Buffalo Canyon Mining Company in On30

[Philip]

Following along Mike! The hydro castings are CLEAN! WOW!

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Curt, Rick, Ron, Philip, Larry, and Philip, thank you for your encouragement.

Today I focused on removing the not-so-thin window membranes.  They were over 1/8" thick and difficult to clean out.  I finally resorted to a hobby knife in fist approach versus a holding like a pencil approach.  I traced the outline of the windows until the knife blade broke through.  It took several hours this afternoon to finish them, but the three castings are now drying in the paint booth.





I will either start assembling the castings or painting the stones next.  I prefer to paint the castings when they are flat, before assembly. We'll see.

Have fun,
mike

[deemery]

Mike, try lightly wetting the plaster corner before you start scribing away.  That should soften the plaster a bit, and make the carving/cutting easier.

dave

[Philip]

Nice start Mike!

[Jerry]

Good thing you have patience Mike! 
Very well done on cleaning them out.

Jerry

[Rick]

Mike, I did what Dave mentioned about wetting the plaster.
It does make it easier.
The problem I had with the kit is that I used a water based glue to put the walls together.
When I applied some plaster to fill in the seams it loosened the glue and the walls came apart.
I think I still have the kit and if I do I'll try again and use epoxy.

Have you started painting the walls?

[Larry C]

Mike nice job on the clean outs and like Jerry stated, good
thing you have lots of patience. I've found anytime you can
detail a wall laying flat it usually is much easier. Good luck.

[friscomike]

Mike, try lightly wetting the plaster corner before you start scribing away.  That should soften the plaster a bit, and make the carving/cutting easier.

dave

Dave, thanks for the tip.  It seems obvious, but duh...  ~mike

[friscomike]

Mike, I did what Dave mentioned about wetting the plaster.
It does make it easier.
The problem I had with the kit is that I used a water based glue to put the walls together.
When I applied some plaster to fill in the seams it loosened the glue and the walls came apart.
I think I still have the kit and if I do I'll try again and use epoxy.

Have you started painting the walls?

Rick, what a pain with the water-based glue.

I put a white base coat on the exterior and painted the interior tan.  I'll paint a wainscot on the interior when the interior is dry.  I plan to use either ACC gel or epoxy.  I've used epoxy on the hydrocal castings in previous kits.  

~mike

[friscomike]

Mike nice job on the clean outs and like Jerry stated, good
thing you have lots of patience. I've found anytime you can
detail a wall laying flat it usually is much easier. Good luck.

Larry, thanks for the encouragement to lay the castings flat.  ~mike

[friscomike]

Jerry and Philip, thanks for your comments.  ~mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Today I painted the interior of the castings and worked on the windows.  There are many panes in this kit.  I think I'll save the knockouts for shingles.  I plan for the windows and trim to be a brown color.



Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

The walls are assembled and ready for painting.  I decided to paint the stones after assembling because there is a lot of joint filling to do between the wall joints.

  

Have fun,
mike

[Jerry]

Mike talk about your patience that is crazy doing all those!
Great idea for shingles!!

Jerry