East End Market

MAP · August 10, 2015, 07:10:11 PM

Wow Frank! How did I miss this build? It's really fantastic. You really dig into the history/background of what you build, which must make the build even more satisfying. Build on! I'll be watching for sure.

Amagic41 · August 10, 2015, 08:23:31 PM

Quote from: jlgrove on August 10, 2015, 06:02:11 PM
.....corbel issue resolved....

Jeff I was gonna ask if you want me to help with the corbel issue

Erieman · August 10, 2015, 11:19:52 PM

Quote from: MAP on August 10, 2015, 07:10:11 PM
Wow Frank! How did I miss this build? It's really fantastic. You really dig into the history/background of what you build, which must make the build even more satisfying. Build on! I'll be watching for sure.

Mark,

Welcome to my build thread. Glad to see you have found it. I had to tell Robert about it. I guess his new job really keeps him busy. I fell in love with this building when Raymo posted it last year. He has been a real friend finding out lots of details. I have done the historic research because it really helps in the build. I have several pages of historical data. Raymo recently sent me photos of other buildings that were built by the same person that designed and built this structure. ( that is another story later)

Lots of details on this structure that keep me on my toes. Yesterday I mentioned that the left and right walls of the lower porch were not perfectly horizontal. That really bugged me. So-o-o, today I fixed that problem as you can see from the attached photo. I also put in one of the chimney's. The other four are on the rear roof. I have ordered components from Jimmy Simmons of Monster Modelworks. A little modification on one of the chimney's for the exterior chimney and viola. The other internal chimneys are the same as the one in the pic. I have 5 weeks to fully complete the build. Sounds really close to me knowing all the finish details that need to be built and weathered.

You'll just have to stay tuned to see how this all works out. thanks for stopping by.

Frank / Erieman

S&S RR · August 11, 2015, 08:37:54 AM

Frank

This build looks great! You sure know how to take on big projects - and with a deadline? Stay cool!

Erieman · August 11, 2015, 10:18:17 PM

Quote from: S&S RR on August 11, 2015, 08:37:54 AM
Frank

This build looks great! You sure know how to take on big projects - and with a deadline? Stay cool!

Good Evening John,

Working on East end Market was at a minimum today. Worked at my mom's house. cleaning out the rest of the house.. As we were finishing, a dust storm came in and blew a lot of leaves and stuff into the garage that I was cleaning. Then it rained. It really rained hard. By the time we got home, the rain near our house was non existent. The wind on the other hand was quite high. I worked in the yard from about noon to almost four. It wasn't real hot, just humid. Had to clean up the yard from my neighbor's eucalyptus tree. It was all over my yard. I also had a couple of my new trees lean over. the yard is clean now and all the trees are properly staked up.

I am in the train room working on some scenery and East End Market. I think the ht got to me and I am not up to full speed. I'm just cruising. no worries, I'll make the due date on the build. enjoy your week.

Frank / Erieman

MAP · August 12, 2015, 07:39:09 AM

Hey Frank,
I can see why you love this building. So many nooks & crannies, elevation changes, assorted materials, etc. Looking good. Yep, Robert has been buried with work, although he does squeeze out some time on Friday's when his turn on the round robin circuit comes up. We've been working in the area where he planted your station, doing scenic materials and such. I'm always amazed how great of a job you did on it. Carry on!

Erieman · August 12, 2015, 11:04:36 AM

Quote from: MAP on August 12, 2015, 07:39:09 AM
Hey Frank,
I can see why you love this building. So many nooks & crannies, elevation changes, assorted materials, etc. Looking good. Yep, Robert has been buried with work, although he does squeeze out some time on Friday's when his turn on the round robin circuit comes up. We've been working in the area where he planted your station, doing scenic materials and such. I'm always amazed how great of a job you did on it. Carry on!

Good Morning Mark,

Thank you for your kind words. What you don't see from the photos is the details on the porches. As you can see they have clapbooard siding on the outside. What you don't see ( unless you get really close) is the scribed walls on the back of the porch, a toe board at the base of the scribed walls, and the ceiling of all the porches is scribed lumber. Details, Details. i really liked the building back when Raymo posted it. He has subsequently sent me photos of several other buildings in the same area, presumably built by the same person back in the early 1900's. I am seriously thinking of building those and others that Dan can find and using them on the layout where I currently have tall city structures. This would complete the New England image that I currently have going. When Dan reads this he is going to groan.

As you know, I buils a second station for myself. Chester station took me longer to build that the one I built for Robert. Stations are another one of those types of buildings with lots of angles, nooks and crannies, etc.. My kind of building. Stay tuned, more in the next day or two.

Frank / Erieman

Raymo · August 12, 2015, 12:17:09 PM

GROAN!!!

Erieman · August 12, 2015, 12:36:40 PM

Quote from: Raymo on August 12, 2015, 12:17:09 PM
GROAN!!!

Dan,

Look on the brighter side. If you photograph them, I build them, Jeff builds kits of them, you get a free one from Groovy, what's the problem. Anyway, I'm just thinking about it. I'm thinking real hard about it.

tom.boyd.125 · August 12, 2015, 08:46:56 PM

Frank,
You have done a great job on this large scratch building project ! Looking forward to the completion photos.
Tom

Erieman · August 12, 2015, 09:59:16 PM

Quote from: tom.boyd.125 on August 12, 2015, 08:46:56 PM
Frank,
You have done a great job on this large scratch building project ! Looking forward to the completion photos.
Tom

Tom,

Good to hear from you. Glad you like the project and yes, I'm looking forward to the completion as well. My guess is probably a couple more weeks til completion. The devil is in the details as you know. The garage door is now installed. Additionally, the rear stairs, porch and lattice screen have been built and installed. I'm working on the rear porch cover currently and will probably have it done in the next couple of hours, or not! Enjoy the pic.

Frank / Erieman

Erieman · August 13, 2015, 11:12:56 PM

Good Evening All,

Somehow all the heat outside did not mean that I was going to get the whole day in the train room. Nice try. Anyway, here is the progress for the day. The rear view shows the steps, lattice wall, the walkway roof, columns and handrails. I also worked on the garage door area. There is a concrete loading area by the door. Kind a unusual, but that's what there. I removed the concrete wall between the garage door loading block and the the basement door, replaced it and painted it.
More in a moment.

Frank / Erieman

Erieman · August 13, 2015, 11:25:27 PM

Back again,

Here is a pic of the garage door end. I had to add a piece of wood below the garage door. The concrete foundation was painted Heritage Brick red. I then noticed that there was a layer of shingles missing at the top of the wall, so-o-o, I spent quite a bit of time cutting individual shingles and adding them to the top course of shingles. This are is really taking shape.

I also had to fix another problem that I had corrected earlier. The lower front porch ends were still not square in both directions. So I had to remove the columns once again, then remove the end patio walls. After some more profanity, the walls are now finally correct and reinstalled. Whew, where has the day gone.

I also started adding rolled roofing on the flat roof on the center section of the building. The far left roof had details to be added. Check that box. They are done. Next up, more rolled roofing and some metal flashing. Flashing is going to be fun. I found a piece of thin aluminum that looks like it will work, but that's another day.

Have a great day and will post more soon.

Frank / Erieman

martin.ojaste · August 14, 2015, 08:47:51 AM

Frank, you picking speed and really filling in the details, well done.

Is there going to be a flashing along the top edge of the cedar shakes?

Erieman · August 14, 2015, 10:12:49 AM

Quote from: martin.ojaste on August 14, 2015, 08:47:51 AM
Frank, you picking speed and really filling in the details, well done.

Is there going to be a flashing along the top edge of the cedar shakes?

Good Morning Martin,

The flashing I mentioned in my post last night will be on the rear of the two smaller buildings on the left on the photo shown here. You might look at the early pics of the building that I posted. There you will see the flashing the flashing on the flat roof. Kinda of gnarly looking actually. This building did not have a lot of maintenance on it , especially on the roof. The fun will depicting that lack of repair, but that will come near the end when I get to the weathering. Thanks for stopping by. more soon.

Frank / Erieman