Merchant's Row III - A Magnuson Build.

[GPdemayo]

I'll be looking in Tom.....

Greg,

Thanks Butty. Let me know if you see anything.

Tom

Will do.....

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi Tom.

With those vertical columns on the end walls it would be very easy to reduce the width of the block if needed.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark, Cheers,

Very interesting observation my friend. That is one reason I haven't glued the walls together on this one. It seems we are thinking along the same lines. However, the side walls have the brick details as the rear wall is glued to the insides of the two side walls.

I was thinking I could cover or partially cover this with a rear downspout and scupper.

Tom

You could also make two cuts and splice the two ends together, thus keeping the brickwork on the end.  If you make both cuts the same side of a column, the join should be invisible.  But yes, there are many ways to hide the join - just study George Sellio's work for ideas on how to do this.

Cheers, Mark.

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom.



You could also make two cuts and splice the two ends together, thus keeping the brickwork on the end.  If you make both cuts the same side of a column, the join should be invisible.  But yes, there are many ways to hide the join - just study George Sellio's work for ideas on how to do this.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark, Cheers,

Yes, that is an ideal but I think for times sake, I can hide the end with a downspout or weeds. Actually, I'm not even sure the ends will show all that much detail.

Tom 

[tct855]

ACL 1504~,
             Hey brotherman, just stopped by for a diet pepsi.
                                                                    KP-out...

[ACL1504]

ACL 1504~,
            Hey brotherman, just stopped by for a diet pepsi.
                                                                    KP-out...

Brother T,

They are in the small frig under the coaling tower. Help yourself.

Tom 

[tom.boyd.125]

 Tom, like the tip of taking the resin walls and let them cook in the sun to make them flat. Hope you can add a Pepsi sign to the model...Tommy

[Pennman]

Tom,

Seeking help from the Master Craftsman of warped kit walls, I have a modeling question for you, Sir.

I have two walls in a Master Creations Blandings & Gallard C & C Co. kit, that the resin walls are
slightly warped on the main structure. Should I glue square tubing to the structure wall (as you have
done in the past on another Magnuson project), before attempting to straighten them or just glue them
to the walls without doing that first?
My thought is if I do glue first, that the walls may break, as the warp is slightly evident, but enough
to warrant another method. I would hate to see them break without trying something else first.

Thanks,
Rich

[ACL1504]

Rich,

I have that same kit and my walls are only slightly warped also.  Some of the walls are thick and some very thin. Before you epoxy the walls, lay them on a flat surface like a piece of glass. Lay the glass and the walls in the sun and monitor the heat. I've had great success with this method.

https://modelersforum.com/index.php?topic=6988.0

Even after leaving them in the sun for about an hour, the walls were still very slightly warped, but much less so. I haven't put them in the sun for a second time as I've been on other projects.

If the walls are slightly warped as you say, try the sun and glass method. If that fails, the epoxy method will most definitely work.

I don't recommend putting them in a micro wave. If the sun won't help you can use the brass (my preferable method). I guess aluminum square stock would would work but I've never used the aluminum. Do not use wood squares as it won't keep the walls from the warp.

When you epoxy the square tubing, be sure to allow/measure for the corner walls to fit. You want the walls to be as square as possible, it makes adding the corner wall much easier.

Hope this helps with you journey. I've had excellent results using the square tubing.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, like the tip of taking the resin walls and let them cook in the sun to make them flat. Hope you can add a Pepsi sign to the model...Tommy

Tommy,

Sorry, I missed your post. My apologies.

I will definitely add Pepsi signs where I can.

Tom

[Pennman]

Tom,

Thank you for the technique again. I will definitely try the warped wall on glass treatment in the sun before proceeding further. I will report back with my results. PS: It may be a while as I am not ready to build it yet.

Rich