Here's the kit I chose to build for Raymo's 2018 Build Challenge - the FOS Rothman's Pawn Shop & Thornhill Liquors. All I have, so far, is the basic what comes in the box (bag in this case) shots. I haven't actually started to build this yet but wanted to commit to the challenge and kick off the thread. :)
Now the pressure is on.
A little background on this one. I've built this kit once before. I traded ACL1504 the finished kit for the unfinished kit. My understanding is he leased the finished kit to Bill and Kris Cutler and it's starting to take root on their Pennsy layout. They'd like to make it a permanent addition. So.....I'm building the kit again and, when I'm finished they'll have a permanent replacement. ;)
Because of the build challenge this kit kind of cut in line in my build queue. Next up would have been the FSM Jewel Series #2 - Bailey's Produce Company for Cuse but there's no way I could have finished the time frame specified for the build challenge. So I have to apologize to John. Bailey's is sitting here right next to me and I'm anxious to get started on it but it'll have to wait a little bit.
The kit comes in a bag.
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-266922126.jpeg) (http://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-266922126.jpeg)
In the bag is a fairly detailed set of instructions.
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-266931581.jpeg) (http://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-266931581.jpeg)
A few signs and templates.
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-266941789.jpeg) (http://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-266941789.jpeg)
And the usual suspects. Strip wood, doors, windows, chimney's, walls, etc.
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-26695724.jpeg) (http://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-010118120512-26695724.jpeg)
It'll be a little while until I get rolling on this one so be patient. ::)
Bob
Great choice! I will be following along.
Eagerly following...always love a Fos build, and this is one I don't own. 👍🏻
Quote from: Dave K. on January 20, 2018, 12:01:49 PM
Eagerly following...always love a Fos build, and this is one I don't own. 👍🏻
Bob,
Count me in on the followers.
Tom ;D
Count me as number 4 follower.
Jim
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As Jan posted.
I'll also be following along. I have this one in the stack waiting to be worked on.
Mr. Bob, Kris and I are looking forward to have another fantastic Bob Butts structure on our layout!!Thank you so much my friend. Bill & Kris
I'll be here too..... ;)
I am just another little fish in the pond and will be following the school.
Jim
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Quote from: Donato on January 23, 2018, 02:14:36 PM
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Where is the pond?
Quote from: S&S RR on January 23, 2018, 03:51:06 PM
Quote from: Donato on January 23, 2018, 02:14:36 PM
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Where is the pond?
John, did you mean "Where is the "pawned"?"
Sorry I couldn't help myself, now back to our regularly scheduled ReadingBob Build show ....
--Paul
Wow! Thanks for all the interest! I'm finally getting serious about this one. About time too! The clock is ticking and I'm running out of time. The Radio Station is off my workbench (in fact it's outta my house) and I can focus my attention on this one.
After breaking out a new single edged razor blade and putting a new #11 blade in the old X-Acto handle (which is the first thing I do at the start of any build) it's time to clean up the stuff I want to airbrush. I start with removing the window and door castings from their sprues using a sprue cutter. This is a handy little tool worth investing in. Some folks like to paint these castings before removing them (which is fine) but I prefer to remove them and clean then up before painting them.
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Cleaning up the plastic castings requires nothing more than a couple of swipes with an emery board.
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Okay, at this point I changed the setting in the new picture resizing program I'm using from "ideal for e-mail" (above) to "ideal for web" (below). I'm thinking I may need to find something in between. It has a 'custom' option I may have to play with. But for now you'll have to deal with smaller pictures. :)
I use a variety of things to clean up the metal castings. I found these sanding sticks at Hobby Lobby and they work for cleaning up the castings seams. Metal files are also handy if the seams are more pronounced.
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After the plastic and metal castings have been cleaned up I look for anything else that I might want to prime and paint with the airbrush. The laser cut micro fiber board components and some of the regular wood components that will get painted a matching color to the doors and windows (like the pilasters) get cut out and prepped for painting.
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I even glued the risers on the back of the pawn shop emblem prior to painting it.
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I usually look over the instructions to see if any of the stripwood needs to be left 'unstained' for any reason (fresh cut lumber). There was nothing like that in this kit so all the strip wood (except for the bracing) gets a bath in Hunterline Light Gray.
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More in a moment...
I pull the strip wood out of it's bath with a tweezers and prop it up in an old cardboard box to dry.
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Everything that's going to get airbrushed is laid out on an old jelly roll pan (it has raised sides which help keep things that come loose from blowing off). I tape strips of blue painters tape sticky side up and position all the stuff I want to paint on the sticky surface of the tape. The bottom row, by the way, are parts from another small FOS kit I'm building on the side (Murdock Fasteners).
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I'm out of Floquil Primer but I still have some unopened bottles of Floquil Earth so I'm using that color as my primer. The bottles fresh so I start by mixing up with my handy dandy little paint mixer.
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Then I put it in a stainless steel measuring cup using an eyedropper like thingie. I put three of these to one of thinner in the cup and mix it up to thin the paint a little. If the paint was not fresh I'd run it thru a piece of a stocking to strain out any debris. Since the bottle was fresh and it mixed up well I rolled the dice and skipped this step. Debris can, or I should say will, clog up the tip of the airbrush.
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Now it's time to load up the airbrush and get painting. The garage door is open and I have a big fan behind me blowing what little hair I have around to ventilate the place. ;D
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I start by airbrushing across the tray, from left to right.
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More in a moment... ;)
I after everything has been sprayed once I rotate the tray one quarter turn and spray it again. Then rotate another quarter turn and spray again. Guess what's next? You got it! Another quarter turn and spray. I want to hit from all sides. After the paint sets enough I flip over the stuff and paint the back side.
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Now for the part of airbrushing that everybody seems to hate. I run a small amount of clean thinner thru the brush to start the cleaning process. This little jar catches the thinner.
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Then I disassemble the brush and drop the pieces into some clean thinner.
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I unscrew the back of the brush to get at the needle. With this particular airbrush I don't need to take it 100% apart. I just want to get at the areas the paint affects.
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I wipe the needle with a paper towel with a little bit of thinner on it to clean it.
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Then I clean the body with a pipe cleaner dipped in thinner and by flushing some thinner thru it.
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More in a moment... :D
After everything has been cleaned it's time to reassemble the airbrush for next time. There's a little rubber O ring I removed that goes on first. (I hate when I drop this O ring - it's hard to find).
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Next I screw the tip back on and tighten it with the wrench that came with the airbrush.
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Then the rest of the tip (the needle protector) gets screwed in place.
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The trigger gets put in place and then the needle assembly has to be CAREFULLY slide in place. On this airbrush there's a little lever that has to go in a certain way. It'll end up in the slot behind the trigger and it's what pulls the needle back when you pull the trigger back. It's not hard to figure out how to get it back in there the way it needs to be.
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While the primer cures I'll start bracing the walls using the templates as a guide. I use Pink Flamingo glue and run a thin bead along the bracing.
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Then I use my finger tip to smear the glue to spread across the surface of the bracing. I keep a paper towel handy to wipe off my finger tip so I don't spread glue onto something I shouldn't - like the chair I'm sitting on or the surface of the wall I'm bracing. ;)
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More in a moment... :D
I make sure the bracing that goes along the edge of the wall goes only to the edge and not beyond by using an angle to ensure it's aligned the way I want it.
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Then I weigh it down for a few minutes to let the glue grab hold.
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I forgot to mention that I run the edge of the walls over an emery board to square them up before I brace them.
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This small wall only need bracing glued to one side but to weigh it down for the glue to set I put another piece of bracing, unglued, under the other side.
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The bracing is cut to fit after the glue dries using a single edged razor blade.
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The walls get stained with the same Hunterline Light Gray weathering mix.
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That's all for now. More to come. :D Thanks for following along!
Nice start, Bob. Thanks for the step by step including the airbrush cleaning. I've started straining the paint every time as I had some Vallejo Model Air plug it up once. ::)
Jeff
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on March 06, 2018, 01:18:37 PM
Nice start, Bob. Thanks for the step by step including the airbrush cleaning. I've started straining the paint every time as I had some Vallejo Model Air plug it up once. ::)
Jeff
Thanks Jeff!
I haven't tried airbrushing with anything but Floquil. At least not yet. I guess I'm going to have to get outside of my comfort zone pretty soon. :o It is annoying when the tip gets clogged while you're spraying something isn't it? >:(
Hey Bob:
Looking good so far.
Karl
Looking good. Following.
"...laser-cut micro fiber board...". Is THAT what it's called? Always wondered. I think "laserboard" is the dark brown stuff.
Glad to see this back on the bench. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Good tutorial Bob! Off to a fast start.
John
Great start Bob! I want to make sure that everyone takes another look at the A&I tube that Bob uses for his strip wood. I built one to Bob's specifications a few years back and use it all the time. It works great I just open a valve on the end and pour the unused A&I back in the bottle for the next project.
Quote from: postalkarl on March 06, 2018, 05:01:17 PM
Hey Bob:
Looking good so far.
Karl
Thanks Karl! These little FOS kits are a lot of fun to build.
Quote from: PRR Modeler on March 06, 2018, 05:27:15 PM
Looking good. Following.
Thanks Curt! Glad to have you following along. :)
Quote from: Dave K. on March 06, 2018, 06:24:21 PM
"...laser-cut micro fiber board...". Is THAT what it's called? Always wondered. I think "laserboard" is the dark brown stuff.
Glad to see this back on the bench. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I think that's what it's called. ::) Not 100% sure. Maybe one of our kit manufacturers will correct me if I'm wrong. :P Thanks for following along Dave!
Quote from: Cuse on March 06, 2018, 08:08:38 PM
Good tutorial Bob! Off to a fast start.
John
Hi John! I've been anxious to get started on this one. I hope I can get it done by the April 15th deadline. Then I'll move on to back to back FSM builds. Those'll be fun too! :D
Quote from: S&S RR on March 06, 2018, 09:48:04 PM
Great start Bob! I want to make sure that everyone takes another look at the A&I tube that Bob uses for his strip wood. I built one to Bob's specifications a few years back and use it all the time. It works great I just open a valve on the end and pour the unused A&I back in the bottle for the next project.
Hi John,
I forget who I got the idea from for that tube or I'd gladly give him credit. You must have upgraded your version. Valves? We don't need no stinkin' valves! I just drilled a hole at one end, stuck some foam tape around it and press the opening of the bottle against the hole and tilt the whole thing to empty it back into the bottle. Very high techy tech. ;D This thing is a big time saver for kits that come with lots of strip wood. ;)
Here is a picture of my "Bob's strip wood tub" version 2.0. I used up a few fittings I had in my plumbing box. As you can see mine gets a lot of use.
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Just catching up on the build, and thanks for the tutorial on the airbrush and also for the tip on straining the floquil.
Quote from: Lynnb on March 22, 2018, 02:02:35 AM
Just catching up on the build, and thanks for the tutorial on the airbrush and also for the tip on straining the floquil.
My pleasure. I'm no master with an airbrush but I can do the basic stuff like prime and paint doors, windows, etc. I really want to learn to use it for weathering rolling stock and, eventually, locomotives. :)
I've made enough progress on this one that I should update the thread soon. I just have to get off my lazy you-know-what and process/upload the pictures to the forum and do it. :D
Okay, now, where were we with this one? Oh yeah...
I painted the inside of the walls a flat black using a cheap craft store acrylic. This will help prevent the walls from glowing if the structure is lit up and kill the obvious lack of an interior. Gee, I wonder how much money I wasted over the years using Floquil or PollyScale Grimy Black for this step. ::)
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I painted the walls of the Pawn shop with Floquil Reefer Gray.
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The liquor store walls were painted with PollyScale Soo Line Red. It looks bright in the pictures but the weathering and A&I wash will really tone it down and darken it.
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Next I added rows of nail holes using a ponce wheel. I noticed Dave K, in his thread on Gordon Novelty's, mentioned he adds them early on the process and others add them later. I'll echo his comment "It's all good." ;)
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Next up is making things look a little older and less cared for. I lifted up some clapboards using a chisel blade in X-Acto handle. Slip the blade under the clapboard and twist slightly. It's okay to break a few pieces off here and there as well. How much you do this depends on how old and beaten up you want the structure to look.
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Now it's time to go for the peeling paint effect. I do this by dabbing on some gray paint (again, a cheap craft store acrylic) using an a sponge that was dipped in the paint and then had most of the paint removed. Dry sponging so to speak.
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More in a moment... :D
After the dry sponging (I used both a gray paint and a khaki paint for that step by the way) I applied the A&I wash. Here's a chance to erase any spots where you may have gotten too aggressive with the dry sponging. The A&I wash can be used to erase some of the bigger blotches. It'll blend the cheap acrylic paints together and wash them away if you scrub them with the brush.
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Now it's time to dry brush everything. Once again, I'm using a cheap craft store acrylic. The idea here is to highlight, ever so slightly the edges of things (including your fingernails ;D ) so they're more visible.
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I even dry brush the edges of the strip wood that will be used for the corner trim and the walls.
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Time to glue the corner trim in place. I run a small bead of glue along the edge of the corner trim. Before I do this I exam the corner trim to see which sides I like the best. I want those to be exposed and the least desirable sides hidden.
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I schmear the glue along the corner trim with the tip of my finger. It's no fun if you aren't getting dirty. ;) But, before I do anything else I wipe my finger clean with a paper towel so I don't transfer glue onto the wall.
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Now I line the corner trim up with the edge of the wall and hold it in place until the glue grabs hold enough to set the piece aside.
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More in a moment.... :D
After the glue has set a bit I can trim the corner trim to fit the wall using a single edged razor blade.
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Wouldn't you know it? I painted and weathered two pieces of strip wood to match the Pawn Shop colors and came up short by just a little bit. >:( I hate when that happens. I to paint and weather another small pieced to finish off this small wall.
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I use MicroScale Krystal Clear to glaze most of the windows. For the larger, store front, windows I used the acetate included in the kit. Krystal Clear is thick, white glue. Spread it across the back of the window to form a film.
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I rarely end up with any air bubbles with this stuff. After it's been applied it's still white but don't worry. It'll dry clear.
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You can see it turning clear as it dries.
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Now it's time to add the large Pawn sign to one of the walls. I first figured out where the wall needed to be painted black using the template as a guide. Then I applied some blue painters tape to mask off the portion of the wall that doesn't get painted.
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More in a moment... :D
Lookin' good, Bob. I'm always short a painted/weathered piece of trim as well. :-[
Jeff
I painted the wall black using the sponge and the same paint I used to paint the interior walls black.
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After that dried I taped the template in place and dry sponged white over the template. If there's too much paint on the sponge it'll bleed under the template and the letters won't appear crisp.
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I used a sponge to fill in the letters where the template had connectors to hold the inner pieces in place. You can also touch up anywhere that didn't get a nice crisp edge if need be.
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Now it's time for....
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I messed up one of the mullions on one of the store front windows. When I put the window on the blue painters tape to airbrush it I should have just put one edge on the painters tape. I was slightly off and a little bit of the mullion was also on the sticky tape. When I went to pull the window off of the tape the mullion broke into three pieces. I aligned them and glued the back together but I just wasn't happy with the look. So, I cut out the offending piece (it's at the top of the picture), sanded down a piece of 2" x 2" stripwood until it was approximately the same size as the mullions, painted and weathered it and cut a piece out to fit in place of the piece I removed. I think it worked out okay. Whew...
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After installing the windows I cut out 'shades' and glued them in place behind the windows. The shades are nothing more than printer paper painted green or beige.
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More in a moment... :D
Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on April 01, 2018, 11:00:32 AM
Lookin' good, Bob. I'm always short a painted/weathered piece of trim as well. :-[
Jeff
Thanks Jeff! Yeah, I'm terrible at planning ahead on painting trim. Even when the kit only has one trim color. ;D
Next up is my favorite part of the build! Gluing the walls together. Things start to take on a whole new look when I get the walls together. I use a square and a flat surface to get a 90 degree angle. I have a magnetic tray to do this but sometimes I just hold them in place like this until the glue sets (I'm watching a movie or a sporting event while I work).
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Okay, True Confessions Part Two. When I was airbrushing the doors, windows, etc. and I had painted one side I usually wait for the paint to dry just enough that I can flip 'em over and paint the other side. Normally I just set the tray on the roof of my car in the driveway and the Florida Sun takes care of it for me in a matter of minutes. On this particular day, however, my son was washing his car in the driveway so I went to my back up method - using a heat gun to speed up the process. First time I ever fell asleep at the wheel and melted some of the pieces. :-[ Thankfully I have a couple Tichy door and window combo packs so I had replacements handy. ;)
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True Confessions number three! This one I kind of knew was going to happen from past experience (this is my second go around on this kit. The bracing at the front of the liquor store is not one contiguous piece. There's a little offset for the storefront to fit in so the piece is split in the middle. This allowed the walls to warp out slightly.
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I thought about how I might correct this. First thought was to glue the storefront in place using 5 minute epoxy, clamping everything in place so the walls pulled in an aligned with the edges of the storefront. Second thought was to add small 'pins' by drilling holes and using a little bit of brass wire to pin the bottom of the store front to the bracing in the side walls. Finally I settled on the easiest solution of all. Add bracing behind the original bracing that runs all the way from the top to the bottom. Worked like a champ. :D
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The signs on the front of the pawn shop are glued to scrap pieces of chipboard and then attached to the wall. I decided to weather them all before cutting them out. I started by lightly dragging some fine steel wool from the top down to take the sheen off.
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Then I gave them a very light A&I was from the back side. It'll bleed through.
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More in a moment... :D
When I flipped them over they looked pretty dark. No need to panic though.
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They lighten up as the A&I dries.
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I attached them to a scrap piece of chipboard using 3M Transfer Tape.
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Then I carefully cut them out using a steel ruler and a sharp X-Acto knife. I use the ruler to protect the sign. It the blade wanders it'll be away from the sign rather than into it.
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Then the edges of the signs are colored black with a fine point black Sharpie. Don't hold the tip of the marker in one place or the sign will soak up the black ink and it'll bleed away from the edge.
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Now it's time to work on the roof. I applied 3M Transfer Tape to the top side of roof first. Note, the alternate methods of applying the roofing material are just to schmear white glue on the back of it and glue it in place or to use a Glue Stick. The Transfer Tape method makes the surface of the roof sticky like it's a piece of tape. It's not as messy as the glue methods.
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More in a moment.... :D
Oops...last picture for today.
I trim the 3M Transfer Tape with either an X-Acto or a pair of scissors.
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It's time to get back to the work bench. I'm on the roofing now so the end is in sight but there's still work to be done!
Thanks for following along! :D
Bob I like the way you present all your work.
When I first seen you patting on the acrylic paint over the floquil my first thoughts were, how the heck is that going to work. Then the next post you answer the question. I have found because I use Krylon Khaki to prime most of my stuff and if I don't let it sit for at least a few days floquil will have undesireable effects on the primer.
Oh and the mullions came out looking great. I would imagine you feel like brand new with all the confessions. ;D
This build is looking great.
Once again thank you Bob for the presentation, great sharing this with us.
Bob, you almost make me think that I could build that. You make it look so easy. :o :o
Fantastic work Bob.
Jim
Quote from: Lynnb on April 01, 2018, 11:56:22 AM
Bob I like the way you present all your work.
When I first seen you patting on the acrylic paint over the floquil my first thoughts were, how the heck is that going to work. Then the next post you answer the question. I have found because I use Krylon Khaki to prime most of my stuff and if I don't let it sit for at least a few days floquil will have undesireable effects on the primer.
Oh and the mullions came out looking great. I would imagine you feel like brand new with all the confessions. ;D
This build is looking great.
Thank for following along and the kind comments Lynn! Yes, confession is good for the soul. ;) I guess most of us mess something up at one point or another. I like to see the different ways that we can recover from it. :D
Quote from: Janbouli on April 01, 2018, 07:29:43 PM
Once again thank you Bob for the presentation, great sharing this with us.
You're quite welcome Jan. Thanks for following along! :D
Quote from: jimmillho on April 01, 2018, 07:59:45 PM
Bob, you almost make me think that I could build that. You make it look so easy. :o :o
Fantastic work Bob.
Jim
Thanks Jim! Glad to have you following along. Hope you get to see it in person when it's finished. ;)
Apologies for taking so long to get around to updating this thread. The build was actually completed a few weeks ago and the structure is already relocated to it's new home but I've been lax on spending time on the computer to do the necessary steps of cropping, resizing, uploading the photos and updating the thread. :(
After building the skylight I opted to add some rust patches to it using oil paints. I first dab on some small spots of rust colored (Burnt Sienna) oil paints using a q-tip like applicator (this is one I found in the model section of Hobby Lobby).
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Afterwards I take a flat brush dipped in odorless mineral spirits and drag the brush (lightly) downward over the spots of oil paints. This is a very forgiving way to get rust patches and streaks. If you don't like it, wash it away with the mineral spirits and try again. It takes a long time for the oil paints to set. :D
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I added mortar to the chimney using regular lightweight spackle I picked up at Home Depot. This brand is pink but dries white. It's too white for most mortar (though I have seen some that looks very white) but that can be taken care of after it dries.
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A wash of A&I tones down the white mortar considerably.
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I won't go through all of the steps I did to light this one up but basically I crafted an insert that slips into the building and contains the LED's. I was careful to not have the insert cover up any of the windows (though a dark room here and there is actually something you'd expect to see in real life). On the top of the insert I left a + and - lead to solder the wires from the gooseneck lamp to prior to sliding the insert into the structure.
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Normally I'd slide the insert into the structure and then adhere it with just the smallest drop of glue but in this case the fit was just about perfect and no glue was needed. I got lucky. ;)
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More in a moment... :)
Great job Bob. Is the black structure from the kit or made up by you to support the lighting?
Bummer...the flash from the camera drowned out the lights but they're lit in this picture. This was just a test to make sure they were working correctly before carrying on with the final details.
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-140518102814-31573368.jpeg)
Here's the final structure after adding the chimney's, vents, weeds, etc.
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-140518102814-315742458.jpeg)
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-140518102814-315752096.jpeg)
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-140518102814-315762492.jpeg)
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-140518102906-31577943.jpeg)
(https://modelersforum.com/gallery/56-140518102906-31578543.jpeg)
Tom (ACL1504) is working on making the lamp posts that go on the sidewalk light up. I left a spot on the insert to attach the wires for lamp posts (they'll be in series with the gooseneck lamp and a current limiter so it'll be three LED's, total, after the current limiter.
Thanks for following along. Now it's time to break out a Fine Scales Miniatures kit! Woo-hoo! ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: PRR Modeler on May 20, 2018, 10:37:17 AM
Great job Bob. Is the black structure from the kit or made up by you to support the lighting?
Thanks Curt! The insert was my own concoction and I made it up on the fly using some black, photo mounting board that I bought at Sam Flax. It's a bit hard to cut, it takes several passes with a #11 X-Acto blade, but it's nice and stiff and works well for me when I add the lighting using copper tape. :D
Really looking great Bob, the structure I mean ;) , and the slide in is a great idea.
Hi Bob,
Great job. I like your signs that you have applied to the building. I will have to try the light weight spackle for mortar on brickwork.
Quote from: Janbouli on May 20, 2018, 04:14:52 PM
Really looking great Bob, the structure I mean ;) , and the slide in is a great idea.
Thanks Jan! Your comments are very much appreciated. I'm looking forward to seeing this one in its new home. :)
Quote from: sdrees on May 20, 2018, 10:27:28 PM
Hi Bob,
Great job. I like your signs that you have applied to the building. I will have to try the light weight spackle for mortar on brickwork.
Thanks Steve! As an added bonus the light weight spackle is also useful around the house. ;D
Well done Bob..... 8)
Hi Bob:
Looks good so far. You're doing a great job.
Karl