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I am starting my first build thread for the forums on the Builders In Scale Tidewater Wharf HO scale kit. This will be my fourth water scene diorama in a row (see my final pics of Foss Landing and Ships Chandlers here: http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=38481).
This kit was released around 1992- I found it on Ebay, after several sold for less and less money, I finally got one. I didn’t really like the overall design that much, but I had built the lighthouse (which was available separately) back in the 90’s and the wife liked it. It came with a separate rock casting to sit on.
BIS also offered optional stone seawalls, lighthouse”rockwork”, sidewalks, and assorted pilings, but these were not part of my deal.
I opened the box to inspect/check the contents and all bags were sealed. However, the back wall of the sailmaker building (board & batten barn shape) was broken in several places. It looked like someone else also did an inspection, but when replacing it back in the box; they put heavier items on top of this bag of walls. Oh well, just another cautionary tale of buyer beware!
The 32 page construction manual is booklet style 8 1/2 x 5 3/8
It is clear and to the point, but the photographs of the completed model are small black and whites on the last 2 pages. The only color photos are on the box.
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There are also (5) 11 x 17 scale plan sheets.
Also included: basswood clapboard siding, a few .031” cardstock walls, Campbell shingles, corrugated and ribbed roofing, about 200 metal and plaster castings, mostly pre-cut stripwood, acetate , tarpaper , window shade paper, wire, etc.
The manual recommends a 15” X 16”base, but I will include a track siding and add about 2 inches.
I now paint my castings before I start building, because for me, all that tedium at the end was a major downer. That way I get this stuff out of the way (not rushed!) and can just set them in place as the icing on the cake. Some colors may change if I don’t like how they fit in with the overall scene. So I first separated them out and de-flashed…
Test fit them in their final destinations…
A bath in the blackener (diluted ferric chloride here)…
Gotta shake up all the paint that’s been sitting around with Carl Bs’ all purpose shaker…
And start painting on the lazy Suzan...
And painting…
And painting..
And painting…
Almost finished…
Masonry finished…
The still neat shop during the marathon detail painting sessions...
Till the next progress update...
This kit was released around 1992- I found it on Ebay, after several sold for less and less money, I finally got one. I didn’t really like the overall design that much, but I had built the lighthouse (which was available separately) back in the 90’s and the wife liked it. It came with a separate rock casting to sit on.
BIS also offered optional stone seawalls, lighthouse”rockwork”, sidewalks, and assorted pilings, but these were not part of my deal.
I opened the box to inspect/check the contents and all bags were sealed. However, the back wall of the sailmaker building (board & batten barn shape) was broken in several places. It looked like someone else also did an inspection, but when replacing it back in the box; they put heavier items on top of this bag of walls. Oh well, just another cautionary tale of buyer beware!
The 32 page construction manual is booklet style 8 1/2 x 5 3/8
It is clear and to the point, but the photographs of the completed model are small black and whites on the last 2 pages. The only color photos are on the box.
[
There are also (5) 11 x 17 scale plan sheets.
Also included: basswood clapboard siding, a few .031” cardstock walls, Campbell shingles, corrugated and ribbed roofing, about 200 metal and plaster castings, mostly pre-cut stripwood, acetate , tarpaper , window shade paper, wire, etc.
The manual recommends a 15” X 16”base, but I will include a track siding and add about 2 inches.
I now paint my castings before I start building, because for me, all that tedium at the end was a major downer. That way I get this stuff out of the way (not rushed!) and can just set them in place as the icing on the cake. Some colors may change if I don’t like how they fit in with the overall scene. So I first separated them out and de-flashed…
Test fit them in their final destinations…
A bath in the blackener (diluted ferric chloride here)…
Gotta shake up all the paint that’s been sitting around with Carl Bs’ all purpose shaker…
And start painting on the lazy Suzan...
And painting…
And painting..
And painting…
Almost finished…
Masonry finished…
The still neat shop during the marathon detail painting sessions...
Till the next progress update...
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