Joe's Barbershop from KC's Workshop

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And there she is.

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And now the corner trim. Trim is stained, painted, lightly sanded, then stained one more time.

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Kenny includes some ghost signs for the side walls. I don't think the side walls will show but in case the layout of Centerville changes, or the building gets used elsewhere, I'm installing them now anyway.

I sand the backs to thin the paper, trim the sign, and apply with white glue, using my fingernail to snug it down onto the clapboards.

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The other side, with windows glazed and installed and window shades added.

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And now we raise the walls...

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...and the front wall.

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Dry fit before tackling the storefront.

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Dave,

Great job on the barbershop. I love the colors but then my Atlantic & Southern RR colors are white and green.

Looks really great!

Tom

[Dave K.]

Thank you kindly, Tom. It's a nice little kit and goes together very well. Nice job by Ken.

[Dave K.]

Here's where my "oops" came in. Without instructions to follow I recommend carefully fitting everything together beforehand and carefully studying photos on the website. I only used the photo on the front of the package and didn't think to look for different angles. As you can see, I ran the bracing for the front wall all the way up to the top. This doesn't work, because the top of the wall is a "false front" affair (not sure of the architectural term).

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Nothing major, but a "pro" would not have made such a mistake. So, had to get some new, sharp blades and carefully trim the bracing back.

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And here's the fix painted and ready to resume. 

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I was making such good progress I didn't take photos of the storefront portion of the build.    Kenny offers several neat storefront kits on his website. You can check them out here:

http://kcworkshop.com/t/ho-details 

I'd bought a few a couple of month ago to check them out. Here's a picture of one of them: Storefront #3. Again, this is not the one that comes with this kit but the picture will give you an idea of what it entails.

[Dave K.]

Though this "It's a Snap" kit doesn't come with instructions, the storefront portion comes with this parts diagram. Studying it and the pix on the website make it a "snap" to build.

[Dave K.]

Surfed the interwebs for some pix to copy, reduce, and print to serve as a faux interior. Here the storefront prior to installing in the front wall.