FOS #210 The Red Light District (HO Scale)

[Janbouli]

That is so cool Slim , and would look so good on Bob's build.

[ReadingBob]

That's very cool Slim except you should fix that light that's going bad.   

[Slim Jerkins]

That's very cool Slim except you should fix that light that's going bad.   

I'm on it buddy.

-slim

[S&S RR]

Bob


Great build and great thread - I just got caught up! 

[EricQuebec]

Bob, the sign is simply awesome.
Very nice building

Eric Québec

[ReadingBob]

Thanks for the kind comments John and Eric!  Much appreciated.

Continuing on with the build.

Instead of using the roofing material in the kit I pulled out some roofing strips I had made from 320 Grit Wet/Dry Waterproof sandpaper that were cut into scale 3' wide strips and painted with mists of various colors from rattle cans.  The idea for using the sandpaper for this came from Mr. Gregory "Morning" DeMayo.     I just so happened to have a batch of dark and a batch of light colored strips ready to go when I started this build.  I applied the strips using 3M Transfer Tape.  After the roofing was in place in was trimmed so that there'd be a little overhand (about 1/32" or so), drybrushed lightly with a white acrylic and then weathered with powders.


Since the roof is flat I wanted to seal the seams between the strips.  I used Gallery Glass Liquid Leading (a Dave K tip) I had put in a small squeeze bottle from JoAnn's (after Hal alerted us to their existence).  The Liquid Leading is a little thick for the tip but it gives you great control in applying it if your fingers don't tired from squeezing the bottle.   


There's a small roof top access structure that gets build, board by board over two forms included in the kit.  First I glued the boards in place a little longer than necessary.


And then trimmed the to fit with a single edge razor blade.


I thought I'd experiment a bit with the access structure so I applied some black oil paint along the bottom edge of the boards.


Then blended it in by dabbing it with a brush dipped with odorless paint thinner and letting it wick up the walls.


More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Next I went to work on the billboard.  The frame was constructed directly over the template by gluing the vertical supports to the paper with just the tiniest amount of Elmer's White Glue on each end.  The instructions recommend taping a sheet of wax paper over the template and gluing the wood to that but I just glue it directly to the paper.


I just hold them in place long enough for the glue to take hold.  When it comes time to remove it I'll slide a single edge razor blade underneath and then scrap off any glue/paper that remains attached to the wood and touch it up with stain.


This next picture shows something I thought of to give the roof some extra support and try to eliminate any light leaks that might occur where the roof touches the top of the walls.  The roof is marked where bracing needs to be applied to make the roof removable.  The bracing fits right up against the walls but doesn't cover all the edges.  So, using the bracing as a guide I cut a piece of heavy mat board I picked up at Sam Flaxx and glued it to the bracing to turn the roof assembly into a plug.


After the billboard was finished I drilled one hole in the roof for the leg on the left, which is slightly longer than all the others, and inserted that leg into the hole to glue the billboard in place.  Afterwards the rear bracing was added, then the rooftop access structure and a vent.


Some finished (or finished for now anyway) photo's next...

 

[ReadingBob]

For the moment I'm going to declare the South Side Burlesk House finished and move on to the next structure.  The sidewalks aren't glued into place yet and there's still a few little items to do but I'll address them when all the structures are glued together.  Here's a few shots of it.









Thanks for following along!  Back to the workbench!   

[ACL1504]

Bob,

Absolutely wonderful and masterfully done. Excellent tutorial as well.

WOW and UNBELIEVABLE come to mind on this first structure.

All ten of my thumbs up here Butty!

Tom

[ak-milw]

Bob, that place looks so bad I don't even know if I would go into it!!  Great job

[Janbouli]

[cuse]

Rusty, faded, dirty, smutty, and grammatically incorrect...It's coming together beautifully - keep up the good work!!


(strange hobby that we've chosen)


John

[EricQuebec]

Wonderful work Bob,
the technic used on the roof top access structure seems to be very interesting, I must try it
Eric Québec city

[donatode]

Wonderful work Bob .....




.... how much is the door charge?

[jimmillho]

I have never seen anything so "Wrong side of the Tracks" bad as this
It is about as trashy as it should be!!!!!!!!

Awesome job Bob

Jim