Goodwin & Wolfe Distillery

[Mkrailway]

Great job Marty, sign looks great.

Tom

Thanks Tom. For such a simpke sign there so much work to get it right.

Marty

[Twopoint2]

Marty, very nice build will look great on your layout.

[Mkrailway]

Marty, very nice build will look great on your layout.

Thanks for dropping by. I know where it will look great.

[Random]

This stonework is simply amazing.  Beautiful job.

[Mkrailway]

This stonework is simply amazing.  Beautiful job.

Thank you for the compliment. I enjoyed working on it.

Marty

[Mkrailway]

I had no choice but to work in the roof. This was a bit of work that I was very reluctant to start. My first step was to order some "Slate" roofing sheets from Rusty Stumps. That gave me a few days reprieve as i thought how to actually get the slate attached on the roof card.

While waiting I used my "lead" flashing (Tissue paper covered in grey chalk and sprayed with a matte coat and then streaked. Then cut into 12" HO strips.) I used white glue to put them in the valleys of the dormers. When the slate sheets arrived I added starter strips I cut from the edge of the sheets to help keep the slate straight at the eves.

When all was dried I added the first layer of slate to the eves ensuring it was parallel to the top edge of the roof card. I used a pencil in a layout block to draw a line as a reference.



This was the part I was regretting doing, getting the rows of slate between the dormers straight and even. The scribing of lines helps with this.



As I moved up the roof line, the double slopes of the dormers became the most fiddle sections. It is a challenge to get an even straight valley line of slate on both dormers while keeping the row spacing even. I could only work on this for a couple hours before I became insane.



Then getting the top edge of the roof slated all the way up the edge was a challenge. I glued a strip of slate roofing beyond the roof line and used the steel rule to help press it flat. I used nail clippers to cut off the excess to get a perfectly straight roof line.



Next will be the dormer roofs.

Marty

[Mkrailway]

The dormer roof slates present a different type of challenge. Now I have to have all the rows at the same height from the eves and parallel to the dormer ridgeline and parallel to the rest of the dormers.

I used the layout block/scribe to set the height for the first row and then scribed a parallel line to the ridge line using a compass. (I extended the pencil lead and used it as a guide along the ridge line to get a parallel row line.) I glued in the first row and let it completely dry before going to the next rows.



I completed all the smaller dormers and then repeated the process on the larger dormer.



After trimming off the excess slates and ensuring the ridge lines were slated right to the top I was for the most part done. This took about 3 weeks to complete as I was not very motivated by the challenge.



One thing I did notice as i was doing this is that the Rusty Stumps slate sheets had a "good" side and a "bad" side. If I had realized this earlier, I would have created a pattern using the slates. Oh well, I will have to deal with this later.

Until the next post.

Marty

[Mkrailway]

I moved onto the completing of the roof. If you have seen any of my structure buildings you will know that I love using lead to seal the ridge line of roofs. This becomes especially true when the roof is a slate material. Besides I do not like the look of ridge caps as they look too bulky.

I epoxied some HO 2" wire to the ridge of the dormers that will be covered with the lead flashings.



Another trick that I use is to soak the underside of the shingles/slate that overhangs using CA. This stiffens the paper and ties the individual shingles/slates together. When dry I can easily sand them to a get them straight and aligned with the rest of the dormers. I hate it when you are simulating slate and the roofing material is bent or crinkled.



The dormers look better with a bit of AI soaked into the slates. However, the reversed patterned slates are still too obvious.



A second coat of AI does help, but still not perfect.



I was very frugal with the Rusty Stumps roof slate sheets. I used 3 complete sheets and 3 rows from the 4th sheet. This is the pile of scraps that I had left over.



More in the next posting.

Marty

[Mkrailway]

It is time to get the roof attached to the main part of the building. Epoxy is applied to the surfaces and flat areas that need to align perfectly.



The edges of the side walls and roof need to be clamped tight until the epoxy dries. You can see that I have started to colour the slates a bit more.



I went to town on the staining of the roof slates. One thing first; slate comes in different colours depending on the mine and the part of the country it comes from. For the prototype I could not find a conclusive reference to what slate was used or even if slates were used. What I did find was that the ridge flashing was lead, so I feel comfortable using that.

So based on the black & white photographs of the building and other similar building in the area I decided that the roof slate was of a black tone with hints of blue and green. Therefore I applied another coat of AI, then randomly blotched Blue Grey (I used for the mortar) all over the roof. Then a Dark Grey was randomly blotched followed by a patina green, then a blend of dark grey and patina green. Each blotching slightly overlapped each other to give the roof a smooth transitional black grey slate look. The drip lines got a bit extra Dark Grey.



When you put this all together you get a structure that looks like the below photograph.



This completes this phase of the build and I will be working on the LED lighting over the sign and elsewhere (?).

I hope you like it so far.

Marty

[postalkarl]

Hi Marty:

WOW!!!! looks really great.

Karl

[GPdemayo]

Great work Marty.....

[S&S RR]

Marty


Very nice work! I'm really enjoying the thread.

[ACL1504]

Marty


Very nice work! I'm really enjoying the thread.

Marty,

Ditto to all the above comments. Well done sir.

Tom

[Mkrailway]

Hi Marty:

WOW!!!! looks really great.

Karl

Thanks Karl.

[Mkrailway]

Great work Marty.....

Gregory, thanks for dropping by.