Gusano Loco build

[Zephyrus52246]

Interesting, Greg.  I had a feeling there was a way that was done.  I'm considering using some left over siding and merely extending the back wall up to the height of the side walls.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Looking at some more pictures on line, I think I can replicate the flashing with stripwood and paper.  

Hmmm.   Thanks for the info, Greg.  Time to experiment. 

Jeff

[jerryrbeach]

Jeff,

Just getting caught up here.  I really like both the stucco and the weathering on the clapboard walls. 

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for looking in, Jerry. 

I used a piece of stripwood painted oily steel for the device at the back of the roof to hold the gravel in.  Lookin on line, some had an angle at the bottom like the one Greg showed, others were flat.  I figured the tiny bit of angle probably wouldn't show much in HO, so I went with a flat piece.  I painted the roof with a mixture of Elmers and black acrylic paint and dropped on the ballast.  Then using the ballast glue, I waited for it to dry, then used liberal black oil paint and thinner to weather.  I added roof details as well.  Then using Elmers and black glue mixture again, edged the roof with "tar".  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Attached the two front additions.  Those of you who've built this probably notice I reversed them.  I didn't mean to do this, just another brain fart by me.  Some black construction paper added to view block. 

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

The front roofs were added, the edge "tarred", and the sign attached.  I used some 2x4s around the sign to frame it, as I think it looks better than just painting the edge of the sign.  The last trims were added, and, voila it's finished. 

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Here is the structure with the large road sign, and the place it may go on the layout.  I'll probably move the big sign near the edge with a "turn here and arrow pointing to the structure. so the tire repair building can go where the sign is.

Overall a fun kit which didn't take me too long to build.  Thanks for following along, and especially thanks to Greg for his suggestion. 

Jeff

[PRR Modeler]

Very well done Jeff. Everything looks great. Does the roof slope to the front or is that an optical illusion?

[ReadingBob]

Looks awesome!  Another gem for the empire. 

[GPdemayo]

Excellent job Jeff.....thanks for posting the build. 

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Curt.  The roof is "fairly" flat.  I had braced it, but only glued on the corners when attaching it to the structure.  The "gravel" is higher in some places than others, but when I put on the ballast glue, some of the areas humped up.  I had to glue these to the side rails from underneath and weight them so they went flat.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Bob.  That's why I started this kit as I hoped it would fit on the spot pictured. 

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for watching, Greg. 

Jeff