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Hi Guys:

I will be starting on this tomorrow. Darryl's Model is painted gray and dry-brushed with white and looks rather weathered. My Moonshiner has been at it for years and his wife just wouldn't put up with a house that looked like that. So I'm gona change the coloring and make look nice.

Karl

Woo Hoo.  Will this have the rocking chair?

Karl,


I'll be looking in.  It'll be interesting to see a well kept version of this dwelling.

Looking forward to another of your builds Karl..... :)

Hi All:

Here's my progress so far. Walls are painted & assembled on both side. Floor is Assembled. Colors Are Tamiya Light Yellow and Red Oxide Primer.

Karl

Oooooh, newspaper wall paper.  I'll have to remember that one.

Karl- I'm not nit picking but why the newspaper? I don't think I have ever seen that before.

Hey Bob:

Sounds good to me.

Karl

Hey Curt:

I never heard of it either. Just type was newspaper ever used as wallpaper into Google. Enjoy the photos of it.

Karl

I learned something new. Thanks Karl.

Geez.  Can all you guys be younger than me?  Or, is it a money thing?  Newspaper wallpaper was often found in older structures in the northeast.  I remember visiting a friend about 40-45 years ago and the second bedroom in his apartment was wallpapered with newspaper. I've also seen it in some historic homes preserved as museums.

Quote from: postalkarl on May 05, 2020, 07:32:56 PM
Hey Curt:

I never heard of it either. Just type was newspaper ever used as wallpaper into Google. Enjoy the photos of it.

Karl

Ya mean actual wallpaper made to look like newspaper?  Gah.  So what was a poor persons method of reducing drafts through the walls is now a "thing"?

Hey Jerry:

I think I read on the internet that it was popular in Appalachia.

Karl

Hey Bob D:

I believe they used actual newspapers.

Karl

One of the great exhibits at Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth NH is a duplex that has 1950s on one side against 1840s (if I remember right) on the other side.  When we can get out again, we need to go back to Strawberry Banke and revisit that place. 


dave

Karl,

Nice touch on the news paper. I've been in a few "across the track shacks" that had news paper to keep the cold out of the cracks.

Tom  ;D

Hey Tom:

Thanks glad you liked it.

Karl

Hey Dave:

Sounds good to me. Did it has newspaper wallpaper?

Karl

Hey Guys:

Here's some progress shots. Hope it looks OK.

Karl

Very cool Karl.

Karl, What a Wonderful job there you doing......Dennis

Love the fireplace and the screen door. Looking good Karl.

Hey Curt, Dennis & Janbiuli:

Thanks for the great compliments. Much appreciated.

Karl

Little cabin next door to my house as a child was lined with newspaper.

I guess it was a common treatment to cut down on cold.

Hey Darryl:

guess you gotta do something to keep the cold out. Thanks for the links.

Karl

Quote from: darrylhuffman on May 10, 2020, 12:30:01 AM
Little cabin next door to my house as a child was lined with newspaper.

I guess it was a common treatment to cut down on cold.

I'm thinking that it was to cut down on the wind blowing through the walls.  Back then, most windows would leak like a sieve, so anything to cut down on the breezes, and resulting cold would be a blessing.

Great job Karl.


Jerry

Hey Bob:

I'm thinking you are pretty much right about what you are saying. Yeah I guess back in the old days the window didn't seal real well. Thanks for the reply.

Karl

Hey Jerry:

Thanks much appreciate your compliment. I'm working on the furniture.

Karl

Hi All:

Worked on assembling and painting the interior details today.

Karl

Looking good Karl..... 8)

Pegi's dad was a cop in New York and his last few years were spent as the head cop in Central Park. One of the stories he told was about the bums using waded up newspaper under their coats as insulation in the winter when they were sleeping in the park. He said they lost a few, but it did save most from freezing.

The dead air spaces in insulation is what hinders the flow of warm air to cold air and waded up newspaper acts in the same manner. Newspaper as insulation and draft prevention was very common in the western U.S. during the late 1800's and into the early 1900's.

Hey Greg:

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Karl

Hi All:

Finished the interior today. Here's A few photos.

Karl

Great looking interior and the exterior wood strips outside will set the build apart.

Hey Curt:

Thanks glad you like it. I'm starting on the roof.

Karl

Hi All:

Finished up my roof except for the gable trim. I will add this today. I messed up on the instructions in that I glued my rafter tails in place. They should have been put it w/o glue and the glued the roof to them making them removable. I do not use folded paper on roof peaks. I use cap shingles, folded corrugated or or copper patina roof finials which I used on this model.

Here's a few pics. Hope it looks OK.

Karl

Karl,


Looks great to me!  I think gluing the rafters in place may be the best way to go.  I noticed in a couple pics on Darryl's website that some of his rafters didn't fit tightly to the walls.  This looks like a cure for that.

Hey Jerry:

Thanks much appreciated. Thanks for your comments.

Karl

Hey Guys:

Started working on the front porch and back stairs. Got the parts painted today. Haven't had any posts on this. Let me know how it looks. It's OK to be truthful.

Karl

Nice job on those rafters.


And build is pretty dam good to.


Jerry

Karl,
That's a neat structure !
Tommy

Hi jerry And Tommy:

thanks for the great compliment. Much appreciated. Didn't get much done last two days as I was cleaning up the yard. You now the springtime spruce up. At any rate I painted some parts tonight so I cna do some work tomorrow.

Karl

Hi Guys:

Here's a progress shot. Got the front porch on. The hole in the floor is for the operating rocking chair. I have A few things to add yet before I go on to the rocking chair. I see the roof is sticking up on the left side. I just didn't get it seated.

Karl

Really enjoying seeing the progress on this build.

Hey Wig Wag:

thanks for checking in. Glad to have you here and you are welcome.

Karl

Hey All:

Got A little more work done today. Finished up the back porch and am working on the rocking chair mechanism.
Here's A photo.

Karl

Great looking build Karl.

Hey Curt:

Thanks buddy much appreciated.

Karl

Hi All:

the power unit for the rocking chair is assembled. I had to take it to the Hobby Shop I work in to have the wires soldered as I don't have A soldering iron and not very good at it any way. I'm not very mechanically inclined. I assembled one of the rockers and kind of messed it up. Darryl sent me extra rocker parts. Gonna try again and see if I can get it right. If not I guess I will finish the kit without the working rocking chair. We shall see.

Wish me luck.

Karl

Hi All:

Finished up the kit today. As I said I'm pretty mechanically inept. The rocking chairs are very fragile and I had trouble with them due to my mechanical inability. Not the fault of the kit. I just kept breaking parts with my hands. also did not have proper tools for cutting the tubing. Razor saw just didn't work well. Hope Darryl will forgive me.

Karl

here's another picture.

Karl

Good job Karl.....I can understand your problem with the rocking chair, I think all of us have an area in the hobby that's a bit over our heads.....I love old brass steam engines, but having to take them apart to paint or fix scares the dickens out of me.  :-[

Hey Greg:

Thank for the compliment and also understanding my problem.

Karl

Neat looking model Karl!

Nice job on the structure, Karl. 


Jeff

Looks great! Thank you for sharing


-Steven

Hi Steve, Jeff and Steven:

Thanks for the great compliments guys. Very much appreciated.

Karl

Hey Karl, great build and nice job on the cabin!


The chair is definitely a bit tricky as it is so tiny. Sorry you had problem with it and thanks for the feedback. I will do a tutorial on this and cutting aluminum tubing and add it to the instructions. If you had problems with it, others will have problems so we will try and make that a bit easier in the future.


A great tip on cutting aluminum tubing is to use an exacto  blade to roll the tubing under the blade in a back and forth motion on your cutting mat. This will form a slot in the soft tubing. Then you simply apply a back and forth bending pressure on the tubing at the slot and it will pop in half.  Works perfect on the soft aluminum tubing. Then you just have to clean up the end a little with the exacto as a reamer as the pressure you applied forming the slot will deform the tubing very slightly.


This is the same method that you use when you use a radial tubing cutter on larger material.


I really like the rocking chair in white instead of brown. Makes it stand out much more. Hope you still enjoyed building the kit even with the problems with it you encountered!


Darryl

Hey Darryl:

Thanks for understanding. That is much appreciate. Thanks for the info on cutting the tubing. Would have never thought of that. Enjoyed building the kit.

Thanks again:

Karl

Great build and all, although I will go a different route on the colors.  I have some IMEX trailer home kits that I will pair one with the cabin.  Kinda like some of the family "compounds" we have down here.