I guess ill be the first to submit my entry for the Summer '09 contest. I have entered the kit build contest, and the kitbash contest. This thread is for my Kitbash part of the summer challenge

Railroader9731 (Harry) had me build a structure for him, his dimensions that he had available for a structure were 7" wide x 17" long max with a large train door on the right side of the structure. This is all he told me, and i worked from there. I decided on the Walthers Cornerstone Series Peterson Tool Specialties kit (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3091) for the structure. I liked this kit, and it makes a nice structure/warehouse. i would need to do some altering to the kit though to get the dimensions Harry needed.

Here was the start of one of the walls, in this case, the front of the warehouse:




I also had to do some wall panel cutting for this structure to be the right length and width Harry said he had for his layout space, this pic shows one of the wall panels cut down to 2 panels instead of 3:




The length of the structure is a total of 5 panels long....

I then moved onto the side walls of the structure. Remembering what Harry said about the rail door on the right side, i assembled the right and left side walls for the structure:




Then i added the door and windows/window "glass":




Next came the installation of the windows/window "glass" on the front walls:




Followed by the brick detail along the bottoms of the front and side walls:








After that, i assembled one of the front wall sections to the base, and then attached the left side wall to the front wall and base:






Followed by the other front wall panel and the right side wall, both glued together and to the other base:




I then took them and set them on a level table and glued the 2 front wall sections together so that the front wall became one panel. While these were drying, i worked on the rear wall, again i had to cut one of the panels down so the structure would be under the dimensions Harry gave me:






I then proceeded to glue the windows, window "glass", brick details, and wall panel tops to the panels shown above. After that, i took the completed 5 panel wall section inside to the level table and glued it in place on the rest of the structure. Allowed drying time.....

Here were a couple shots after the walls had dried and it was brought back to my workbench lol. As you can see, there were a few touch ups that needed to be fixed....










I then proceeded to glue the roof in place, and again, touch ups were needed....




I then sprayed the structure with Valspar Clear Flat Finish to glaze the window "glass" so you could not see inside the structure that well. I do this with all my structures, and it really makes them look neat in my opinion, plus it stops people from seeing the insides of the walls and such....

However, i accidentally applied to much of the clear, and since its a Lacquer and the other paints were not Lacquer, the paint on the cargo doors along the front of the structure began to crack and give a peeling paint effect. This would have been fine if Harry had told me he wanted me to weather the structure too.... lol. fixing them was no easy task let me tell you. I had to scrap down the paint layers i had applied previously to get down to the bare plastic. I did this with a tapered bamboo skewer and a sharp toothpick. Let it dry over night, and then sanded down with 220 sandpaper this morning. The doors did not turn out perfect, but they look okay. Here are a couple pics, the first showing the before Lacquer reaction causing the wrinkled paint. and the rest are in the process shots of taking the paint off and repainting them:
















After the doors were repainted, the roof trim had to be painted, so i sprayed it gray to match the rest of the structure:




Then it was time to paint the roof, i masked off the gray roof trim i had just sprayed and then sprayed the roof with a flat black:





The structure was now completed, and here are a few shots of it finished:










The structure measures 6" wide x just over 15" long x 4" tall


This concludes my Kitbash Summer '09 Summer Challenge

Nice!
I built the full version of the Petersen Tool a few years ago. Also did a review on it for the E-Mag
But I thought we weren't suppose to start until June 21st.
I wish we could start sooner...I'm chomping at the bit to get my project started.

eightyeightfan1 Wrote:But I thought we weren't suppose to start until June 21st.
I wish we could start sooner...I'm chomping at the bit to get my project started.

Are you serious? Jeez i guess i need to read more :oops: :oops: Sorry guys for jumping the gun lol

Actually...I went back and read the rules.
You can start them anytime(YIPEEE!), the challenge doesen't start until June 21st.
I don't know if that means we can start posting until then, or we can post now.
I will check.

Just checked with Don.
You're good Josh.

eightyeightfan1 Wrote:Just checked with Don.
You're good Josh.

sweet thanks 88

Don: Ready... set... g...

Josh: DONE! Done, done, and done...!

Don:



Josh... ya coulda at least waited for the rest of us...! You're just too quick.

Andrew