Re: Sierra West Foundry Scratchbuild

[Pennman]

Rich, well it looks like your already off to a great start!
I will also enjoy following along with you on this one.

Greg

Greg,
Thank you for the compliment. I am so happy to be back doing some modeling once again.
Those "honey-Do" jobs are killers! I do wish I had space enough for a layout, though. I
think it's much harder to do individual dioramas than having to scenic a wide-open space.
But if I keep these on a low plantain, then if I do get some space, I shouldn't have too
much of a problem blending them in side-by-side. We shall see perhaps one day.

Glad you will be following along.

Rich

[Pennman]

Rich very nice work and the color looks really good. I use 110# paper in my modeling also; it's nice to see others use it as well.

Larry,

Thanks very much for the compliment. As I stated earlier, I still will color with some additional browns,
maybe light & dark to offset the grey tone. I want it to be more natural.
The "wallpaper" keep it together 

Rich

[Jerry]

Nice coloring on those walls Rich.  After a little weathering they'll be perrfect.

Hopefully honey do will be like a bear and take a long winters nap!! 

Jerry

[Pennman]

Nice coloring on those walls Rich.  After a little weathering they'll be perrfect.

Hopefully honey do will be like a bea and take a long winters nap!! 

Jerry

Thank you for the nice compliments, Jerry. It is greatly appreciated.
Let's hope you are correct in your assumption. But, I highly doubt it!

Rich

[Dave Buchholz]

Following my old friend on another modeling adventure!

[Pennman]

Following my old friend on another modeling adventure!

Same to you, Dave. Glad to have you along.

Rich

[Philip]

Looks even better with the walls up!

[Pennman]

Looking back on post #3, from p.1, "quote", by Bernd:

"Hey Rich,

I've got my Yuengling beer and a front seat. I'll be following along to watch you do your magic.

Bernd"

Well, I'm happy you got on board, my friend. You must be out of Yuengling by now.
I've stocked the fridge with a few more, so help yourself to another cold one.
I never meant to skip over ya, I probably would chalk that up to Stage Fright! 

Rich

[Bernd]

Looking back on post #3, from p.1, "quote", by Bernd:

"Hey Rich,

I've got my Yuengling beer and a front seat. I'll be following along to watch you do your magic.

Bernd"

Well, I'm happy you got on board, my friend. You must be out of Yuengling by now.
I've stocked the fridge with a few more, so help yourself to another cold one.
I never meant to skip over ya, I probably would chalk that up to Stage Fright! 

Rich

You're forgiven buddy as long as you got the fidge stocked with my favorite brew.        

B~

[Pennman]

Good cool day today, everyone! I see a host of fellers on here this morning, ready to attack their day. 

Since most of my build has been glued together already, I will have to spend some time taking some pictures and try
to crop them so not to show the entire building all at once. Most generally when we do these sort of tutorials, at least when they are step-by-step, it is much easier to accomplish.

I plan on showing some of the aspects of my build as to how and why I scratchbuilt this rather than put a kit together. I love to deviate from the norm anyway. Heck, if 200 people buy a kit to construct, then all of those builds will all look the same.   

With that, the last picture I showed had a length of wood (square timber), along the left/front edge (side or long wall), of the stone building. The extra piece of wood was needed to make up a length of missing wall. No worry here, as it would mostly be covered by an external chimney anyway.

And, I show now, all four sides of the stone masonry building, along with the sand pit (cutout).
Thanks for watching.

Rich

[deemery]

On the 4th photo, that steel beam on the left side kinda puzzled me.  I would have expected the beam to show up on the first photo, running to the left side of the model, so the left end of the beam was supported by the stone wall.  That photo is a bit dark, did I miss seeing it?

dave

[Pennman]

As promised in my previous post, the bottom shows how I constructed it with a sheet of balsa wood for the floor for rigidity, and a ridge beam at the peak with stops at each peak for strength. Also shown are the interior cardstock walls mentioned previously. I am not yet showing the roof, as I constructed it removable, in case I want to light it up at a later time. The cubed area of wood inside the building is to cover the outside sand pit area.

A note regarding the sand pit area along the front (cutout) corner: The kit is constructed using a wall of brick, and to deviate on my build, I used a wall of clapboard. I also installed a door on the opposite wall and two lengths of H-Beam steel at the top for bracing. They are made of wood, not styrene. Some modelers have shown floor joists above, in the sand pit area. I merely used some lengths of scribed wood instead. One reason being, I didn't have the extra space required.

All have a good day today, and stay warm

Rich

[Pennman]

On the 4th photo, that steel beam on the left side kinda puzzled me.  I would have expected the beam to show up on the first photo, running to the left side of the model, so the left end of the beam was supported by the stone wall.  That photo is a bit dark, did I miss seeing it?

dave

No, Dave. When I took that picture, it hadn't been glued to the building yet. In construction of Brett's kit, they attached it in another direction, and I wanted mine pointing another way instead. As far as support goes, I have another plan for that, I'm still working on a solution as of today. You have a good eye, and thanks for the suggestions.

Rich

[Jerry]

Hey Rich it's looking great!!

Jerry

[Pennman]

On the 4th photo, that steel beam on the left side kinda puzzled me.  I would have expected the beam to show up on the first photo

dave

Also, Dave, I'm trying my best to show wherever I can a S-B-S tutorial here. So don't expect to always see a finished wall. I can't believe that as experienced in modeling such as you are that you would even ask such a question, huh??   

Carry on...

Rich