This is the second structure I'm building for the South Tahope area, Whalen apiaries by FOS models. It has a small foot print of 2 3/4"X7".
I'll show you later in the thread where it will be placed.
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Pieces and parts -
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Not shown but I've already started bracing the walls.
that's a neat little kit. Will fit right in on your layout. I've never seen that one. I'll be following.
John
This was one of the first Fos kits I ever bought. My plan was to make it a small tire shop. It reminds me of one I used to go to here in town back in high school, where they would use floor Jack's instead of lifts and the tires were stacked in every corner of the building.
3 building with only 4 falls, interesting ;D
Hey Tom:
Looks like A nice little kit. I will be following along.
Karl
Long out of production. Fun!
I look at that roofline and say to myself, "Self, that's definitely not a building from where they get snow." ;D
dave
Quote from: cuse on August 05, 2019, 07:42:45 AM
that's a neat little kit. Will fit right in on your layout. I've never seen that one. I'll be following.
John
John,
Thank you for checking in. This is a neat kit as you said and I do have just the spot for it.
Next time you are in the area come on by. Lots of new stuff happening here.
Tom ;D
Quote from: Raymo on August 05, 2019, 09:21:12 AM
This was one of the first Fos kits I ever bought. My plan was to make it a small tire shop. It reminds me of one I used to go to here in town back in high school, where they would use floor Jack's instead of lifts and the tires were stacked in every corner of the building.
Dan,
I appreciate you stopping by and posting a comment. This would make a great little tire shop. In fact, Doug included in the kit signs for a small auto repair shop. These mom and pop shops were all over the rural south.
Tom ;D
Quote from: Lynnb on August 05, 2019, 11:50:58 AM
3 building with only 4 falls, interesting ;D
Lynn,
The roof line was what drew my interest in the kit. Fun build so far.
Tom ;D
Quote from: postalkarl on August 05, 2019, 12:16:52 PM
Hey Tom:
Looks like A nice little kit. I will be following along.
Karl
Karl,
Thanks buddy, much appreciate you following along.
Tom ;D
Quote from: Dave K. on August 05, 2019, 05:09:23 PM
Long out of production. Fun!
Dave,
Yep, long gone. This is a great little structure and very interesting as well.
Tom ;D
Quote from: deemery on August 05, 2019, 05:24:40 PM
I look at that roofline and say to myself, "Self, that's definitely not a building from where they get snow." ;D
dave
Dave,
I agree with ya. The last so called snow we got in Orlando was December 24, 1990. It lasted for about ten minutes and melted when it landed. ;D ;D
Tom ;D
We had a 4 hour power outage here this afternoon. Rotten oak tree fell across the power lines. So not much done today.
Yesterday I finished bracing the walls and added a light coat of light gray A&I from Hunterline.
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This morning I added a wash of Floquil Earth to the walls.
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Then the power went out.
I'll be looking in when the power gets turned back on..... ;D
Tom,
You building it a the Apiaries?
If so, can't wait to see the bees you create :)
Seriously, nice little kit, interesting subject.
Watching closely.
Jim
Quote from: GPdemayo on August 05, 2019, 06:22:39 PM
I'll be looking in when the power gets turned back on..... ;D
Greg,
Thanks for following along my friend.
Tom ;D
Quote from: JimF on August 05, 2019, 06:51:26 PM
Tom,
You building it a the Apiaries?
If so, can't wait to see the bees you create :)
Seriously, nice little kit, interesting subject.
Watching closely.
Jim
Jim,
Sorry for the delay in my response. Yes, it will be built as an apiarie with HO scale bees. I think one already bit me. No, wait, that was a #11 blade.
Tom ;D
When I get a new kit, I always have the signs copied for personal use later if needed. The signs I add to the walls of structures are always the copies. I file the original in a "kit sign" file/folder.
The original is on the top.
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I used Floquil Earth in a thinned wash for the walls. Thinned to the point the Light Gray Hunterline A&I shows through the paint.
I used Floquil Depot Buff and thinned it as I did for the walls. The Depot Buff was sprayed on the doors and windows. The corner trim was painted in the same manner as the walls using the Depot Buff.
I dipped the doors and windows in Light gray A&I and set aside to dry.
Canopy glue was added to the door and windows.
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Looks good Tom.
hey Tom:
Wals are coming out just great. Keep the pics coming.
Karl
Looking good my friend! Nice job on the weathering. :D
I like the colors you've chosen for the Apiary building. Looking good!
Quote from: postalkarl on August 09, 2019, 07:24:13 AM
hey Tom:
Wals are coming out just great. Keep the pics coming.
Karl
Karl,
Thanks, more photos on the way.
Tom ;D
Quote from: ReadingBob on August 09, 2019, 03:16:49 PM
Looking good my friend! Nice job on the weathering. :D
Bob,
Thank you also, I'm very pleased how the walls came out. Got lucky! 8)
Tom ;D
Quote from: MAP on August 09, 2019, 06:48:49 PM
I like the colors you've chosen for the Apiary building. Looking good!
Mark,
Thank you, these colors worked out very well for this small kit. I did consider white for the walls but I have plenty of white structures on the layout.
Tom ;D
I added all the windows and glued the four walls together.
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The exterior rafters came next. Doug does provide a template for cutting the rafters. More on this later.
I chose to cut the front rafters free hand. Meaning I glued them in place and then trimmed them to fit - shown below.
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More in a few.
For the rear rafters, I followed Doug's template.
If you place the 2X6s on the template it is hard to know just where to cut the angles. The 2X6s cover the template where the cut needs to be made.
Here is a trick I use when using templates like this to cut the rafters.
Draw a pencil line through the area where the 2X6s need to be cut. Shown below.
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More in a few.
Here is another little trick to use. Each rafter doesn't need to be cut on both ends. When one is cut, the angle of the other one is the same angle.
In the photo below, you can see for example, I cut two for the left rafter. This second rafter represents the cut section from the one on the left.
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Take the other rafter and reverse the angle and then glue in place. You can see in the next photo the angle is perfect. One cut for two rafter ends.
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I used the weights as the paper template had a fold in it.
More in a few.
Front and rear views of the rafters.
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Another nice looking kit build Uncle Tommie.
BTW, are you sure your only drinking a few Diet Pepsi a day? All this recent model building makes me think otherwise. Just saying.
8) 8) 8)
Hey Tom:
another beautiful build. Keep up the great work.
Karl
Quote from: Bruce Oberleitner on August 11, 2019, 10:53:03 AM
Another nice looking kit build Uncle Tommie.
BTW, are you sure your only drinking a few Diet Pepsi a day? All this recent model building makes me think otherwise. Just saying.
8) 8) 8)
Cousin Brucie,
Thank you for the compliment. Yes, I'm drinking two or less Diet Pepsi a day. Water other than that or sweet tea at restaurants.
Tom ;D
Quote from: postalkarl on August 12, 2019, 01:16:58 PM
Hey Tom:
another beautiful build. Keep up the great work.
Karl
Karl,
Thank you my friend, much appreciated. This one is almost finished. More photos for you to follow.
Tom ;D
The roof cards in the kit didn't fit properly so I cut my own.
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Also, there was no mention of roof bracing so I added this as well.
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When the bracing was added I added weights to the structure overnight until dry.
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The roof panels were glued on and lines were drawn with a pencil to assist in aligning the rolled paper.
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I then added scale 2X6s for the fascia.
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I tried something different on the back for the fascia. I added the facia boards unpainted as shown.
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When dry, I stained the 2X6s with Hunterline Light Gray A&I.
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When dry, I painted them with thinned Floquil Depot Buff to match the rest of the rafters.
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Back in a few, time for a cold one - Diet pepsi. 8) 8)
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I made a last minute decision to light this building. The office area needed to be blocked off from the rest of the interior. In the photo below you can see the entire building interior is open.
The rear and side walls were painted flat black.
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A piece of cardboard was cut and glued in place as shown.
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More in a few.
The kit model had a fascia board on the ends of the building. I prefer the rafter tails exposed so I added the rafter tails set on scale 24" centers.
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No need to reinvent the wheel so I'll show you the steps I used to make several rafter tails in a short time.
The pictures I'm showing below are from the build I did for Jimmy on the first Boilermakers kit. That build thread was done back in 2011. The rafter tail section starts on page 24.
https://www.kitforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5203 (https://www.kitforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5203)
I first make a master rafter tail making sure it fits against the structure and the angle is correct on the drip edge of the roof.
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I then take the master and lay it on the stock 2X6, 2X4 or water ever size you are working with.
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I hold the master on the stock and make the other angle cut. For clarity, I'm not showing me holding the master against the stock.
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Repeat this process for making as many rafter tails as needed. This is very quick and accurate.
Master rafter tail on top and second on bottom.
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Back in a few more.
I also decided to add a front screen door. I got a roll of ribbon material from Joann's Fabrics that looks like HO scale screen.
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I glued a Vector Cut (no longer in business) door to the ribbon.
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The ribbon was trimmed from the edges of the door and then the door was glued in place.
To the right of the door, you can also see the Vector Cut window fan I added.
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I found some very old Rock Quarry roofing material in my roofing material box. It was a little brittle so I used it anyway and carefully.
The paper had a slight texture like tar paper on one side.
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I cut strips for the rolled roofing paper and fast forward it was all glued in place.
I then used a soft brush and "painted" on Natural Grey PanPastel as shown. I used the lip on the bottom of each row as a guide.
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I then randomly added a little Paynes Grey.
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I used a 1 inch wide soft brush and lightly pulled the pastels down from top to the valley.
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I added a little Burnt Sienna PanPastel and used the 1 inch brush to blend it all together.
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As you can see, the small chimney and vent stack were also added.
A small awning was added over the bay doors. I still need to add the lighting. For now the structure is finished except for placing it on the layout.
Here is where it will be placed.
Also note the roof weathering and appearance is much more subtle in the two photos below.
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I'll add the lighting and show those pictures with that task is completed.
Of course the scenery will be changed for the location as well.
Beautiful modeling Tom. Good luck to you and Pam.
I really like how that roof came out, everything blended very nicely!
dave
Tom,
Masterful job yet again. Looking forward to the lighting and scenery completion.
Very well done!
Quote from: PRR Modeler on September 01, 2019, 04:22:20 PM
Beautiful modeling Tom. Good luck to you and Pam.
Curt,
Thank you my friend. Looks like at this point we may be okay.
Tom ;D
Quote from: deemery on September 01, 2019, 04:55:37 PM
I really like how that roof came out, everything blended very nicely!
dave
Dave,
Thank you. When I added the burnt sienna to the pastels on the roof I wasn't sure I did the right thing. However, I got lucky and it all blended very well.
Tom ;D
Quote from: jerryrbeach on September 02, 2019, 07:33:39 AM
Tom,
Masterful job yet again. Looking forward to the lighting and scenery completion.
Jerry,
Thank you for the very generous compliment on the build. I'll do the lighting later this week.
Tom ;D
Quote from: Oldguy on September 02, 2019, 11:01:35 AM
Very well done!
Bob,
Thank you very much. I appreciate you stopping by.
Tom ;D