Nemchik's is finished. I haven't posted much about the progress of this project and the biggest reason is that I've cluttered my modeling ro...
Yesterday Bar Mills released their newest Bar Mills Moose issue. They announced very short run of Sokol's Mattress. And guess what. My blog ...
This is the HO Scale Waterfront Willy's/Trackside Jack's Kit by Bar Mills.
Phew! Work on installing rafter ends is done. The Main Building has quite a number of them. Some of them like upper back ones were hard to install. The roof is steep and there is very little room. I broke couple of rafter ends at first trying to squeeze them in. I couldn't figure out why the front ones went much easier. Then I realized that their ends were cut at an angle. The rafter ends for the back were rectangular. I cut the ends that go into opening in the building at an angle and work went much smoother from that point. With this out of the way I don't have much left to do before I need to install the signs and roof vents which aren't ready yet. The Lumber Store is near completion as well. I may dive into detail painting next week and disappear from the radar for awhile or start the third building in the kit the Wood Shop what is far more exiting that details. Time will tell if I have enough will and self discipline in me or I will succumb to temptation. If I were to bet I would put my money on latter...
All finished and ready to be installed in my mill scene. Some glaze is added around patch areas on the roof. The blocks and skid is from B...
I admit, I have new distraction. Back in NYC I saw few stands at the markets selling beer making kits and that reignited my interest in home...
I am not a big fan of building the same kit twice. Usually I sell my own copy after I build one for someone. Since Gibley's is OOP now I may...
Finished! Terminado! Finito! Finis! It must have been longest single structure project I have ever done. It has taken me 3+ months worth of ...
The Hurst Welding is my 40th kit that I have finished since I picked up the hobby. 40 isn't exact number though. I have included two kits in...
Sitting on a tiled black-stone floor, Smith & Mills Midtown's oval bar is made of zinc and walnut, while banquette seating wrapped in oxb...
I no longer model in N scale but had some bar mills models one kit walls left over so decided to use them along with leftover n scale details. here is the result.
I am going through the backlog of the builds. I am trying clean the house so to speak before the end of the year. One is supposed to do that before Christmas, but I am late already. The best I can do is to clean it before the end of 2020. Next up is Bar Mills FSM Tribute kit #1. I was asked to build T.J.Reiley's only, but since I didn't have it separately I built the one that came as part of the larger release consisting of three structures. In true Bar Mills fashion the kit contains minimal amount of the stripwood. Anything that can be laser cut is. That speeds up the build quite a bit. The only part that I built board by board was the water tank. The departure from earlier kits was the way the rafters are done. The kits from 5-10 years ago used to have them precut in a comb shape. Building T.J.Reiley's I had to cut the rafters by hand. The walls still had the slots cut in them so the length was not critical. The only requirement was not to make them too short. The slots also helped keeping the rafters straight. Other than that, it was pretty much standard Bar Mills build. One building down, two more to go.
This is the last installment of the Bar Mills FS&M Tribute kit #1 build. I didn't use the colors of the pilot for the remaining two building. I painted the walls of the engineering building in greenish yellow. It was the first time I used that paint although it had been sitting on the shelf for good 9-10 years. I've been hesitant to try it. To my surprise it lost all green though. I also used a gear charm as a sign. I bought a bag of these thinking I could use them as a clutter, but they are just too big for the HO scale. I used green/green painting scheme for the link and chain company. It had been so long since I painted another building that way. I had to invert the colors of the "painted" sign though to make it noticeable. The black background with white letters would have drowned in the green. I thought I did a better job on the engineering building, but the FB crowd favorite was the link and chain company. Surprise!
Hello everyone, as 2nd lockdown in Uk from 5th November we now have once again access to the special releases from Lesmills. I now made this video available...
Hello everyone, as 2nd lockdown in Uk from 5th November we now have once again access to the special releases from Lesmills. I now made this video available...
The La Galerie Dior, the Dior Museum in Paris is a must-see for all who are interested in fashion and design. No expense has been spared in this intriguing and breathtaking space, 3 floors filled with an extravaganza of Dior garments from the past to the present. The exhibitions change often as the clothes are fragile
Range of Peugeot corkscrew
