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Title: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 11, 2020, 06:45:17 PM
The new structure for my layout is this CCK kit. This is my first kit from CCK. I had a few issues while building, but it all came together well in the end. I chose this because I liked the look of the building and it fits in well with my layout look, which is rural Ohio in the late 1940's. I didn't build this as a coal and ice structure, but rather as a beer and ice business. So, let's get started.

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This is a picture of the kit box.

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A picture of the box contents

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More contents- the signs and roofing materials

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The walls and bundles of stripwood. I cleaned up  the wood walls by moving them gently along a piece of sandpaper to insure smooth edges

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Using the proper stripwood I braced the walls per the instructions and also added extra bracing at the gable ends for additional roof support later

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Using craft paint French Wine color, I painted the doors, windows and corner trim pieces after making sure there was no flash along the edges. I used small files to clean up the little bit necessary.

That's it for now. more later

Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: PRR Modeler on September 11, 2020, 07:28:03 PM
Looks great so far.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: Raymo on September 12, 2020, 07:15:30 AM
I've always liked this kit, it reminds me of an old roadside store here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. The building still had the old 50's era Coca Cola signage on it up to a couple of years ago. I'll be following your build.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: ACL1504 on September 12, 2020, 07:56:41 AM
Jeff,

I've built several of Jeff's CCK kits and liked them all. I'll be following along on this one. The design can also fit in any southern town.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 12, 2020, 10:19:12 AM
Thank you Curt, Raymo and Tom for looking in.

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Here I've hit the main building walls with and AI solution. You can also see some of the painted trim pieces.

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The stained wood walls and painted doors and windows are seen here. I painted the doors and windows with full strength French Wine craft paint along with the corner trim pieces.

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I've dry brushed the wood walls with a craft paint Warm White to achieve a peeled paint look. I didn't want a derelict looking building, just one that was in reasonably good shape that may need a paint job. Winters in Ohio take their toll on wood buildings.

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I then dry brushed the doors and windows with the same Warm White color to also give them a worn look. After the walls are assembled and the doors and windows are installed I will give all of it another coat of the AI stain.

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Another view of the dry brushed wood walls. I'm pretty happy with the look of the walls at this point.

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Another view of the dry brushed doors and windows. The tall front entry doors and windows are visible. This front entry area of the kit was where I started to have some issues with the instructions and the materials provided with the kit, but I will get into all that next time. To this point the kit was going together as expected. That's it for now, more later







Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: GPdemayo on September 12, 2020, 10:40:38 AM
Neat looking kit Jeff.....I'll be looking in.  :)
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 13, 2020, 01:01:38 AM
Thank you Greg for looking in.

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Here I've started to mask off the lower wood walls with blue painters tape and dry brushed the French Wine trim color. I did not attempt a full coat because I want to achieve the worn paint look. After wall assembly I plan on using another coat of AI solution and then some weathering chalks.

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Another view of the lower wood wall being painted with the trim color.

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Here I've installed a couple of windows on the front wall and also the corner trim pieces. The kit instructions did not call for the trim around the front entry wall space. I used scale 4x6 stripwood for this

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I've included this photo of the instructions because this is where I had to begin to change the build due to the materials included in the kit. The upper right photo shows the wood deck under the front wall from the back of the front entry door bay out to include an open area in front of the front porch area and also the middle left photo shows the foundation extending from the main building's footprint out under the front landing area. In fact, the wood deck floor piece included in the kit was not long enough to do what the photo shows. It was too short to have an area in front of the front porch. Also, the foundation included in the kit was only large enough to fit the main building's footprint and not long enough to extend under the front landing area. These were not critical enough to me to stop the build, but I did have to make some adjustments.

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This photo shows the foundation glued to a thin styrene base. It is glued down to the base so that it fits the main building's footprint. I sanded the angle corners, but found that to fit the building I had to leave open spaces at the corners. I filled these with joint compound and let them dry before painting the foundation. Also, notice the space in front of the foundation that I've marked with pencil. This is the space that the previously mentioned front landing would have been located.

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It was now time to begin assembling the front wall, but since the front area wood deck piece was not large enough I needed to have another surface to glue the front entry bay doors and windows too. I cut a piece of styrene and two wood braces to form a ceiling which gave me an upper surface to glue the doors too.

Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 13, 2020, 01:11:28 AM
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Here is the front wall with the front entry doors and side window walls glued in.

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This photo shows the upper and lower front porch structure in it's place in front of the front wall. This sub-assembly went together according to the instructions. The posts and beams were painted with the trim color and the short wall panels were first stained with AI and then dry brushed with theWarm White wall color. Next the wall assembly can begin. That's it for now, more later

Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: WigWag Workshop on September 13, 2020, 07:07:15 AM
Looking Good! Looking forward to seeing this kit come together. I have this on my build list, but was thinking of making it a Hardware store.


-Steven
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 13, 2020, 10:53:21 AM
Thank you Steven. This is a very versatile kit which could be used for any number of businesses.

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Here are all the wood walls for the main building, painted and doors and windows installed with corner trim glued on. I didn't use the kit supplied gable end vent/ windows, instead using a painted piece of wood siding material. I liked the partially open windows on the side with the large door, this will allow me to attempt a detail that I've noticed on several other kits which is exposed window shades.

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Three walls assembled and 2x4 stripwood trim added to the line between the wall colors. This is something I did on my previous Rohlen Welding build and I like the look. I think it gives a more finished look. The large Ice for Sale sign was found on the internet and I thought it looked appropriate for my late 1940's era. Window shades are brown construction paper and you can see my attempt at exposed shades on the back of the opposite wall. I cut the shade in two long vertical pieces and just pulled them out of the open windows. I've started to add brown weathering chalks to the exterior walls. It's hard to see in the photos, but I did cut and lift several clapboard pieces for a more distressed look.

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Here's the other side wall with the exposed window shades. I'm happy with my first attempt at this small detail which I think gives a nice look to the wall.

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I've added the front wall and you can see the front entry bay doors attached to my improvised ceiling. You can also see the window shades and additional bracing that I added. As Tom (ACL1504) likes to say- you can never have enough bracing. I don't need the bracing for humidity here in the desert, but I like the stability the additional bracing gives to the structure.

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Here you can see that I have cut the piece of kit supplied wood flooring to fit inside the front porch perimeter. This is the end result of a small problem that arose from the piece not being big enough, but this was an easily fix and I like the look.

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Here is the front wall with the front porch deck installed and the upper roof glued on. The kit supplied roof card was not big enough to achieve the look I wanted, so I cut a new larger one out of cardboard. It's not visible, but I glued a 4x6 piece of stripwood to the gable end portion of the wall to give the high end of the upper roof a glueing surface. The roll roofing is left over from a previous build, it's just sprayed with rattle can Camo with the green tint. I wanted the upper roof to cover the entire upper porch area, that's why the kit supplied roof card was not big enough. In the instructions and pictures it looks like stipwood railing covers were used on the tops of the short walls, but I just painted the tops of these walls with the trim color. I made the sign on my computer and glued it to a thin piece of styrene and then glued that to the upper facade. I'm still learning how to make signs on the computer and it's a fun process to experiment with. That's it for now, more later.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: ReadingBob on September 13, 2020, 11:16:23 AM
Following along Jeff!  Interesting structure.  I've build a few CCK kits and have a few in the stash as well.  I really like them.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: PRR Modeler on September 13, 2020, 02:28:50 PM
The kit looks great so far.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 13, 2020, 05:32:58 PM
Thank you Bob and Curt, I'm enjoying this build. I've had a couple of problems but that's what makes it all so interesting. If everything went together easily and quickly it would be boring. I would say however that CCK kits, at least this one, are not for someone who hasn't done  a few wood craftsman kits. There haven't been any problems that could not be solved.   Jeff
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 14, 2020, 12:25:47 AM
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Next up was the small side building. I first sanded the edges to make sure they were square and even, added nail holes with my ponce wheel, lifted a few clapboards with my xacto knife and then applied a coat of AI solution. Since I was building this kit as a beer and ice business, I wanted this small side building to be a type of walk-in cooler/ freezer for the beer and ice.

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I assembled the walls and roof using the same techniques as the main building with the same colors. You can see the 2x4 trim board at the wall color separation and the same roll roofing material I used for the upper front porch roof. A fourth wall was not provided with the kit and I did not add one because the side building rests right up against the main building.

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I installed a large door from my parts stash to resemble a walk-in cooler type door and attached signs. I found the bagged ice sign on the internet and made the door sign on my computer. I had to enlarge the side man door opening to fit a Tichy door from my stash so that the bottom was level with the soon to be installed outside wood deck.

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I glued on 1/8 x 1/4 stripwood painted dark grey to resemble a concrete foundation.

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The outside wood deck was framed on the underside and short wood legs were installed. The deck was stained with the AI solution and then weathered with chalks.

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The main building foundation was painted with dark grey craft paint and then individual stones were painted to give some texture. That's it for now, more later





Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: bparrish on September 14, 2020, 03:07:56 AM
Foundations are often overlooked.

This is cool.

thanx
Bob
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: GPdemayo on September 14, 2020, 08:50:16 AM
Great progress Jeff.....what Bob said about the foundations.  8)
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: PRR Modeler on September 14, 2020, 09:39:06 AM
Great looking progress.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: postalkarl on September 14, 2020, 11:36:23 AM
Hey Jeff:

Great progress. Looks great. I'm following along.

Karl
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 15, 2020, 12:43:29 AM
Hello Bob, Greg, Curt and Karl, thanks for looking in. The foundation was a nice casting that came with the kit. As mentioned earlier in the thread, I had some issues with the size in relation to the building footprint and with the corners fitting together, but it all came out well with some adjustments. I like foundations on buildings and if they are not provided in the kit I usually add them. Buildings need foundations.

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Speaking of foundations, here is the foundation on the base I cut from thin styrene. I prefer this type of base because it makes it easier to blend in the scenery when the kit is placed on the layout. I painted the styrene base with brown craft paint and then sprinkled my ground cover base material on. This base material is just dirt from my yard sifted so that the fine particles are available for use. The larger particles are used for ballast material and other scenery uses. I also sprinkled on some fine turf red and black soil material.

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Here is the paper corrugated roofing material supplied with the kit cut into HO scale size roof panels. It is fastened to some cardboard with blue painters tape to get ready for painting.

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The roof panels have been sprayed with rattle can aluminum color paint. Several light coats seem to do the trick.

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Here I've sponged on several craft paint colors to simulate various stages of rust. I'm still working on my technique for this type of roof, I seem to put on too much  and am trying to achieve a less is more result. Practice makes perfect and I am a long way from videos that I've watched - particularly Jason Jenson's video on this type of roof and threads I've read on this forum. After the building was assembled I used some light grey and AI solution washes and  weathering chalks to soften the look of the roof.

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I've prepared the main building roof card by first cutting down the size of the piece provided with the kit- it seemed a little big for my taste. I then cut three cardboard trusses by matching the gable end walls angle and glueing them onto the underside of the roof. I then painted the edges with a light grey craft paint where it will be exposed after assembly and then glued on gable end stripwood that was supplied with the kit painted with the trim color. The ends will be trimmed to fit later

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I then glued the roof panels onto the roof card after the roof was attached to the building. I haven't tried the transfer tape method yet, mostly because I have had good luck using wood glue, that and I'm having trouble finding the tape. That's it for now, more later
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 15, 2020, 06:40:09 PM
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I've added a thin grey paint wash to the roof to try and tone down the vivid colors. Then I will do an AI wash and some weathering chalks

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Everything set in place but not glued yet. Roof details have been added and fixtures on the small side building. For the vent on the side wall of the small building I cut and painted a small piece of stripwood as a base and then glued the vent to that. Tried a metal railing/ fence at the edge of the base.

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A closer look. This photo shows off the small fixtures above the doors- they are from Tichy. Don't know about the railing/ fence at the side of the base. The main building roof looks better in this picture. This is after the washes.

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View of the other side wall and roof and a good view of the stone foundation.

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Found some old hedge material in the scenery stash and thought it would look good framing the front entry area. Added steps using the step stringer material included in the kit and added some detail castings to the front porch. Hard to see in this picture but I moved the railing from the edge of the base to the side of the wood deck- seems to make more sense in this location. Also added a ramp in front of the deck using some of the left over material from the front area wood floor material. Stained it with the AI and used some weathering chalks to match the rest of the loading platform. That's it for now, more later

Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 16, 2020, 05:53:47 PM
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View of the rear wall. I'm not doing much here since it won't be visible when I place this structure on my layout. I have added rear steps and a fixture above the door.

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I've added a few details in this picture and it gives a better look at the new location of the railing on the deck. I drilled holes in the deck with my pin vise and glued the railing in place. The ramp is also visible.

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After adding some more scenic detail I took the structure outside for some natural light pictures.

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That's it for now, more later
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: bparrish on September 16, 2020, 05:58:55 PM
Pretty cool .......... sir

thanx
Bob
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 16, 2020, 08:00:05 PM
Hello Bob

Thank you...............sir

Jeff
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: PRR Modeler on September 16, 2020, 08:48:23 PM
Very nice Jeff.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: ACL1504 on September 16, 2020, 08:50:09 PM
Jeff,

Nicely done. Groovy Jeff puts out some neat kits and designs.

Tom  ;D
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 17, 2020, 12:07:27 AM
Thank you Curt and Tom for looking in. Here are a few more outside pictures to finish up this thread and one of the structure in it's place on my layout

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As I said before, this was my first CCK kit and it did present some challenges, but overall I had a good time building the kit and I am pleased with the end result. I would definitely buy more kits from CCK. My next build will be my first Bar Mills kit and it is the Babcock Boiler kit. I see on the forum that Karl (postalkarl) did a thread earlier this year and he did his usual wonderful job. That's it for this thread, thanks to everybody who looked in.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: WigWag Workshop on September 17, 2020, 07:11:54 AM
Outstanding details, the building really adds to the area.


-Steven
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: GPdemayo on September 17, 2020, 08:32:52 AM
Well done.....great job Jeff.  8)
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 17, 2020, 11:55:47 PM
Thank you Steven and Greg, I had a lot of fun doing this build. It challenged me at times, but I'm pleased with the end result.
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: postalkarl on September 18, 2020, 11:23:01 AM
Hey Jeff:

Beautiful job on this kit.

Karl
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 18, 2020, 07:45:28 PM
Thank you Karl, I've enjoyed your builds as well. In researching my next build which will be Bar Mills Babcock Boiler I've spent a lot of time looking at the thread you did earlier this year.  Jeff
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: ReadingBob on September 19, 2020, 11:07:22 AM
Looks good in it's new home on the layout Jeff!  Well done!
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 20, 2020, 12:46:02 AM
Thank you Bob, I can only hope to begin to achieve the level of excellence that you show us in all of your builds.    Jeff
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: MAP on September 20, 2020, 06:43:24 AM
Looks great Jeff!
Title: Re: CCK Conocoheague Coal and Ice build
Post by: nycjeff on September 21, 2020, 12:06:41 AM
Tank you Mark, I had a great time with this build, now it's on to the next one.