from Jimmy when they were available, because I bought
a kit on Ebay without the walls. I didn't want to buy an extra set of castings, but now
I could kick myself. Oh well, you snooze and you lose!

Rich

[MAP]

Looks great Steve!

[SteveCuster]

Thanks everyone! Should have another progress update soon...trying to figure out what I want to do with the roof.

[Opa George]

Late to the party, but in agreement with everyone else--looks fantastic.  You are off to a good start.
--Opa George

[tom.boyd.125]

Steve,
Always liked that kit...took a photo of the full FSM build after unpacking it from the 1000 mile move several years ago in today's 3/16/21 baggage car thread...
Will follow along with your changes...
Tommy

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Great job on this one. Love the old weathered stone look.

Tom 

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Awesome start Steve.  Looks like another winner in the making.