On the workbench today 11/27/18

The landscapers visited Gusano Loco today.

On the workbench today 11/25/18

Packing up Chippy's for shipping.

On the workbench today 11/21/18

 I applied the plastic wood on the corners to hide the plywood edges. It might be total overkill...

The mat board building from the Garment District definitely needs putty applied to hide the joints.

The Packard truck from the Chippy Hollow is getting there.

The Gusano Loco got new signs and the road patches today.

"Muddied up" castings I picked up at the EXPO and some of the parts from the Dead Horse Bay kit.

 Painted and weathered windows and doors from the Dead Horse Bay kit.

On the workbench today 11/14/18

I am gluing ITLA York Industries walls together. While the walls were flat I sprayed backs with black paint since I am going to install the lighting,

On the workbench today 11/10/18

Making my first mold.

Working on the Jordan Packard 1922 truck.

On the workbench today 11/8/18

I said I wasn't going to write anything, but sometimes it would be hard to make sense of what I am trying show. From now on I will provide a caption.

Preparing ITLA York Industries for painting.

On the workbench today 11/7/18

I have not been updating my blog for the past couple of years as I should have. The biggest challenge for me has always been writing something up. Now, if I eliminated write up would it these kind of posts be of interest to anyone? It is hard to tell without trying, isn't it? Therefore, I am launching "On the workbench today". I'll try to do at least 2 posts per week and if there is any interest I'll continue. I am thinking I might start separate blog though. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Here is the first picture. From this point forward OTWT posts will be mostly silent.

Edited: The caption was an afterthought.

Glued the 'painted sign' on one of the FOS Dead Horse Bay kit walls.

The spray can cap info for my EXPO clinic attendees

I found the source of my spray can caps. They are from Art Primo. There are others out there like Spray Planet, etc.

Building Chippys Hollow Hardware Co by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.3

Two years ago after seeing a MRH TV episode on Cricut cutting machine I decided I had to have one. I was going to use it to cut many things and then I even didn't take it out of the shipping box. At first I just didn't want to go through the learning process. Later I learned that it wasn't as good as it was being portrayed. So it sat on a shelf until few days ago.
The reason for this change of heart was that I needed to paint the tires for the truck that was included with the Chippys. I could have done it with a paintbrush, but those wheels are small and painting just the tires on them without messing up entire wheel isn't very easy task. I thought I would do a better job if I could use a mask and an airbrush. However, cutting the mask by hand with such accuracy is nearly impossible and very time consuming. Using a liquid mask is pretty much the same as painting the tires with a paintbrush. Then I remembered the Cricut and decided to bite the bullet and at least try it. After several hours I had my wheel masks cut out. I have yet to see how well the masks did the job since I did airbrushing late last night. If everything went well I will have the truck done in a week or so. The rest is already finished.