EXPO 2016 kit - Olson & Furlow Tex-Mex Bar & Grill Pt.3

Yesterday Bob Van Gelder sent out an email announcing sale of two complete sets of the kits he had produced over the years. They sold before I even had a chance to open the email and that was for over 11k per set! Bob said he was selling them at the market value but in my opinion they were priced 10-30% above it. He deserves the bonus though and I am glad I am not the one who is paying.
On another note, guess what? I finished Olson & Furlow diorama earlier this week. I enjoyed building it but there is an end to everything and it is going up for bid on eBay this Sunday. Hopefully, it will find good home and will be enjoyed by someone else as diorama or possibly as part of a layout.

EXPO 2016 kit - Olson & Furlow Tex-Mex Bar & Grill Pt.2

Finally, I have something from 2017. I don't have much say about the process. All came together just fine. Now it is time to do the diorama.

Building Graves Elevators by Bar Mills Pt.2

The Graves is expected to take over as main lunch break project after the EXPO 2016 kit. I have done some work on it since the last update though. For the "stucco" here I used the Sandstones textured paint that I acquired several years ago and which is OOP now. I applied it with the paintbrush.
It took me two attempts to do the GRAVES sign right. The first time I used a sponge and that didn't work out. The it so happened that I was going over the instructions of one of the FOS kits which had  stencil for making a wall sign just like the GRAVES. The instructions recommended using stiff paintbrush and dabbing the paint. Then I remembered that in search for the perfect paintbrush for painting the walls I had bought some stencil paintbrushes. It turned out that I already had right tool for the job...

Company House by American Model Builders Pt.1

This is another filler project I have been working on in 2016. I am converting it into the company office and I am making it more detailed.

EXPO 2016 kit - Olson & Furlow Tex-Mex Bar & Grill Pt.1

Happy New Year!
I don't have anything of this year yet but I have been working on EXPO 2016 kit before the holidays and have some photos to share. The kit was designed for the EXPO by FOS. I have had my hands itching since the time I got it in April of 2016. Since then I have spent quite some time trying to decide how to do the "stucco". Included in the kit was "standard" water putty. I had nothing against it but I wanted to try something else. I had 3 different Liquitex textured paints that I bought long time ago. I had tried them before but I wasn't happy with the result. This time I used palette knife instead of the paintbrush and ended up with more dense finish that resembled stucco much better. The one that I picked for the kit, I believe, is called stucco.

Dyer's Hardware by Microscale Models Pt.5

2016 is ending and this is my last post for the year. I will keep modeling through the holidays whenever time permits but I don't expect to be updating my blog.
As the final post for the 2016 I have the pictures of the finished Dyer's kit. I didn't mess up much and I am pretty happy how it has turned out. I think I am getting a little better at kit building.
Support the hobby. Buy yourself a bunch of kits for Christmas. See you in 2017.

Dyer's Hardware by Microscale Models Pt.4

I took a short break from modeling and everything else past weekend and visited NYC. The trip wasn't about sightseeing but about soaking in the atmosphere, feeling the city spirit.
And here is the latest update on the kit.