Flashback: Barlow's Smokehouse by FOS

I finished Barlow's in January of 2011. I was going to start working on a diorama but I wanted to add a smokehouse. I designed it after one in the area but never got around building it. It has been on my To Do list ever since...

Finishing FOS Canal & Third diorama Pt.1

Back in August of 2015 I was asked to finish up FOS Canal & Third diorama. Some five months later I am just getting into it. The pictures I have are old. I haven't progressed much since March of 2011 anyway.

Building Gibley's Furniture Co by Bar Mills Pt.1

I have never been completely satisfied with the way white laser cut shingles turn out using streaking method. Yes, it is better than painting in single color but still I've been wanting something even better. Then perhaps some couple of years ago I came up with an idea of printing of the wood texture on white shingles but since then I haven't had proper test subject to try it on. The kits I built either had Campbell shingles or Bar Mill premium. About two or three months ago I received Gibley's for custom building. Even though it is limited run kit it comes with white shingles making it perfect test subject. Here it is how they have turned out.

Building Duffy's Coal by FSM Pt. 3

TGIF. It may be icy one though. However, freeze is not supposed to start until later at night so I won't have an excuse for skipping work and building models instead. It is not a problem. We still have entire month of February ahead of us. Over the past decade I remember only one winter when we didn't have snow/ice.
A snow day would be nice for getting Duffy's further ahead. In fact I would be nearly done. I have a number of sub assemblies that simply need to be installed, I have all wood stained, and almost all castings painted. For time being I'll have to nibble on it whenever I get a chance.

Building Utility boat by Maritime Art Pt.2

Few years back every time I sent a completed model to Ohio using USPS Priority Mail service it used to take two days. Then at some point they started printing 2-day and 3-day on the shipping label. Since then two day delivery to Ohio became thing of the past. It seems even three day service may be going away as well. Yesterday I mailed out both boats. I checked the status earlier today and saw that expected delivery date was set to Saturday. I hope that it is temporary situation caused by number of holiday packages.