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Home   Forums   Events Calendar   Sponsors   Support the RRLine   Guestbook   FAQ     Register Active Topics | Active Polls | Resources | Members | Online Users | Live Chat | Avatar Legend | Search | Statistics Photo Album | File Lister | File Library [ Active Members: 1 | Anonymous Members: 0 | Guests: 238 ]  [ Total: 239 ]  [ Newest Member: PRRJim ]  All Forums  Model Railroad Forums  Mike Chambers' Craftsman's Corner  The 2021 Choices Challenge Main Thread Previous Page | Next Page  New Topic |    New Poll |   Reply to Topic |  Author Topic Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 of 15 mikethetrainman Fireman Posted - 02/02/2021 :  8:00:20 PM     Bruce Kate's Kitchen is looking good. Mike Mace Northern Division of the Santa Fe Country: USA | Posts: 1833 mikethetrainman Fireman Posted - 02/02/2021 :  8:33:18 PM     I have have finally got started on my challenge project. A friend gave me a Blair Line Company House to build for his mining community. I will be adding a kitchen lean-to to the back of it and some other details. Here is the kit. It is a pretty basic kit. Here are the contents of the kit. I washed all the exposed parts with a couple of costs of A/I. I also went over the inside and outside of the walls and floor with A/I. Next up was coloring and bracing the walls. The colors I choose are regular Floquil UP Harbor Mist Gray and Roof Brown for the trim. The kit is a tab and slot type. I don't think that works to well so I added bracing to the walls. Until next time. Thanks for looking. Mike Mace Northern Division of the Santa Fe Edited by - mikethetrainman on 02/02/2021 8:50:24 PM Country: USA | Posts: 1833 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 02/02/2021 :  9:55:35 PM     Off to a great start, Mike. Bruce Country: USA | Posts: 33284 mikethetrainman Fireman Posted - 02/03/2021 :  1:39:15 PM     Thanks Bruce Its nice to get something started. Mike Mace Northern Division of the Santa Fe Country: USA | Posts: 1833 Michael Hohn Fireman Posted - 02/03/2021 :  2:45:25 PM       It’s looking good, Mike. Nice seeing you join the Challenge. Mike Country: USA | Posts: 7213 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 02/03/2021 :  3:24:00 PM     Good to see you joining the fun, Mike. Good start. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16785 Larryc Crew Chief Posted - 02/03/2021 :  5:22:14 PM     Bruce Kate's Kitchen is looking good. Can't wait to see it altogether. George that's a good looking Ice House; like your color choices. Mike nice start on your Company House. Should be a nice looking building when finished. My current build:http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53479 Country: USA | Posts: 758 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 02/03/2021 :  9:19:24 PM     George, including the painters, should make a nice mini scene. We don't see that scenario often. Looking good Bruce. Nice to see you've started Mike. Looks a nice little kit. You managed to get the warp out of the walls OK. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2805 mikethetrainman Fireman Posted - 02/04/2021 :  12:19:34 AM     Mike thanks for the kind comment. George thanks. Larry thanks I have some ideas to jazz it up a bit. Rob thanks that is one of the reasons I went with full bracing. Mike Mace Northern Division of the Santa Fe Country: USA | Posts: 1833 leeflan Fireman Posted - 02/04/2021 :  8:17:33 PM     Hey Y'all, Jes' a quick update on the seed house progress. As a refresher, here's the prototype from the cotton oil complex in Elgin, TX. Over the last several days I did the base coat on the corrugted. First, I gave the structure two coats of Dullcote to give some "tooth" for the paint. Then, I airbrushed another two coats of Polly Scale "SP Lettering Gray" (yes, I still have some) to represent oxidized, but not weathered siding. Finally, I started adding some of the details seen in the proto-photo. And, here's where I are: Now, it's on to add bunches more details and, HOO-BOY!, weathering. Catch Y'all later. Steve Country: USA | Posts: 2455 Orionvp17 Fireman Premium Member Posted - 02/04/2021 :  9:05:57 PM     Looking good, Steve! Keep going! Stay safe! Pete in Michigan Country: USA | Posts: 7530 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 02/05/2021 :  03:13:24 AM     Looks great Steve. I know you previously said you weren't going for a run down look, but I hope you still have some rust and grime going on. Should be good whatever you do. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Edited by - robert goslin on 02/05/2021 03:19:21 AM Country: Australia | Posts: 2805 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 02/05/2021 :  03:15:25 AM     Finally got the rest of the main roof done. First used 1.5mm balsa sheet for the roof. and hand cut a lot of shingle strips. Added the end boards. These were leftover planks from my boat builds. Then did all the shingles on the other half. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2805 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 02/05/2021 :  08:19:42 AM     Steve, the corrugated metal siding looks great. I'm looking forward to the weathering. Rob, your shingle work is impressive. I'm sure you're glad to be finished with that. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16785 Larryc Crew Chief Posted - 02/05/2021 :  4:01:37 PM     Steve great start on the seed house. Certainly a different type of structure. Rob nice work on the shingles; that's a lot of work. Nice job on the end boards. It certainly adds a lot of character to the building. 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