Stuffy's Brewing Co FSM Jewel Series #3

[deemery]

Lacquer Thinner is a good cleaner for Floquil.  It's my recollection that the older Dio-Sol was a (proprietary) mixture of Xylene and other solvents.  They changed the formula for Dio-Sol when Testors had to change Floquil to meet some safety concerns. 


dave

[postalkarl]

Hi Dave:

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.

Karl

[postalkarl]

Hi Guys:


Been working on the boiler hose for a few days now. Parts need some adjusting for a good fit. I see I missed a gap on the corner. I will fill that in. I had to adjust the roof by 3/32nds of an inch on the rear peak to make it level. Maybe I did something wrong not sure.

Here's a pic.

Karl

[PRR Modeler]

Karl-nice little build.

[postalkarl]

Hi Curt:

Thanks appreciate it.

Karl

[postalkarl]

Hi Guys:

Got the roof mostly done yesterday. Will finish it up today and take a photo. Then on to the coal shed and smoke stack.

Karl

[postalkarl]

Hi All:

The boiler house & coal shed are finished. I painted my boiler house roof red oxide. I was a house painter at one point and most of these roofs I painted were this color. The kit instructions are for a rusted weathered roof. I wanted my roof to look good. Next is the smoke stack for the boiler house.

Karl

[deemery]

I have a standing seam roof to be painted, and I've been mulling over either trying to get a "terne metal" or "zinc" look, or painting it.  Most older metal roofs I've seen were painted red oxide.


dave

[PRR Modeler]

Looks awesome.

[postalkarl]

Hi Curt:

Thanks appreciate it.

Karl

[postalkarl]

Hi Dave:

Like I said I painted quite a few of them when I was A house painter. What is teme metal?

Karl

Karl

[Dave K.]

I'm always impressed that Karl's builds are so clean, tight and precise. No sloppy joints, no gaps. I'd like to pull up a chair and do a make - 'n' - take in his shop. 👍🏻

[donatode]

Karl, as usual, ..... Nice Job....

[deemery]

In the 1860's, the options for metal roofs were copper, lead, tin-coated iron, and terne-coated steel. Tin-coated malleable iron was disappearing at the time. Copper and terne rolled roofs were very popular during that vintage--terne more so because it was less expensive.  Terne is an alloy of lead and tin that provides excellent corrosion protection for steel.
(http://www.hereandthere.org/oldhouse/terne-metal-roofs.html)
Basically, an early version of 'galvanized' from an appearance perspective.

dave
(sometimes the forum software does strange formatting that I can't figure out how to remove...)

[rpdylan]

really nice work Karl,
     everything looks so good- the coloring is great. Your postings are really appreciated, I love to see other peoples work!