MTH Stone Mill kit bash

Stu, Great looking job on the stone mill!!!

Fantastic !!     

Wow... nice upgrade!

Two other mods:

On my now gone O gauge layout(cut into the hillside):

On my On3/30 layout (reduced to two stories):

Very nice renditions. Very realistic.

Pete, Both your scenes look great!!

Great work, Stu. If I had half your talent.......

Very good! I like the new rendering of this building. 

wbg pete posted:

Two other mods:

On my now gone O gauge layout(cut into the hillside):

On my On3/30 layout (reduced to two stories):

Great Build Pete! Where can we see more of your layout?

Dave

Stu,

I'm amazed how you and others can see the possibility of these buildings. What a magnificent transformation.

Dave

Stu,

i really like the porch. You did a great job on that building.

alan graziano

Dave,   Have to give the credit for the idea of the stone foundation and porch to a friend.

Wow! That porch, detailing and coloring of the stone are amazing. 

Amazing!!!!

That looks really nice Stu. Have you ever built the Sudbury Mill kit by Stone Mill Models? He still sells his kits on eBay under the name treefactory. I built up this shell for my layout but never used it. I added the freight doors and this was going to sit on a raised foundation. Maybe I’ll use it someday on my next round of scenery.

Norm Charbonneau posted:

That looks really nice Stu. Have you ever built the Sudbury Mill kit by Stone Mill Models? He still sells his kits on eBay under the name treefactory. I built up this shell for my layout but never used it. I added the freight doors and this was going to sit on a raised foundation. Maybe I’ll use it someday on my next round of scenery.

 

Norm.   I have actually been to the Sudbury mill.   I am looking for someone to make the water wheel kit based on the Sudbury mill.   If I can get one would you be interested.   I can have the laser person make some extras.   I have found other O scale water wheels but nothing like Sudbury.   

I tried looking for Treefactory on ebay but no luck.

The stone coloring is great.

Stu

There was another posting on here including a number of these bashed mills.  I did one, the Sudbury, mentioned above, and others kit, scratched, and bashed. That porch is unique and a clever addition.

Great job on the rebuild ,I really like the porches totally, changes the look of the structure

I was outbid on that Stone Mill Sudbury kit recently.  I have scratch built several millwheels but do not like my last effort and tried to get a CCK*kit for a millwheel, but he was sold out). You might try, could be back in stock.

*(Carolina Craftsman Kit)

A1, Stu. Always enjoy seeing your work.

Stu, That is fantastic work.

Tom

Gorgeous Mill....the stonework color looks amazing!  Great job!

 Stu

 Could you tell us how you painted the stonework. Types of paint etc.

CHOO-CHOO MIKE posted:

 Stu

 Could you tell us how you painted the stonework. Types of paint etc.

Remove all doors and windows,    Prime the building with a gray rustolium primer.    Paint random stones with different earth colors.  They do not have to be painted too carefully.  At this point the stones look  bad. Use a gray crayola brand tempera paint (mix white and black)  Do not use other brands because there black is often made of mixed colors and will separate out.   Crayola is just black pigment.   Paint the entire walls then wipe off the tempera paint.  you can go back and wipe off more of the tempera paint with a damp rag even after it dries.   This will blend and mute the colors.    Rub powdered earth colors on the stones using you fingers, not a brush, to pick up the cast high spots and add texture to the color.   Spray the building with Rustolium dead flat or other clear flat.   

Thanks Stu

I've got a Plasticville church I want to experiment with .

Stu, Thank you for the detailed instructions. Masterful detailing of that building.

Tom

CHOO-CHOO MIKE posted:

Thanks Stu

I've got a Plasticville church I want to experiment with .

This method will work wonders on the plasticville church.

Great kit bash!

Beautiful Stu, Your scenes and techniques are an inspiration. Thankyou for sharing. I might have to try my hand at an MTH Mill, after seeing the possibilities. 

Bravo Stu!  Great building.  I can't wait to try some of your techniques. 

Ron

OK, Stu, keep up the good work.  I will be bringing you some project this summer.

Pennsyforever (Major)

I just realized that I never posted the pictures of the Mill with the added Handrail.   This was added after the posts so it was an interesting process to  add the handrail with out taking off the posts.

Here is the water wheel I had made up for the mill.  It is based on the original at the Sudbury Mill.   I think I remember who did the cad and laser cutting  but would have to verify before posting.