Ok .... had a funny feeling there'd be a hitch ... it seems the pic is atached, but not visible.... any ideas....?

it is visible to everybody right off and you on your second visit to the thread... wierd little forum thing. Post as many pics as you like. We love pics and i am really looking forward to seeing what you do with this kit Paul!

Yep, pic is fine and as you say "a simple procedure".

I'll second Brett and say post as many pics as you like, we love to see the progress.

Please bear in mind though to keep the pics under 200kb, that makes the page quicker to load for everyone and doesnt eat up the resources.

Looking forward to following along with you.

Karl.A

Im looking forward to this Paul.

Keep posting lots of pics.

Hello All,

Before I start off, here's a few pic's from the FSMR Expo'11, Brett and the crew with the Shipyard diorama:







Now it's off to re-size the pic's of distressing and staining the strip wood for the Shipyard walls.

'til Next,
Paul

Hello All,

Moving right along (ie waiting for the football games to start...), I'll begin with pic's of how the strip wood was treated for the main shipyard building walls. (helps also to have the opportunity to attend one of Brett's and gangs clinics...).

Started off using a wire brush to stress the wood (somehow forgot to take a pic of brush...), and then applying Rembrant chalk power (408.3) with a light wash of alcohol:


Progress with the strip wood (drying):


The complete batch, slightly elevated to assist drying:


The walls consist of three pieces; a base card-stock piece, a bottom card-stock piece with groves for aligning the strip-wood joints and finally a scribed sheet of wood for the upper floor walls (scribed so you have the choice of having the sheathing visible between the vertical slats, if you want a really stressed structure). The upper floor scribed wall section is washed lightly with PS Roof Brown.


The wall sections:






The bottom wall section pieces glued together and weighted (upper floor wall shifted but not glued). A thing to note with gluing the wall pieces together, use a stick to keep the edges flush with the outer edge of the main card-stock piece (all four edges). It is possible to butt the top scribed wall piece with lower card-stock piece which results in a gap at the top (around 1/32nd or so) of the wall section, so butt to the outside (top) edge.







Next up will be applying the treated strip wood.

'til Next,
Paul

having fun following along....

I love step by step documented builds like this Paul. Keep the pics coming.

I'll second what Wes said. Well documented step by step threads take some extra time & effort and it's much appreciated, Paul. You're off to a nice start and I'm looking forward to your next update.

Thanks for those pictures from the Expo, too. New and different angles of the demo models are always cool to see! I bet you'll be glad you have them for an additional reference as you progress through the build.

Hello All,

Thanks Brett, Wes and Bill, comments are always appreciated. I find posting a build thread almost as fun as the building itself and taking pic's of the build may show a glaring mistake that might be over-looked.

I've managed to assemble the main walls of the Shipyard, starting with the knot-holes and moving onto the tools I've used during the boarding process.





The completed bottom portion of the main building sides (staining as per kit instructions, Rembrandt 408.3 and a couple of shades of grey).









The top portion of the sides:







Note: next time I'll try to keep the glue spill-out on the back of the pieces
that will be trimmed to a minimum, it seemed cutting out the window
and door openings used up alot of #11 blades.

The sections completed and ready for doors and windows:













Now I'll be moving onto siding the dormers and
assemblying the laser cut doors and
windows.

'til Next, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Paul

Fantastic work Paul. Great variation in the siding but it all blends, terrific example of the benefits of using board-by-board techniques.

Very nice graining and texture also complimenting your precise construction.

Karl.A

Right on track, Paul. Very nice.

When you cut out the window & door openings, were you cutting them out on your glass cutting board or on the self healing mat? I may be stating the obvious, but cutting on glass can dull blades in a hurry.

Happy New Year and all the best in 2012 to all.

Thanks Karl, always good to know I'm heading in the right direction. As for cutting the window openings Bill, I believe I was cutting the openings on the self-healing mat, a bit to slippery on the glass surface, but your right on the glass dulling the blades. When I'm finished with the walls, I'll post a pic of the scrap wood, window backins and dull blades, quite the collection is building up.

Moving on with the build, over the holidays I managed to get through most of the doors and windows, here's how its all going:

The collection of main building walls and dormers:





Close up of the dormers with the flashing attached (black pieces):





Now, for the doors and windows, here's the (adhesive backed) laser cut sheet which holds all of them:



Pieces for one of the loading dock doors:



The collection of doors, assemled one at the top right:



Treating the door inside pieces with Rembrandt 408.3 & Alcohol:



Treating the door frames, first A & 408.3, and then peeling paint with PS Reefer White:





The assembled doors ready for inserting into the walls:





Next, I'll be moving on to the windows, now that I've a bit of practice with the much larger doors.

One thing I have noticed while checking the walls, the corner trim is 3/32" sq., while the thickness of the walls appear to be about 1/8" (at the bottom). Will this require bevelling of the inside end walls, in order for the corner trim to fit without a gap ....?

'til Next,
Paul

slightly bevel the mating edges of the front and rear wall... (thanks for pionting this out Paul)

Doors are looking awesome!

Hello All,

Moving along (....and the Pats are up 35-7 at the half.... go Pats.... and the 49er's are no Saints .....),

I'm onto the windows for the main structure walls. I really enjoyed putting these windows together, just need a pair of tweezers, Exacto blade, strip wood and patience. The treatment is basically the same as the doors so I'll just show the pic's:







For the windows, a light coat of Testors Dull Coat, and then back to the 408.3 Rembrandt for dusting (fogging) the glass.



The two pieces of strip wood are used to align the mylar to the frames, just need to remember to keep the backing on the back side... and if you catch it in time it's easy to correct (lesson well learned)..... ((((Pat's now up 42-7 ....))))).







Final assembly fo the windows:



Insertion in the walls, the frames around the windows will come later after the corner trim has been applied:









Here's a pic of the work bench... the walls are under the bus bar weights, the dormers are coming together (between the bus bars), the bench is a mess and it's almost time to clean up (but I think I'll wait til the walls are done... ). The pictures on the wall are pic's of Brett's Shipyard from the Expo last Nov., they really come in handy as a reality check.



Next will be the dormer windows, they're a bit smaller so I may need to bring out the opti-visor.... back to the ball game .... and how many touchdowns can a tight end (Gronkowski) get in one game....(for the off-shore modelers, the Pat's are the New England Partiots, American NFL football team, and well .... the Broncos should have stayed home...Denver... but it's now time for another Coors Light....Sam Adams is just a bit to strong (heavy) for me these days.....).

'til Next,
Paul