FOS Ideal Hosiery

[nycjeff]

A few more pictures, before it goes on to the base.







The base for my street block of small businesses is some thin styrene with the building footprints taped off. The base pretty much fills the site on my layout. This way I can do much of the scenery work on the workbench and then just touch up the scenery around the edges of the base when it goes onto the layout.



I first sprayed the base with a rattle can flat grey primer. When dry I removed the tape. I then use some brown craft paint as a base then sprinkle on some sifted dirt from my yard. Next I dribble on some water and matte medium mix to set everything in p[lace. I then come back for the next layer of scenery- different types of ground foam and maybe some detail castings. In this picture I'm ready to place the structures on the base. I do the front scenery after the buildings are in place so that I can blend the scenery in a little better in areas that will face the aisle of my layout.



That's it for now, more later when I'll have some pictures of everything on the layout.

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

Great job and fast build. Well done.

Tom 

[deemery]

That's one of Doug's better designs, I think.  The complex roofline works on this kit, although it does generally look a bit over-compressed.  At least there aren't any funky overhanging 2nd story pop-outs.   Jeff's construction and finishing is first-rate.

dave

[ReadingBob]

Wonderful job, Jeff!  That's a lot of eye candy in a small amount of space.  It's going to really pop on the layout. Two thumbs up on the job you did with this one!

[nycjeff]

Jeff,

Great job and fast build. Well done.

Tom

Hello Tom, thanks for looking in and for the kind words. Truth be told, it wasn't that fast of a build. I didn't start posting until I was just about finished with the build.

That's one of Doug's better designs, I think.  The complex roofline works on this kit, although it does generally look a bit over-compressed.  At least there aren't any funky overhanging 2nd story pop-outs.   Jeff's construction and finishing is first-rate.

dave

Hello Dave, I agree with you, it is one of Doug's better designs and thank you for the nice comments.

Wonderful job, Jeff!  That's a lot of eye candy in a small amount of space.  It's going to really pop on the layout. Two thumbs up on the job you did with this one!

Hello Bob, thank you so much. I had a lot of fun with this build.

[nycjeff]

Here's a look at the last workbench photo. I finished the scenery in front of the buildings. Working this way, it's much easier to spin the whole scene around to get at all sides.



On the layout next to Pop's store



And with the luncheonette on the other side



And a look at all three together

[nycjeff]

A couple of drone shots and we caught the end of a passing freight train on the rear track.







The shelf here is only 18 inches deep. I like the way that the street block of businesses are in front of the moving trains in the rear. These three craftsman kits took the place of a Merchants Row styrene kit that I built early on in my layout history.

I had a lot of fun with all three of these builds and I am very pleased with how they look on the layout. Thanks again to all who took the time to look in and comment. Next, it's on to a re-build of a corner grain elevator scene. After all, as we all know, a layout is never done.

[Philip]

Beautiful scene! That roofer needs to kick it in high gear! He been working for a month!