Inter-Action Hobbies Moonshiner's Shed

[ReadingBob]

Time for a new build. It's past due actually. This was going to be my challenge build but, things got off track for a bit between the flu, life, etc. so it'll simply be a build thread.

This was an X-Mas present from my better half. It's the Interaction Hobbies Moonshiner's Shed in HO Scale. It's also available in O Scale.

Let's start with the standard picture of the unopened kit.



And here are the contents of the package. Lots of 3D printed stuff in this one.



The instructions recommend painting the 3D printed details while they're still attached to the base they're printed on. Maybe that would work for the O Scale version of the kit but, as you can see here, it would be difficult to paint these things in the HO Scale version given how close they are to one another.



I started by separating the figures from one another using a razor saw. I planned on keeping this on their base while painting them and only removing those sprues (or whatever they're called) that rise up assist with the printing process. However, when I started trimming those off the ones beneath the shoes ended up giving way, so I ended up removing everything and cleaning them up in preparation for painting.



I primed everything, except the figures and glass bottles, with Floquil Foundation using an airbrush. The figures I primed using Floquil Weathered Black (I think it was Dave Emery who recommended using black as a starting point for figures, so I figured (pun intended ) I'd give that a try. The glass bottles are clear so they didn't get primed.

The top row in this picture is all the stuff from this kit. The bottom row are some Mini-print figures I had sitting on the workbench waiting to be painted and aren't related to the kit.



Painting moonshine jugs in a two tone paint scheme turned out to be not as bad as I had feared. For the bottom I used Vallejo Iraqi Sand and for the top I used PollyScale Roof Brown. A 10X Optivisor is a must for most of the painting.



More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Okay, I ran into a bit of frustration with the glass bottles. First, there are some cases that hold the bottles. Getting them into the cases was a touchy process. By the way, there are 93 bottles included. I lost a few when slipped out of the tweezers as I tried to insert them in the cases.

A second issue is that they're printed so close to one another that some are actually stuck together, side by side. When I nipped one off the carrier sheet its attached mate broke in half. But there are plenty of bottles to make up for those I lost or broke. I painted some with a transparent yellow paint just so they wouldn't all be clear (though it would hurt if they were). 



Finally, after weeks of painting the details I'm ready for something different. The walls of the shed need to be roughed up a bit. I scratched some grain in the walls using an X-Acto knife.



Next, a little extra roughing up using a welder's brush (from Home Depot).



Then I applied Light Gray Hunterline Weathering Mix to the walls.



They're thin, so I weighed them down to minimize warping.



I added some weathering to the bottom of the walls using Black Panel Line Accent color. Just a touch near the bottom a letting it bleed upward. It's pretty obvious which is the bottom on the end walls but not so obvious which on the rear walls. The rear walls have some tiny notches at the top for the roof.



More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Then I repeated the process with some Vallejo Dark Green Slime.



I felt like the Dark Green Slim was too dark, so I went back and did this again with a Light Green Slim from Vallejo.



I then drybrushed the walls with a Light Gray (Dove Gray) acrylic to blend things together.



And finally (this is where I'm at this very moment), I cut out the parts that make up the benches, shelves and framework for the shelves. These are laser cut in a thin sheet of dark brown (reminds me of Masonite) material. I need to paint, and weather, these so they'll look like old wood. That's my next chore. They could have been painted and weather while still attached to the sheet, but I prefer to separate them first.



That's all for now. Thanks for following along!

[PRR Modeler]

Great start Bob. I have a bottle of the black line accent color and never thought about using it this way. I'm ordering the two Vallejo shades.

[Rail and Tie]

Wonderful work as usual Bob!  Sorry about the billions of tiny detail parts, but I did get carried away.  Thanks for the feedback on the bottles sticking together. I will look into QA on that and see if it is an issue. Also, don't want to hijack your thread, but just a note for other modelers that there is a tutorial for this kit here for some tips and hints:
https://youtu.be/f30kZXKZsBc?si=Kjvm8fCKLmRipg9S

...now back to your regular scheduled Bob Build!

[Jerry]

Bob your off to a great start as usual.  Nice tutorial so far.

Jerry

[Zephyrus52246]

I always enjoy your build threads.  Need to get some of that panel liner.

Jeff

[ReadingBob]

Great start Bob. I have a bottle of the black line accent color and never thought about using it this way. I'm ordering the two Vallejo shades.

Thanks, Curt! The Panel Line Accent Color works fine for this. It's a trick shown in the video Darryl has on building this kit. I happened to have some sitting on the workbench, so I thought I'd give it a try. 

[ReadingBob]

Wonderful work as usual Bob!  Sorry about the billions of tiny detail parts, but I did get carried away.  Thanks for the feedback on the bottles sticking together. I will look into QA on that and see if it is an issue. Also, don't want to hijack your thread, but just a note for other modelers that there is a tutorial for this kit here for some tips and hints:
https://youtu.be/f30kZXKZsBc?si=Kjvm8fCKLmRipg9S

...now back to your regular scheduled Bob Build!

Hi Darryl! No need to apologize for providing billions of tiny detail parts. 

Thanks for posting the link to your YouTube video on building this kit. I should have thought of that. I watched it a couple of times before starting the build. 

[ReadingBob]

Bob your off to a great start as usual.  Nice tutorial so far.

Jerry

Thank you, Jerry! This is just another interesting and fun build from Inter-Action Hobbies. I'm not sure where I'll be able to use it but it will probably find a home somewhere. 

[ReadingBob]

I always enjoy your build threads.  Need to get some of that panel liner.

Jeff

Thanks, Jeff! Yeah, it comes in different colors although I'm not sure how many there are. I only have the black. I haven't tried it on anything else yet (like panel lines). 

[friscomike]

Howdy Bob,

Thanks for sharing your build of this fun kit.  Interactive kits are my favorite to build.  I've had my eye on the O scale version, but I need to find a place on the layout first.  

The chronicle of the build is both informative and interesting.  Nice work.

Have fun,
mike

[Rick]

Bob, very nice of your wife to get you a kit for xmas.
I like how you're weathering the walls.
And the details look good too.

[craftsmankits]

Great start Bob.  You might induce me to purchase this kit, like I need anymore kits.  Those details they provide look really nice.  Mark