Building Skinner's Row by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.3

I have been absent for a long time. Again... I have been working on the Skinner's all this time. I haven't quite finished it yet. Initially I was going to only build the structures and glue them onto a piece of gatorfoam. It turns out, I am also doing the scenery as well. The change from the original Selios version is that mine won't have the track in the back. I am trying to do something a little bit more creative with that space than few bushes and a tree.
On another note, my lunch break modeling slot has opened up. I have another big kit lined up next, but I don't want to start working on it just yet. It requires some prep work that can only be done at home and that would take time away from Skinner's. Plus, it would cause too much excitement and most likely would become a very big distraction. Instead, I have decided to get back to some of my unfinished kits. The goal is to cut my list down by five positions. I have picked smaller kits for this purpose. I am trying to work up motivation here.

Building Skinner's Row by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.2

TGIF! I have big modeling plans for this weekend. Also, it looks like it is going to rain all day Sunday so if I don't get tired of it I may do even more modeling.
I need to put some time into preparing Skinners for the next step. By that I mean paint chimneys and roof vents, cut and paint corrugated metal, etc. All of the structures are at or near the point where the need little something to get progress going. Poor planning on my part but there is just that much time in the evening...

Building Swakhammer's Welding by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.4

My fourth FSM kit is done. Forty plus more to go. I guess, that is better than zero. There is something to look forward  to.
As I have mentioned in my previous post the next up is the Skinner's. I have made good progress over the past two weeks or so. Hopefully, I will have some new pictures to post very soon.

Building Swakhammer's Welding by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.3

I suggest anyone who is into Sierra West Scale Models style modeling watch Netflix Original series Godless or at least fast forward through. There are lots of great ideas for painting and weathering. The set makers did great job. The series by themselves are entertaining as well.
I thought I would be done with Swakhammer's by the end of Thanksgiving break. I guess, I was wrong. It is a very large kit. Probably the largest I have been involved with. Perhaps not in terms of the size but in terms of number of parts, details, templates, etc. There is not so much left to do but there some tasks that may take time. It would be nice to finish Swakhammer's by Christmas though so I could start working on Skinner's full time.

Building Skinner's Row by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.1

George Sellios over the years has produced many wonderful kits but Skinner's Row to me is the best. I am glad I have an opportunity to build it sooner than latter. The project is still in its early stages and again I am not following the sequence of tasks laid out in the instructions. Reading them is so boring. If I had to read the instructions two or three times as some modelers suggest I would give up building models all together. It is very popular opinion that the Master Creation kits are unbuildable due to the poor quality of the instructions but I am thinking I would do just fine. I don't mean to brag. It is just that my brain functions differently. As for Skinner's, I don't think I will need all that brain power. George's engineering is excellent.

Building Swakhammer's Welding by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.2

I am back after the extended absence. I didn't do much modeling in September due to the trip to the Canadian Rockies and my brother's visit. While I thought that the break would make me jump back into building models it turned out to be quite opposite. It took me good two weeks to get into the mood. Perhaps I should have built some small kit to ease my way in but with 30 started and unfinished I didn't want to add yet another one to the pile. Finally, last week I started to pick up some speed and made decent progress. There still a lot left to do so I will be working on the Swakhammer's for a little bit.

Building Swakhammer's Welding by Fine Scale Miniatures Pt.1

My next project is this behemoth. I have good amount of work done already. It used to be my lunch break project until I had nothing else left to do that wouldn't create a big mess or stink up the place. Now it is going to be my top home project until I am done unless I get over my fear of doing one particular task and completely screwing up one of my older projects. If I finally man up I may switch for a couple of weeks because that project is long overdue.
I might have unbuilt Swakhammer's kit for sale once I am done with this project. Contact me for details.