Your technique goes to show that no kit is perfect and an expert modeler will adapt/improvise/overcome the short comings of the kit and produce a model to be proud of. Your video clearly highlighted the challenges and that's what I was looking for before taking the plunge. Well done!!
Nicely done, I’ve done quite a few craftsman kits and a few bar mills kits, I’m building this for the second time and it brings back memories of how terrible the instructions are laid out.
Sorry you had problems, we did add better instructions in later revs. I would recommend that if you build our kits and have ANY problems, please call. If any of your parts are broken or even damaged by you while trying to build it, we will send you new ones.
I really like the whimsical features and details from Bar Mills, but I share your frustrations with their instructions and parts not always lining up as they should. Your final product looks great though, good job!
Great job all around! The paint effects are really well done, enjoyed watching you build it. Perhaps on future models they could include door hardware.....closeups don’t have doorknobs....or even “ missing” ones. Over all, a really well done video. Thanks for posting!
I had to come back and see this one again. I would like to build this on uneven ground but I can see what you mean by needing to build it on the base. I have not tried this yet but heard about modeling broken glass using real glass from microscope slides. I bought some but they were too thick and then I got some glass slide covers, much thinner. and you apply scotch tape to the back side before you break it. I have not seen it tried yet but I am looking forward to doing it some day. I love your work. Cheers Rob
My theory, especially on the prototype building shown at 8:15 is that the areas where the boards are missing is where there used to be a porch, so you have places on the wall up higher where the roof was attached and lower where the floor was attached. When the porch collapsed it was removed, resulting in the missing boards.
Nicely done and well narrated. Love the outro music selection😊. I saw 3-2-1 blocks in there... machinist? I’m a cabinet maker, but I worked in a machine shop in the early eighties. I’ve been using those blocks ever since.
Thanks for the comments. I got the idea of 1-2-3 blocks from modelermanmike. He has some great videos but he only made a few so check him out if you haven't already.
If you want to know how to model broken glass, you may want to look on the Jason Jensen Trains you-tube channel, in the one of his videos on the FOS auto garage build he shows how to do it...btw, love your videos on building stuff....cheers..!
Thanks, I think the problem is breaking them. I was trying to get that spider-web kind of crack pattern. Also, I was trying to break out individual panes on an 8 or 12 pane window. I really could not get either to work.
It seems that way, but it is not by design. I do like old abandoned buildings. Several times, I have intended to make a building look well maintained and in use, but I always change my mind. Although my layout not any specific location or time period, it is really influenced by the gritty 1970s era rust belt region as well as modern abandoned towns like East St Louis, Cairo, IL, and others.
