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Registration is FREE!  Posting Form Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Callouts: Message Icon:                             Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by NEMMRRC[/i] [br][i]Originally posted as "My Experience Building FSM's Yehuda's Heating Co. - JS14" at www.kitforums.com [/i] George Sellios has been doing the craftsman kit gig for a long time. It is fair to say he has the whole thing down pat. I surmise many will concur. For starters, George packs a lot of stuff into those yellow boxes (roughly the size of a shoe box). Not only does he cram a ton of model railroad goodness in each yellow box, he does so very carefully. Here you see the kit box as first opened: [img]http://www.narrowperspective.com/images/Yehuda_TheBoxSansLid.jpg[/img] And here we see the kit's contents all neatly packed: [img]http://www.narrowperspective.com/images/Yehuda_TheContents.jpg[/img] For $265.00 plus $15.00 shipping the modeler gets: - a bunch of color-coded stripwood, - a thin roll of roofing paper, - some rubber bands, - 4 plaster castings (which are amazingly detailed), - a small box of metal castings (the real reason many folks purchase an FSM kit), - some plastic window castings, - a small length of scale chain, - color signage for the structures, - corrugated roofing material, - 4 very large instruction sheets, - one giant sheet of detailing and weathering tips (which many testify have taught them to be the modelers they are today), - a last minute addendum to the instructions referencing Karl Scholz's findings when first coloring the plaster wall castings - and one large poster with photos of the finished model built by George Sellios himself and photographed by George's daughter Tara. All comes neatly packaged in a manner that will cause the box never to close shut the way it arrived at your doorstep once you open the kit's box. I have no clue how the man does it. Yet he has been doing it hundreds of times each year for the last 30 plus years. This is very encouraging. It proves to the modeler that one has purchased a quality product. Perhaps that is why many of these kits sit unbuilt on model railroaders' shelves all over. The kits are just too pretty to muck up by taking everything out of the box =)) Here we see the artwork on the box's lid: [img]http://www.narrowperspective.com/images/Yehuda_TheLid.jpg[/img] I've seen autographed box lids in the past. Mine is not. Perhaps this makes mine special. A brief look at the instructions sheets and the color poster with delicious views of the pilot model: [img]http://www.narrowperspective.com/images/Yehuda_TheInstructions.jpg[/img] And lastly the box inside the box. The highly detailed metal castings which for years have set FSM kits apart from the rest. [img]http://www.narrowperspective.com/images/Yehuda_TheBoxInsideTheBox.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.narrowperspective.com/images/Yehuda_TheCastings.jpg[/img] Next up, the new stuff. What makes Yehuda's unique among all FSM kits. The plaster castings. Jaime [/quote]    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON    Insert a File     Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.      T O P I C    R E V I E W ETinBH Posted - 10/08/2011 : 7:26:09 PM Jaime of photography fame is making nice progress on Yejudah's on the other forum ( I am also posting on that thread) and the reporting of same is a fine tutorial for folks learning how to cope with craftman kits - I appreciate his detailing of the trials and tribulations as he encounters them. And with the other builds by Karl (postalkarl) and David (Kot2b) sure makes it easy for me to coast right in with my build. Got the kit yesterday and did the customary rummaging of the contents - all castings are in tact and the usual parts are present. Scanned the contents of the instructions up to #3 and here I am. One point - George has you measure the quarter of an inch spacing for the brace and I feel a much better way is to use a spacer and an angle thingie. Here is a shot of the job after applying the glued braces, triple checking for alignment and spacing and test fit while epoxy is setting. Spot on and easy. Now to decide to paint first, or glue together first - hum? Anyone else want to jump in and build with me - the water is fine! lol 15   L A T E S T    R E P L I E S    (Newest First) Rick Posted - 05/13/2012 : 1:08:03 PM Nice scene and good modeling. A well framed photo as well. TRAINS1941 Posted - 05/13/2012 : 12:37:26 PM Jaime I'm impressed great looking model. The setting and picture right on. Jerry NEMMRRC Posted - 05/13/2012 : 11:11:27 AM quote: Originally posted by mabloodhound That's a nice photo Jaime. You did good! Really nice job on that. I bet the module for the Expo will be just as good also. Thanks Dave. I hope to get finished with Yehuda's this month so I can get to working on The EXPO module exclusively. Jaime Jaime mabloodhound Posted - 05/13/2012 : 11:03:15 AM That's a nice photo Jaime. You did good! Really nice job on that. I bet the module for the Expo will be just as good also. NEMMRRC Posted - 05/13/2012 : 08:15:24 AM quote: Originally posted by TRAINS1941 Jaime Looks good. Glad to see your still moving forward on this. Jerry Thanks Jerry, Currently I'm playing around with how to set up everything. Here is a test shot. Jaime TRAINS1941 Posted - 05/10/2012 : 10:39:23 PM Jaime Looks good. Glad to see your still moving forward on this. Jerry NEMMRRC Posted - 05/10/2012 : 10:07:48 PM Progressing slowly. I've not given up. I'm pressing on. Am I 60% done yet, Elliot? Later. Jaime NEMMRRC Posted - 03/20/2012 : 6:45:56 PM quote: Originally posted by Jan Kirkwood Jaime, what a nice diorama. Thank You for the pictures. Jan Thank you Jan. Jaime NEMMRRC Posted - 03/20/2012 : 6:37:08 PM quote: Originally posted by simon1966 Jaime, the diorama is coming along very well indeed. I have to say that this kit is growing on me as I see what others are doing with it. Thanks Simon. When I first saw what Karl S. did with his when he first got it I knew I had to build one. I saw on the FSM website that the kit is now sold out. Jaime NEMMRRC Posted - 03/20/2012 : 6:33:16 PM quote: Originally posted by TRAINS1941 Jaime A very nice job. I think gravel would be a better choice. Just my 2 cents. Jerry I believe you are right Jerry. I need to order some. I was going to put an order with Arizona Rock and Mineral for some soil. Any suggestions? Jaime Jan Kirkwood Posted - 03/19/2012 : 9:12:12 PM Jaime, what a nice diorama. Thank You for the pictures. Jan simon1966 Posted - 03/19/2012 : 8:59:22 PM Jaime, the diorama is coming along very well indeed. I have to say that this kit is growing on me as I see what others are doing with it. TRAINS1941 Posted - 03/19/2012 : 8:45:54 PM Jaime A very nice job. I think gravel would be a better choice. Just my 2 cents. Jerry NEMMRRC Posted - 03/19/2012 : 6:05:41 PM Add the track. Back to step 25; add the track. I wanted to hand lay the track on my diorama. I've never hand laid track and this seemed like a good excuse to learn. So, I bought a jig from Fast Tracks and some code 55 rail. I soldered some PC Board Ties to the rail using the jig and came up with this assembly. The jig from Fast Tracks is not dual gauged. So I had to solder a third rail outside the jig. Once I had that done I glued down the assembly to the diorama base using canopy glue. Wouldn't you know, it held in place fine. I then spiked wooden ties I stained with alcohol and India ink stain. George Sellios suggests using dirt and cinders for the track's ballast. So I did that. Once I had the track ballasted I began to add the wood buildings around it. The red shed by the coal shed and the weight scale is a freebie from Stella Scale Models. It was handed out by Jim Harr at either CSS 2008 or CSS 2009. I don't recall. Anyway, I wanted to use it as a weight scale house since my weight scale is going to still be in use as opposed to how George Sellios suggests in the kit's instructions. The areas on the diorama base without dirt may get gravel or concrete. I have not decided that yet. Later. Jaime NEMMRRC Posted - 02/25/2012 : 8:39:56 PM quote: Originally posted by TRAINS1941 Jaime Good start on the landscape. Is there another picture to a little more of it? I'm sure it will be good you've done a great job so far on the building. Jerry Thanks Jerry. Here is an overview of what I've done so far with the landscape: The track on the photo is just there to give me an idea of what I'm working with. I hope to hand lay the track in the diorama. Also, those trees were there for the same purpose as the track, to give me an idea of what I'm working with. I'm not very good at visualizing all of this in my head so I need to mock it up to help me out. Jaime Railroad Line Forums © 2000-13 Railroad Line Co.
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