Winter Challenge 25-26 - Fiordland Lobster Company - Tellynott Depot

[Larry C]

Mark nice start on your build.

[elwoodblues]

Mark,

You have made some great progress in the kitbash.  I really had to look to see where the seams were.  Looking forward to see the next update.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark nice start on your build.

Thanks, Larry.

I got a chunk more done today.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark,

You have made some great progress in the kitbash.  I really had to look to see where the seams were.  Looking forward to see the next update.

Thanks, Ron.

Next update soon.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi guys.

Photo 1 - Here is the basic shell put together viewed from the left.


Photo 2 - A view from the right.


Photo 3 - One from behind.  You can see in this photo I cut the length of the base down and spliced back together.  I have also added stripwood supports for one of the mid floor supports.


Photo 4 - A view from the left again.  I made up an I-beam and two studs to support the building above the roadway from some bridge girders.  The mid floors have been added and painted black.  I always sand my sheet plastic before any application to give it good tooth for painting.  Mistake of the day - I wanted to add a top plastic support to hold the top of the fourth story walls nice and rigid for painting, before adding the roof.  I had forgotten that my hand would not be small enough to get in this one-story cubbyhole for window installation.  The four story wall heights were slightly out after the splicing and so I added thin styrene shims to the top of the walls to correct.  These will be under the eves and so the fact that there will be no bricks here will never be seen. 


Photo 5 - Taping the corners for putty.  If you look carefully you can see I have cut a rectangular hole in the fourth floor to allow my hand access from the two floors below.  This would have been far easier on the cutting board before installation, but a dremel and a small saw got the job done.  I also added vertical timbers between the windows from the basement to floor one and from floor 2 to floor four.  There is also a support at the top of level 6, and one cut for level 4 behind the stepped back front wall.


Photo 6 - A closer view of the structure.  It is nice and rigid now.  I will add further vertical supports for the upper two stories.  The back wall is cut, but wont be installed until after the windows and glazing is installed.  I will add vertical timberwork for this, too.  I will likely leave this back wall removable.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[elwoodblues]

Mark,

You have made a lot of progress the past two days.  That is one big building.

[Jim Donovan]

Great start. I like the idea of sanding the sheet plastic to help keep the paint on.

Jim

[ACL1504]

Mark, Cheers,

This will be a great addition to the layout. I'm on the front row for this one.

Tom

[Larry C]

Mark that certainly is one large building. I can see lots and lots and lots of windows going into this; should be very impressive to view.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark,

You have made a lot of progress the past two days.  That is one big building.

Thanks, Ron.

I have more progress to add yet.  I typically get a lot done on our 2fatpossums modelling weekends.  I like to start a new project that I can really sink my teeth into, so the timing of the challenge was perfect.  We have another meet booked in for the start of March.  We are getting the tail end of the Ozzy heat wave here in NZ this weekend.  Nowhere near as bas as Victoria (up to 45degrees Celsius), but enough to keep me inside for most of the day and get a bit more modelling done!

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Great start. I like the idea of sanding the sheet plastic to help keep the paint on.

Jim

Thanks, Jim.

It also makes the plastic far easier to mark with a fine pencil.  I don't know if you have access to a plastic manufacturer by you, but it is so much cheaper than buying evergreen or plastistruct sheet products.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark, Cheers,

This will be a great addition to the layout. I'm on the front row for this one.

Tom

Thanks, Tom.

Great to have you along for the ride, diet pepsi in hand!  Yes - it is a large gap that will be filled in.  The left end of this structure is at the very end of module 2.  I'll have to remember that when it comes time to work on the next structure to the left.  The scratchbuilt section also crosses the module join.  I may make the enclosed elevator between the main building and the tower removable.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark that certainly is one large building. I can see lots and lots and lots of windows going into this; should be very impressive to view.

Thanks, Larry.

Yes - the windows for this build got a wash and primer spray yesterday evening.  There are brick inserts for some of the window openings that I will also use.  My plan is to paint them a different colour to the rest of the structure to show the passing of time and alterations and developments to the complex.  That is why I didn't glue them in before priming.  The Atlas kit only comes with a few brick window inserts - which is a shame.  I would like a lot more.  That building also has a lot of windows.  Being on a separate sheet and being able to insert them after painting makes the painting much easier.  The DPM M. T. Arms Hotel kit will be the real challenge to paint.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi guys.

Photo 1 - Here are the back walls from two DPM M. T. Arms Hotel kits.


Photo 2 - Here you can see I have cut the cornice off one kit wall and spliced this to the bottom of the other kit wall.  I have then cut a section off at left to be the front wall (the left end of these walls has the brick patten embossed around the corner).  I did another vertical cut to fabricate the left wall.


Photo 3 - Here are the two fabricated walls glued together with a 1.5mm styrene foundation added.  Cuts were started using a foot long steel ruler and kraft knife and then completed with a Tamiya plastic scriber.  I am holding the kitbash in position on my layout against the end of the Creamoata diorama to which it will eventually be attached.


Photo 4 - Here is a bottom and top wall from the Atlas Middlesex Manufacturing kit taped together.  I have positioned one of the end walls behind the top wall at left, which is what I intend to use to lengthen the wall.


Photo 5 - Shows the elevator shaft walls from one kit.  My intention is to splice the walls from two elevator shafts together vertically to create an eight story shaft.


Photo 6 - Test fitting and checking out the appearances.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[deemery]

I think Middlesex Mfg is one of the all time great kitbashing kits.  I always enjoy seeing big buildings and good kitbashes. 

dave