FOS Kone Shack Build

[ReadingBob]

It's been a while so let's see if I remember how to post pictures on this forum and get them to display in a build thread.    This one is a small FOS kit, The Kone Shack, I build a while back.  I took pictures along the way but never used them.  It'll be like a trip down memory lane for me.



Okay, that was even easier than I recalled.  I uploaded the pictures to my gallery last night and just copied and pasted the BB code into the thread.  Cool!  Here's the contents of the package.



I usually start a new build by with a fresh #11 blade in my X-Acto knife and a fresh single edged razor blade.


There were only a couple of metal castings in this kit so I cleaned them up with a small file.


I'm not sure what the limit is to the number of photos in a post so I'll stick to four.  More in moment...

[ReadingBob]

I used the single edged razor blade to remove the walls, etc. from the carrier sheets.


I squared the edge of the walls on an emery board.  Tom (ACL1504) taught me this trick.  The laser leaves a slight angle on the edge.  Doing this squares them up.


The next step, of course, is to brace the walls with the 1/8" square strip wood.  I apply a little Canopy glue to the strip wood first.


And then spread it out with my fingertip (which I immediately wipe off afterwards to avoid spreading glue on whatever I touch next).


More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

I use a metal square to make sure I get the bracing right up against the edge of the wall without any overhang.  I'm not worried about the overhang at the top and bottom.  I'll trim it to fit after the glue sets for a few minutes.


Once the bracing has been added I weigh it down until the glue sets.  Just a few minutes will do the trick.


Then I flip the wall over and trim the bracing with a single edged razor blade.


I'm going to light this up, so I painted the inside of the walls black with a cheap craft store acrylic.  This helps to keep the walls from glowing (light shining through the walls, and I think it looks better if any of the interior is visible through the windows.


Continuing on in a moment.

[NEMMRRC]

Thanks for sharing the build.
Jaime

[ReadingBob]

The first thing I did with the exterior of the walls was give them a coat of Light Gray Hunterline Weathering Mix.


Now this was the fun part (for me).  I like the paint scheme Doug used on this kit.  It's alternating (vertical) bands of Pink and Yellow.  Based on the width of the panels in the front I judged how wide to make the bands and cut some masking tape (Tamiya) and masked off the walls.


Adding the tape and keeping the spacing as best I could.  No need for perfection.  Close enough works.


Then I painted the walls pink (the horror!) using a cheap craft store acrylic and a piece of sponge cut from a larger tile grout sponge I picked up at Home Depot.


More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Thanks for sharing the build.
Jaime

You're quite welcome Jamie.  It's great to see that you here and to have you following along.

[ACL1504]

Bob,

Of course, I'm following along on the Cone build.

Tom 

[ReadingBob]

After the pink was applied, I taped over the pink bands and then painted the walls with a yellow.  Again, a cheap craft store acrylic paint.


Like I mentioned before, this is a trip down memory lane given I did this one a while ago.  The rear, add on, structure was just painted white.  After the primary colors were added my standard process for beating them up and making the paint appear faded/peeling is to, very lightly, dap on some light gray followed by khaki paint.  I'm not try to paint them.  Just to get some hints of the colors on the walls.  After that a wash of either A&I or Hunterline (I think I used a very light A&I on this one).


The 1/16" square trim was painted and weather the same way as the walls.  Then attached, where indicated in the instructions, to the edge of the walls.


I see I didn't take any pictures of the how I added the 'rust' to the parts that represent metal panels in the front of the structure.  Those were oil paints that were dabbed on.  In hindsight think I went a little overboard with it.  Oh well.

Like the bracing the corner trim was cut to fit, using a single edged razor blade, after it was glued to the walls.


More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Bob,

Of course, I'm following along on the Cone build.

Tom

Thanks Tom!  You know how this one turned out. 

[ReadingBob]

Okay, I guess I didn't forget the oil paint picture after all.  I also used oil paints to add rust marks to the large ice cream cone.  I like working with oil paints like this because you have plenty of time to wash them off with a brush dipped in mineral spirits if you don't like the look and you can also get them to run (downwards) by lightly dragging a brush dipped in mineral spirits to get that look of a stain that rust causes when it's washed down to whatever is below.


Like so:


I prefer using 3M Transfer Tape to apply the roofing.  Add the tape to the roof like this.


Continuing on in the next post...
Then flip the roof card over and trim to fit.

[ReadingBob]

Instead of using the roofing material (paper) that came with the kit I substituted a green roofing material from Stoney Creek that I picked up at the EXPO in Scranton PA (I miss the EXPO days   ).  I cut it into (scale) 3 foot strips.


Then it's simply a matter of peeling the backing off the transfer tape to expose the sticky roof surface.


And adding the strips starting at the bottom edge of the roof.  I leave a little (1/32" or so) hang over the edge so I can fold it down.


I made a simple little circuit on the bottom side of the roof that consisted of a Current Limiter and two LED's.  I had to work around the openings where the ice cream cone had been removed.  Later on, I had to move things around a little because my solder joints interfered with were the roof attached to the wall.  I'll know better next time around (and there will be a next time around).


More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Here's the finished kit.  I had a lot of fun building this one.  I ended up trading, with Tom, it the finished version for the kit so I'll get to do it again!









Let's see if five pictures work since I only have one left.


Eureka.  It does.

Even though it doesn't look anything like the physical structure this one reminds me of the ice cream shop we visit once or twice a year when we're visiting my brother in Enola, PA - The Whistle Stop.

That concludes my first build thread on the newly renovated Modeler's Forum.  So glad to have it back and very thankful for those that made it possible!

Thanks for following along!  

[Oldguy]

It is a great little building.  I added a bit to the side of mine (a part of another FOS kit) for burger sales.
 I need to figure out adding photos all over again.  Hurumph.

[Oldguy]

[GPdemayo]

Great build Bob and terrific to see one of your build threads again.....do they have pistachio there, I can't find it anywhere but Bruster's.