FSM Kit # 240 Branchline Water Tank - 2022 Challenge (2)

[Janbouli]

Very very nice , stone is beautiful and I love the wood beams .

[Opa George]

Excellent job, John.  Coming along beautifully.  My wife was looking over my shoulder as I read over new posts and she commented on how realistic it looks.

--Opa George

[postalkarl]

Hey John:

Just beautiful. Almost finished I'd say.

Karl

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent modeling John.

[S&S RR]

Very very nice , stone is beautiful and I love the wood beams .

Jan


Thank you for the kind words. This has been a real enjoyable build - I'm real happy with the way this is turning out.

[S&S RR]

Excellent job, John.  Coming along beautifully.  My wife was looking over my shoulder as I read over new posts and she commented on how realistic it looks.

--Opa George

Opa George


Thank you and your wife for the kind words.  Realistic is what we are going for so that's a great complement. Thank you for following along.

[S&S RR]

Hey John:

Just beautiful. Almost finished I'd say.

Karl

Karl


Thank you for the encouraging words - and yes we are getting close.

[S&S RR]

Excellent modeling John.

Curt


As always, thank you for following along and the encouraging words.

[S&S RR]

Here is a progress picture from the end of the day, today.  We got the roof on and a few more details.


I have more details to add, tomorrow and this one will be ready to go on the layout. Some how I'm completing challenge (2) before challenge (1). It just happens. I hope Dan isn't going to deduct points for this error.

[bparrish]

John..............

This was the kit that I never scored.    In 1968 a friend kit collected for me while I was on the rivers in Viet Nam.  When I got home he had a great selection of stuff that had come available while I had been away.  Cost me a solid 300 bux.


In that batch was four Campbell flat car kits......... no one even remembers that they made car kits................  several Canadian Railway Models CRM refrigerator kits including Barf Beer and Foe Nee Baloney and one other.  No one remembers these either.  And a bunch of other now forgotten stuff.


In all of that was the FSM engine house.  A solid ten bux at the time and we all thought it was a lot at the time.

I later built the engine house and later still the tar paper roof that was in the kit was just too much black and overshadowed other structures.  So I re did the roof and made it look like a crew was putting on a new roof.  And then later again I put a complete interior in the building and made the original structure a lift off to be able to see it.

I never acquired the water tank that George released only shortly after the engine house.   So it is really fun to watch you build it now..

Thanx
Bob

[Oldguy]

Looking good!

[GPdemayo]

Nice job on the shingles John.....

[PRR Modeler]

That looks very cool. Love all the details and especially the roofers.

[S&S RR]

John..............

This was the kit that I never scored.    In 1968 a friend kit collected for me while I was on the rivers in Viet Nam.  When I got home he had a great selection of stuff that had come available while I had been away.  Cost me a solid 300 bux.


In that batch was four Campbell flat car kits......... no one even remembers that they made car kits................  several Canadian Railway Models CRM refrigerator kits including Barf Beer and Foe Nee Baloney and one other.  No one remembers these either.  And a bunch of other now forgotten stuff.


In all of that was the FSM engine house.  A solid ten bux at the time and we all thought it was a lot at the time.

I later built the engine house and later still the tar paper roof that was in the kit was just too much black and overshadowed other structures.  So I re did the roof and made it look like a crew was putting on a new roof.  And then later again I put a complete interior in the building and made the original structure a lift off to be able to see it.

I never acquired the water tank that George released only shortly after the engine house.   So it is really fun to watch you build it now..

Thanx
Bob

Bob


Your build looks great. I really like scenes that show work in progress, like putting the roof on, or adding an addition. They bring the layout to life.  I was thinking as I read your post, now this guy is a real modeler.  He remembers the major events in his life by the kit that George put out that year. Thank you for your comments and for following along on this thread. And Thank You for your service.

[S&S RR]

Looking good!

Bob


Thank you, getting close.