East End Market

Erieman · July 30, 2015, 04:44:00 PM

Quote from: bparrish on July 30, 2015, 03:07:29 PM
Frank...

What a great location.

thanx
Bob

Thanks Bob. Here is another pic showing more of the immediate and surrounding are where the building will be situated. Glad you like it.

Frank / Erieman

Erieman · July 31, 2015, 05:28:28 PM

Good Afternoon everyone.

As usual, it's too damn hot to be outside, so I am in the train room working on East End Market. As you will see from the photo, I have been making, cutting and all the components for the attached garage and enclosed back stairs. Lots of fitting on these components to get it right, Now that the walls are done, I can reinforce the roof sections and install tar paper roofs. I need to find some concrete walls. I have started the small attached storage shed and will be installing that component after painting and weathering.

Frank / Erieman

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Erieman · August 01, 2015, 08:28:12 PM

Good Afternoon or good evening, depending on your time zone. Well the morning was spent at my mom's house cleaning out the garage. Could not quite get everything, so it looks like another trip during the week. And boy was it hot in the garage!!!

Progress continues on East End Market. Almost done with the roofing on the three roofs on the back of the building. Also installed the lower porch components on the front of the building. The eft side is still under construction. In addition, I was looking thru my scrap box and ran across a part from SRMW kit. It apparently comes from a SRMW kit and would have been used for water damning. I minor adjust to height of the cast resin part and it fits. Prime and paint, a little glue and its ready to install after I install the jambs. I took took a front view and rear view of the building. Hope to have the from porch complicated later.

Another pic momentarily

Frank / Erieman

martin.ojaste · August 02, 2015, 08:54:15 AM

The structure keeps on looking better everyday.

Erieman · August 02, 2015, 09:58:53 AM

Quote from: martin.ojaste on August 02, 2015, 08:54:15 AM
The structure keeps on looking better everyday.

Martin,

Thank you for stopping by. I'll be posting some more pics of my progress later today. Slowly everything is taking shape. Thank you for your kind words. Later.

Frank / Erieman

Erieman · August 02, 2015, 05:57:47 PM

Martin,

Here is another pic. Lots of interruptions today so I only was able to build the columns that support the shed roof of the balcony. Yes, there is one missing. After the glued dried, I found the the placement of the middle column on the left balcony was really not centered, so it is temporarily removed and will be re-glued momentarily. The column consists of a vertical column and a top and bottom plate. Itsy- bitsy details, but the devil is in the details. The front porch on the ground level is almost done. It too comprises of lots of parts. The back has all the shed roofs completed with rolled roofing and looks great.

Enjoy the pic.

Frank / Erieman

GPdemayo · August 03, 2015, 08:43:14 AM

Looking good Frank!

martin.ojaste · August 03, 2015, 08:51:31 AM

Frank, left balcony supports seem to unbalanced. I understand why there are only two supports, but a third one near the wall "might" give it back.

Erieman · August 03, 2015, 09:33:46 AM

Quote from: GPdemayo on August 03, 2015, 08:43:14 AM
Looking good Frank!

Good Morning Greg,

Thank you. East End market is progressing. Still a long way to go. Actually a little over 6 weeks to be more precise. I think I'll make it! On another matter, I talked to Tom yesterday. It sounds like he enjoyed the visit to John's layout, but tired out quickly. Plus he has had enough bed time and wants to get back to the railroad. He needs to chill for a while and regain his strength. Our bodies don't like surgery. Have a great week.

Frank / Erieman

Erieman · August 03, 2015, 09:41:53 AM

Quote from: martin.ojaste on August 03, 2015, 08:51:31 AM
Frank, left balcony supports seem to unbalanced. I understand why there are only two supports, but a third one near the wall "might" give it back.

Good Morning Martin,

Thanks for keeping an eye on the building. I think the unbalance that you speak of is because of the different lengths of the porches. If you go back to page one and look at the last photo in the second series you will see what the building really looks like. If I were to change it, the judges would be all over me. The supports have been placed in the correct location for the load they are carrying. Just saying. Thanks for keeping an eye out for the build. sometimes I thing its the forest and the trees analogy and its good to have someone else to keep an eys on the build. thanks again for stopping by. Another progress pic or two later in the day. Have a great one.

Frank / Erieman

ACL1504 · August 03, 2015, 10:33:27 AM

Frank,

Great speaking with you yesterday. The market structure is looking fantastic.

Tom

Erieman · August 03, 2015, 05:16:10 PM

Quote from: ACL1504 on August 03, 2015, 10:33:27 AM
Frank,

Great speaking with you yesterday. The market structure is looking fantastic.

Tom

Good Afternoon Tom.\

Great speaking with you yesterday as well. Had to check up on you and see how your hand was doing. The longer you can rest, the faster the healing and the faster you'll be back working "on the railroad". Thanks for your comments on the building. Too many interruptions so far today. Not a lot of progress so it looks like there will be a photo tomorrow versus today. you are feeling sleepy!!!

Frank / Erieman

Erieman · August 03, 2015, 11:06:39 PM

Good Evening All,

It's been a hot day here in Arizona. About 113 f. While that meant a lot of time in the train room, or so I thought, there were several other items on the wife's agenda. With most of those complete, I did get some time in the train room to work on East End Market. I have been working on the right porch support columns and the associated roof. As you can see in the pic, the porch roof has a little bird's mouth peak in the center of the porch. Well, that was fun!!! tomorrow, I hope to complete the left side porch rood and its bird mouth peak along with the lower porch corner. I was down to the LHS picking up stair treads. There are two stairs, one in the front and one in the rear.
Over the years I have learned to work from bottom to top and then left to right or the reverse. This way of working prevent a lot of profanity should you break, dislocate or mutilate something that you recently completed above or below your most recent assembly. Just saying. and oh yes, I have made a major error in what I just said. Can you see it?

Anyway, there are still many, many items to cover on this build. I hope that you are enjoying the project. Enjoy.

Frank / Erieman

cuse · August 04, 2015, 08:37:26 AM

Wow! The closer you look, the better it is...and it looks pretty great from across the room!

John

Erieman · August 04, 2015, 09:53:55 AM

Quote from: Cuse on August 04, 2015, 08:37:26 AM
Wow! The closer you look, the better it is...and it looks pretty great from across the room!

John

Thanks John,

When I was taking pictures last night, i was sort of blown away with the up close pic so I thought I would share it. It's sort of like the forest and the the trees, you really don't see it because you see the model all the time and don't typically take the time to look closely. Now that I have done this, there are are a couple of other areas ( no quite done yet ) that I will remember to photograph. Thank you for your kind words and I am glad you enjoyed the close up.

Frank / Erieman