twforeman
Certified Great Northern Nut
One of the things I bought myself for my birthday in November was the LaserKits 25 foot wooden sided Great Northern Caboose.
I've been slowly building it over the past few weeks and today I got to the point where I could shoot some paint on it.
The kit is full of "peel and stick" laser cut wood parts and is pretty well detailed. Some of the wooden parts are very thin and fragile though and some of the "sticky" is not sticking 100% so I'm going to have to go add some super glue here and there.
The instructions are pretty good, but you need to look at the prototype photos to make sure you are putting some parts on with the correct orientation. I managed to get the roof underlayment on upside-down so the smoke jack hole was on the wrong side, but I put the roof covering on the right way (couldn't put it on wrong) so I'll just drill out the smoke jack hole in the right place.
Some of the parts are resin impregnated paper of some sort and glue doesn't stick all that well.
Anyway, here are some in-process photos.
Just getting started - glued up the four inside walls.
Added the sheathing to the four sides and installed the cupola and roof underlayment. I left the roof off the cupola so I can glaze the windows after painting.
Installed the window frames, the roof covering and all the trim boards. If you look closely you can see the end windows even have bars on them.
Installed the roofwalk supports and test fitting the frame and ends. I left the bottom unattached until after painting so I can shoot it with black spray and not have to hand paint it.
Ready for paint. The brake detail is just roughed in, I'm not going to fully detail it for two reasons: 1) I don't actually know what it's supposed to look like, though I could take a guess, and 2) I'm too lazy since it will be difficult to see unless there is a horrible accident on the layout and the caboose turns turtle.
I've actually shot the paint, but the red needs another coat. I spent a bunch of time thinking about how to paint this model. As I mentioned above I left the cupola roof off so I can glaze the windows after painting. I still need to figure out the correct order for sealing the paint, adding the decals, applying dull cote and then glazing the windows. The cupola roof needs to go on after the windows, but also needs painting... I do have some brush-on dull cote, so I'll probably just do the roofs last and brush them.
Anyway, I'll update this thread with more photos when it's done.
I've been slowly building it over the past few weeks and today I got to the point where I could shoot some paint on it.
The kit is full of "peel and stick" laser cut wood parts and is pretty well detailed. Some of the wooden parts are very thin and fragile though and some of the "sticky" is not sticking 100% so I'm going to have to go add some super glue here and there.
The instructions are pretty good, but you need to look at the prototype photos to make sure you are putting some parts on with the correct orientation. I managed to get the roof underlayment on upside-down so the smoke jack hole was on the wrong side, but I put the roof covering on the right way (couldn't put it on wrong) so I'll just drill out the smoke jack hole in the right place.
Some of the parts are resin impregnated paper of some sort and glue doesn't stick all that well.
Anyway, here are some in-process photos.
Just getting started - glued up the four inside walls.
Added the sheathing to the four sides and installed the cupola and roof underlayment. I left the roof off the cupola so I can glaze the windows after painting.
Installed the window frames, the roof covering and all the trim boards. If you look closely you can see the end windows even have bars on them.
Installed the roofwalk supports and test fitting the frame and ends. I left the bottom unattached until after painting so I can shoot it with black spray and not have to hand paint it.
Ready for paint. The brake detail is just roughed in, I'm not going to fully detail it for two reasons: 1) I don't actually know what it's supposed to look like, though I could take a guess, and 2) I'm too lazy since it will be difficult to see unless there is a horrible accident on the layout and the caboose turns turtle.
I've actually shot the paint, but the red needs another coat. I spent a bunch of time thinking about how to paint this model. As I mentioned above I left the cupola roof off so I can glaze the windows after painting. I still need to figure out the correct order for sealing the paint, adding the decals, applying dull cote and then glazing the windows. The cupola roof needs to go on after the windows, but also needs painting... I do have some brush-on dull cote, so I'll probably just do the roofs last and brush them.
Anyway, I'll update this thread with more photos when it's done.
