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Karl.A
Marty...nonsense...I'll scold you in person at the show!
You are moving along with this project. Textures and color are fantastic. This is really interesting kit. I was wondering if you had finished your diorama prior to starting and then saw your were best in show. Great job. Keep up the fantastic detail work. This one will be a winner too!!!!
Jim
Hey Marty! Trust you made it back to Canada without a hitch. Great talking with you and your charming wife. I feel the need to nominate her for sainthood hanging with you all these years! I for one was ready to deport you if you hadn't left on your own accord...just messin with you of course. Great diorama and the lead up with the videos was great. Thanks again for the great company...
Ken
Jim
Hi Jim, The peeling paint effect is so easy and looks really good. The manual details the process quite nicely, the video will confirm just how simple and effective it is. You nailed it...Brett keeps things on the cutting edge and allows the modeler to discover and perfect new techniques. No one in the industry comes close to this kind of attention and value to the end user.
Alan, right...the wide boards on the two walls will be covered. The Rear Wall will have the lower portion covered by the resin "concrete" dock casting and the Right Wall (tall one) will have a portion covered by the Tower as you mentioned. I just stained them as I'm OCD and felt the pictures would look better with those boards colored rather than "raw".
Ken
In the second picture above, that's a shadow on the left side correct? Or is that a different wall from the pic above it?
Thanks on the peeling paint. Couldn't believe how easy it was and how you can control the amount of peel effect not only when applying the paint but after that when applying the final layer of chalk...rub a little leave more paint...rub more and take more off...
Glad to hear you made it back safe and sound from the EXPO. Next time I see you, you best have Quincy Salvage in tow!...Ken
Almost didn't make it back...snow delay out of Boston (in April??) and a missed connection in Chicago made for a really long day. Quincy's is on the sideline for a while. I've got an itch to try something a bit different here in the near future...
Back to the thread at hand, I'm eagerly awaiting your work on that tower structure and the big oil tank. My opinion: those two features alone are reason enough to build this beauty!!
Those features you mentioned are signature pieces to this build for sure.
Here are a couple of pics of the ceremonial first wall of the Main Building with the door and window installed. Had originally made the transom window on the door open but didn't like how I did it. Also, glass seems a bit dark so will lighten that up. Note the rusty old can holding the window open.
Karl.A
Like all the rest of you who build SWSM kits as a passion and addiction, I know Brett leaves out a vital step throughout the manual...he says nothing about the need to set out all the finished walls and other components and look at them for extended periods of time. Go get a cup of coffee and look at them some more, ask your family members to "come look" for the 3rd time, arrange the walls in front of you by propping them up on misc. stuff on your bench. So...during one of these vital sessions I noticed something...and felt it summed up the quality and craftsmanship of Bretts kits..
The image below is of the Rear Wall with the Freight Door installed. Disregard the dark image but is was taken like this on purpose...After competing the siding and before putting in the freight doors, a piece of strip wood is placed on the bottom of the freight door opening. This gives the look of the floor of the structure continuing on past the viewers sight. In addition, the freight door opening is lined with trim previously.
All that detail and look how perfectly centered the freight doors are complete with laser cut hinges! I was amazed when I caught this view with the background lighting. Talk about precision. I didn't touch the door frame or door edges to create this perfect fit.
I positioned one door slightly open towards the inside and as Brett suggested in the manual, cut out one slat of the bottom door panel to show typical damage from constant use. More pictures of the completed wall to follow.
Michael, the light will likely not show but used to illustrate the perfect fit of these doors. I actually used a little glue along the back as well to further secure the doors.
Happy to hear you'll be working up O'Neills as well. The wood prep is one of my favorite areas and one that is so important as it sets the tone for the entire build. I think that's a motto or something, at least it should be. More later...Ken