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

[ACL1504]

Mark, Cheers,

Old, nasty and weathered bricks, love it!

Tom

[Mark Dalrymple]

Thanks for the information, Dave.

I do wonder whether they would leave hairs behind as they ware.  I'm sure their will be multiple choices in the makeup section.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark, the brick walls look fantastic.
Good technique on applying the mortar.

Thanks, Rick.

I like that well worn look.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark even though that looks like quite the process the end result is really worth it; great job and tutorial.

Thanks, Larry.

It is only really such a process because the building is so big.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark, Cheers,

Old, nasty and weathered bricks, love it!

Tom

Thanks, Tom.

Yes - nasty indeed!

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi guys.

Thursday saw me starting work on my first Kahikatea tree (white pine) and so there was no progress to report.  Yesterday I was back on the tools for modelling Sunday.

I started off by glazing the 8 smaller windows for the elevator shaft.  These were then glued into position using medium CA.  As these were difficult to get into position, I pressed them in first and then added CA with a toothpick to the edges.  Just a drop in the four corners.

Photo 1 - The kit provided reasonably thin glazing material.  I cut this into strips slightly narrower then the window width. 


Photo 2 - I then cut the pieces to height on my chopper.


Photo 3 - Here are some of the pieces.


Photo 4 - I applied six small drops of CA to the back of the windows on the edges.  Using a pair of tweezers I placed the piece of glazing in position and used a piece of stripwood to hold until the glue had set. After all the glazing was glued in position I gave the back of the windows a spray with Dullcote.  When this was dry I worked on cutting out the remaining floor sections to strengthen the kitbash and keep it square and true.  Once these were cut I marked their height on the back of the kitbash and cut and glued in stripwood.  I then glued the three floors and roof pieces into position using CA.  I applied glue to the edge of the floor/ roof that fit around the DPM kitbash and the start of the Atlas kitbash and held firmly in position until set.  I then applied lines of CA in sections of a few inches and held the floors/ roof pieces hard against the back of the kitbash and hard down on the stripwood until set, letting capillary action take the CA were it needed to to make a bond.  After the four pieces were glued in, I did a test fit in the model room.  I needed to enlarge the two cutouts in each floor piece for the vertical stripwood on the back of the Creamoata kitbash.  Another test fit showed a perfect fit.  The final job of the day was to add Aleenes tacky glue around all the windows and doors.  I also added this glue to the top and bottom of the floors and the bottom of the roof piece.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[PRR Modeler]

Great progress Mark. I dislike doing windows.

[deemery]

Great progress Mark. I dislike doing windows.

I think everyone dislikes doing windows     That's worse than doing shingles.

dave

[Mark Dalrymple]

Great progress Mark. I dislike doing windows.

Thanks, Curt.

The windows are nearly all done - Just the DPM M. T. Arms Hotel to go.  Those windows are cast in so there is lots of fiddley painting to do.

Cheers, Mark.

[Michael Hohn]

Mark,

Very neat job on the windows.  Most find it hard to maintain focus and keep an edge doing such a fussy, repetitive task.

Mike