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#91
Kit Building / Re: FOS REA Building, kit bash...
Last post by ACL1504 - March 22, 2024, 01:12:44 PM
Quote from: Vietnam Seabee on March 21, 2024, 07:58:49 AMTom....referring back to your statement about the time it takes to present a sbs build snd then have little or no response.....no excuse on my part other thsn being complacent ...so much to learn from your and others who present their work
Terry



Terry,

I guess I was complaining but it does require much time to post a detailed thread.

Thank you for the comment and for following along.

Tom 
#92
Kit Building / Re: FOS REA Building, kit bash...
Last post by ACL1504 - March 22, 2024, 01:10:50 PM
Quote from: jerryrbeach on March 20, 2024, 07:44:30 PMTom,

Outstanding modeling!  Your attention to detail shines in this thread, exactly like your others. Thanks for sharing this build.


Jerry,

Your kind and generous comments are appreciated. Thank you.

Tom 
#93
Kit Building / Re: FOS REA Building, kit bash...
Last post by ACL1504 - March 22, 2024, 01:09:51 PM
Quote from: nycjeff on March 18, 2024, 04:43:34 PMHello Tom, you're doing your usual great job on this big kit build. It's looking good and I am looking forward to seeing it on your layout.


Jeff,

Thank you for following along. I'm enjoying your builds also.

Tom
#94
Kit Building / Re: FOS REA Building, kit bash...
Last post by ACL1504 - March 22, 2024, 01:08:51 PM
Quote from: PRR Modeler on March 18, 2024, 10:46:48 AMGreat looking progress Tom.

Thank you Curt.
#95
Kit Building / Re: FOS REA Building, kit bash...
Last post by ACL1504 - March 22, 2024, 01:08:20 PM
Quote from: ReadingBob on March 18, 2024, 07:23:36 AMLooking good Tom!  Of course, I've had the pleasure of seeing this one in person.  It's going to be a real eye catcher in when it's finished and in its new home.
Bob,

Thank you, very much appreciated.

Tom
#96
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Friday 12 March
Last post by Zephyrus52246 - March 22, 2024, 11:21:29 AM
Morning all.

Rain wouldn't be so bad.  We have a blizzard going on now.  Looks like at least 2 inches and it's really coming down.  Glad I didn't have to go to work today, but we did have a 0730 meeting online.  

Fired up the other set of new locos which worked well and managed to get about 3 feet of track painted Wednesday.  Maybe some more layout work today.  Or computer games and YouTube videos.  I don't think I'll be out driving in this. 

Jeff
#97
Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Friday 12 March
Last post by ReadingBob - March 22, 2024, 10:38:54 AM
Morning all,

I'm not adjusting my retirement countdown clock by 10 days Terry!  Don't scare me like that.   ;D

Day off today.  First thing on the agenda is to go the tank in my car.  Later on my better half and I are going out for lunch (she's off too).  This afternoon I'll pull out the workbench and get back into a new build I started.  More on that once I get far enough along to show something.

Have a great one!
#98
Kit Building / Re: Showcase Miniatures Fred's...
Last post by nycjeff - March 22, 2024, 10:09:41 AM
The next step called for gluing what they called the sub roof cards onto the structure. When test fitting these pieces I found that the tabs did not fit into the slots all that easily. I think it's because of the paint I added to the walls. It was an easy matter to use one of my small files to open the slots in the roof cards a little. They then fit onto the tops of the walls easily. here are a few pictures showing the sub roof cards installed.

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There were some small gaps between the sub roof pieces so I used some blue painters tape as flashing to close those gaps.

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That's it for now, more later.



#99
Kit Building / Re: Showcase Miniatures Fred's...
Last post by nycjeff - March 22, 2024, 09:57:26 AM
I continued on gluing the walls in place. When test fitting the right side wall I noticed a gap between the wall and the interior second floor ceiling. I also noticed that the left side wall was bowed in the middle. I then realized that the second floor ceiling was not the same size as the base floor. So, gluing the walls to the second floor ceiling, which I "assumed" was the right thing to do, was not helping matters at all.

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I took my #11 blade and broke the glue joint between the left side wall and the second floor ceiling. This straightened out the left side wall and gave me the gap between the wall and ceiling. I inserted a vertical piece of 4x6 stripwood between the wall and ceiling as shown and all was well and things were nice and solid again.

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Next I glued in the right side and front walls, with again using vertical 4x6 stripwood in the gap and evrything was good. I'm not sure why the ceiling piece was not the same size as the base floor below. I guess I should have laid it onto the base floor to make sure it was the same size before proceeding. As you can see in the picture I glued a piece of 1/8 square stripwood between the gable end peaks for more gluing siurface for the roof cards. This was not in the instructions, just a habit of mine when building kits.

I should mention here that this kit is not for someone without previous experience building craftsman kits. The instructions do not provide step by step points for building the kit and the parts are not all labeled. Having built more than a few craftsman kits and also scratchbuilding several structures, the instructions were clear enough for me.

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Moving on, the next step called for installing rafters on the front bump out. Asa you can see in the picture I pre-painted the sheet with my trim color. I used a sponge to do this. The rafter pieces came out of the sheet fairly easily. You do need a new blade in your cutting tool to do this.

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The rafters have been installed. They fit perfectly in the slots in the gable end wall and the front bump out wall. The engineering of the laser cut pieces is impressive.

 
#100
Scratchbuilding / Re: Debra’s Fashions of Distin...
Last post by GPdemayo - March 22, 2024, 09:34:36 AM
I forgot to mention that the built-up roof looks great, well done..... 8)
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