South River Modelworks 370 - Tucker and Cook Cotton Yarn Mil

[MAP]

Nice work on the tin roof Jaime.  I like the weathering effect you accomplished using the combination of paint & chalk. It is difficult getting rid of the "shiny bits" that always seem to appear on the edges...looks like you covered them very well.  I see that Bob VG has been following your build thread.

[NEMMRRC]

Nice work on the tin roof Jaime.  I like the weathering effect you accomplished using the combination of paint & chalk. It is difficult getting rid of the "shiny bits" that always seem to appear on the edges...looks like you covered them very well.  I see that Bob VG has been following your build thread.

Thanks.

This method of weathering the corrugated metal was new to me and it was more effective in keeping the shiny bits away than others I've tried. I have yet to try the etchant method of weathering the corrugated metal.

Jaime

[ACL1504]

Jaime,

Great job all the way around. Gold Stars for this build my friend.

Tom

[Jerry]

Jaime nice job on the roof.  That is one of my downfalls metal roofing.

If your scenery comes out half as good as the buildings you'll have a right fine diorama.

Jerry

[NEMMRRC]

Howdy.

I try to stop and take an assessment of where I am along the build when I get to a good stopping point. I am currently waiting for stuff to glue on my diorama base so this is a good place to stop and make an assessment.

On average I spend abut 90 minutes per day working on the build. I don't get to work on the build every day but I average about 90 minutes per day altogether. I started the build the weekend of Thanksgiving on 2014. I've been building the kit for 7 weeks.

At one point I was tracking how much time I spent on my builds. When I tracked over 200 hours for one build I decided, "what's the purpose?" I mean, this is supposed to be fun so why bother?

I no longer track how long I spend building these kits. However, something I can track easily is the following:
- I have posted 191 photos to the build thread.
- I have made 28 build updates to the build thread

It takes me on average about 1 minute to set up a photo, take the photo, suck the photo out of the camera, edit the photo on my laptop and upload the photo to my website.

It takes me on average about 30 minutes to gather my notes and type up each build update I post to the build thread.

So, I have spent about 3 hours and 15 minutes doing nothing but photo work for the build. And, I have spent about 14 hours doing nothing but blabbing about the build on the build thread.

Therefore, I'm signing off for the night as those 17 hours and 15 minutes is time I did NOT spend building the kit.

Coming up - laying out the diorama and scenery.

Jaime
www.myyehudaexperience.com

[Zephyrus52246]

Nice work on the structure, Jaime.  The shiny bits on the metal are why I now use the Northeastern paper product, but you did a great job on the roof.  I know it takes a lot of time to post these build threads (yours more than mine as you go into a great more detail), but we all really appreciate your efforts.


Jeff

[Raymo]

Great job Jaime! You've done a great job so far. And the leaves got raked too. Raymo

[NEMMRRC]

Howdy.

Thanks to all following along and thanks to those providing feedback.

I cleaned my workbench entirely in order to fit the diorama on it.

Here is an overview of how it all looks on the diorama base I've chosen.











I decided to go with a 2' x 2' diorama base as suggested in the instructions. I purchased my Gatorfoam diorama base direct from www.gatorfoam.net. I bought the base already painted in an earth tone to help me blend in the scenery once I get started. The base is 1/2 inch thick.

Here you see how the instructions suggest one layout the diorama.



Note that at the front of the diorama is a road, then the train tracks, then the buildings and in the rear is a river. In actuality this is all based on the prototype so those wishing to incorporate it into a layout have some freedom. South River had specific plans for their diorama so the layout they chose fit that purpose.

I have no layout so I have all the freedom I need to build this diorama. Therefore, I chose this layout.





I have marked the river behind the complex on my diorama base.



I used some Liquid Nails for Projects to glue some extra blue insulation foam to add height to my diorama base. I intend to follow along with the instructions and add height to my scene by dropping the scenery into the river.



I bough the Liquid Nails at Lowes. The Liquid Nails people have a wide variety of products. I chose their cheapest offering since I'm not building the Taj Mahal here.

Here is a look of how I'm already adding height to the scene.



I now wait for the Liquid Nails to set up.

At this point I am all caught up with the build. What you see above is exactly what I have on my workbench. Therefore, it may be a few days before I have anything new to add. But don't let that keep you from contributing. And, if anyone else is building Tucker and Cook, join in!

Coming up - scenery.

Jaime
www.myyehudaexperience.com

[jrmueller]

Great job Jaime. Jim

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looks fantastic, Jamie!

Thanks for taking so much of your valuable modelling time to post this.  Looking forward to your diorama building.

Cheers, Mark.

[NEMMRRC]

Howdy.

Well, I got bit by the scenery bug so I began working on the front of the diorama.

I've mentioned already that that I did not want a flat scene. Therefore, I decided to slope down my road running in front of the complex and raise the opposite corner of the road.

But first, I need to make sure I have the track and road in place correctly. I marked it all as best I thought it should go.



I wanted to have the track service the complex. In South River's diorama the track serves a trolley line instead. I needed to check the track's clearance from the buildings.



Oh oh...

Yep, I am awful close to the track.



I will have to deal with the clearance later. I have enough room to move the buildings back.

I carved out a trench in the foams in order to dip the road down to the front of the diorama.





I am going to use Sculptamold to fill in the scenery. The road I cut out from a calendar printed on styrene.





Working with Sculptamold is fairly easy. If one is careful a mess can be avoided. Sculptamold gives the modelers about 20-30 minutes working time. However, it takes Sculptamold about 2 days to dry.

Coming up - the river and more scenery.

Jaime
www.myyehudaexperience.com

[S&S RR]

Looks great Jaime! I'm real interested in how you like the sculptamold for finishing your land forms.

[deemery]

I know how much time it takes to write and take good photos, and I certainly appreciate it!


dave

[NEMMRRC]

Looks great Jaime! I'm real interested in how you like the sculptamold for finishing your land forms.

I love working with Sculptamold. It is easy to prepare. It gives you plenty of working time as long as you keep it wet while working it. When dry it takes paint real well. It is very lightweight.


Unfortunately, I cannot get it locally. I bought that new bag pictured above from Dick Blick. There is no Dick Blick here in town so I had to mail order it.


Give it a try. It's way cool.


Jaime

[NEMMRRC]

I know how much time it takes to write and take good photos, and I certainly appreciate it!


dave

It's my pleasure sharing the build on the forum. I too benefit from my own notes.


Jaime