FOS Bud's Bait "N Gas Dock Challenge #2

[cuse]

Really nice work on the planking Tom. Be careful lighting that structure...it kind of looks like the one you burned up a while back.


John 

[S&S RR]

Really nice work on the planking Tom. Be careful lighting that structure...it kind of looks like the one you burned up a while back.


John 

I thought Tom gave up on playing with matches.

[jimmillho]

Really nice work on the planking Tom. Be careful lighting that structure...it kind of looks like the one you burned up a while back.


John 

I thought Tom gave up on playing with matches.

Greg has the Fire Extinguisher ready and waiting

Jim

[MAP]

Hey Tom, How did I miss this build?  It's coming along really nice.  The decking on the dock is superb.  I'll have to try your trick of lightly sanding the A&I boarding for that texture.  Those rafters do make a difference in the appearance of the building.  A pain...but worth it.

[ReadingBob]

Tom,

Bud's looks great so far.  I agree that using the 2x4 for the rafters looks 'right' as opposed to the 2x6's.  Also, taking the time to add the extra rafter tails really adds a lot to the structure.  Well done!      

[ACL1504]

Really nice work on the planking Tom. Be careful lighting that structure...it kind of looks like the one you burned up a while back.


John 

John,

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated. Yes, this one does look like Jimmy's Middletown Station. The structure is on the water front so we have plenty of H2O for the fire if one does happen.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Really nice work on the planking Tom. Be careful lighting that structure...it kind of looks like the one you burned up a while back.


John 

I thought Tom gave up on playing with matches.

Nope, Tom is still the Pyromaniac that he has always been.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Really nice work on the planking Tom. Be careful lighting that structure...it kind of looks like the one you burned up a while back.


John 

I thought Tom gave up on playing with matches.

Greg has the Fire Extinguisher ready and waiting

Jim

Jim,

Only one problem, Greg has the fire extinguisher at his house.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Hey Tom, How did I miss this build?  It's coming along really nice.  The decking on the dock is superb.  I'll have to try your trick of lightly sanding the A&I boarding for that texture.  Those rafters do make a difference in the appearance of the building.  A pain...but worth it.

Mark,

Thanks for stopping by and I'm glad you found the thread. I came upon the Emory technique quite by accident. I was building the dock for the fishing shacks. I got some glue on the planking and used the Emory board to remove the glue. The result was a much better looking dock planking.

http://modelersforum.com/kit-building/cck-lucama-fish-camp-challenge-1/60/



The rafter tails wee a pain but well worth the effort.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,

Bud's looks great so far.  I agree that using the 2x4 for the rafters looks 'right' as opposed to the 2x6's.  Also, taking the time to add the extra rafter tails really adds a lot to the structure.  Well done!   

Bob,

I appreciate the compliment, thank you. The 2X4s were a much better choice and as you said they look right.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Well, I'm changing the model yet again.

The roof panels were longer, top to bottom, than I wanted. As they come in the kit they are to long in height and cover to much of the front of the structure.





Top to bottom they are 1 inch. I wanted them to stop just past the roof drip line. I cut them down to 3/4 inch.

More in a few.

[ACL1504]

You can see that the roof panels are now the correct size and are just a bit over the roof drip line.

Plus, you can see the rafter tails.



I used a metal ruler and cut the 1/4 inch off each roof panel.






More in as few.

[ACL1504]

I deviated from the instructions in two other areas. The instructions call for the panels to be cut in 1/2 inch widths. I added 1/8 inch and cut mine to 5/8 inch widths. No reason, I just did!

Also, the instructions call for the modeler to glue the roof panels on and then add a 2X4 to the top of the roof. I didn't think this would look good so I took another approach.

I noticed that Karl deviated from the 2X4 ridge beam and used the panel to overlap the roof ridge. See page one of this thread for Karl's model.

Anyway, I didn't feel I could get the proper look of a 2X4 balanced on top of the roof ridge.

I used an Emory board and sanded the ridge from a point to a scale width of a 2X4.







More in a few.

[ACL1504]

In the next photo you can see how I've flattened the ridge for the 2X4.

Now, obviously on a real 1:1 structure this would be one leaky roof. However, on this model it serves two purposes. One is that the 2X4 also supports the roof sign and second the simulated galvanized panel fit flush up against the 2X4.



The next photo shows the 2X4 on the flattened ridge.




Continued in a few, now where did I put that Diet Pepsi?

[ACL1504]

I glued the 2X4 in place and set it aside to dry. When dry I trimmed the 2X4 to fit the roof.



You can also see how the panel fits flush against the 2X4.




More in a few.