The Pub Crawl Build

[Zephyrus52246]

I've been working on this one for about a month on and off.  Some days I'm gung ho and others, meh.  Kinda like I've felt since I started working again in June.  Hopefully the EXPO will provide a spark.  The Pub Crawl by Foscale will be a perfect addition to E. Dubuque on my RR.  Typical stuff in the box.  Minimalist instructions. 


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I square the edges of the walls on the Tru Sander to eliminate the "burn angle".   Then bracing.  Then into the paint booth for a coat of black on the backs of the walls.  Helps prevent warping, and nothing shows thru the windows this way (though I usually add view blocks later).


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

A coat of A&I on the stripwood and walls.  I added a second coat after it dried.  Spray painted the windows/doors a light grey.  The paint scheme Doug used is basically a monotone of Pollyscale Concrete.  I think it looks OK, and I wouldn't have to figure out what trim needed to be painted a different color.   


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I built the roof billboard next as I wanted to leave it a natural aged wood color, and at the end of a build, I sometimes can let these sit for days, I was more ambitious early on this one.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Painted the walls and there was a bit of warping at the peaks where there was no bracing, so some was added (and later painted black).


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I had started building a couple of freight cars before/during the build, so by this time the work area was a disaster.  I finished the rolling stock to clear that stuff out of the way.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Added the nail holes, and cut and lifted some boards.  I do the nail holes every 3 feet usually, not prototypical, and I don't press very hard, I like them subtle.  I use a Rivet R tool, it makes a small hole, not a line like some of the tools do.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

There's one big "painted on" wall sign. I drybrushed this, glued it on with full strength glue, ran my nail over the clapboards (cover your finger with a plastic bag so you don't rip the sign).  Added the nail holes and some vertical cuts in the boards, raised a few boards, a coat of A&I and I think it looks OK.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

There are a couple of windows which project out from the front to add interest.  This is where my troubles began.  The bay is a couple of laser cut pieces, went together OK and fit in the building OK.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

The other window is lasered out in a flat piece of plywood, you bend the sides and fit some pieces in to "square it".  The pieces were a bit short, so I had to fit a piece of stripwood in the sides. You can see the gap on the bottom right.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

The rectangular pieces are sized so it would drop right into the hole, it's close, but since I added the stripwood, it didn't quite fit.  Some trimming did the trick, and the bottom piece is not quite the same size.  I fitted a piece of stripwood into the hole to use as a backing to glue the lower piece on.  It doesn't line up perfectly with the window. But I think the structure will be angled or at the back of the scene, so no one will notice. 


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I used "Diamond Glaze" for windows except for the projecting windows, they are too big for this kind of stuff.  They had acetate which I cut to fit.  Of course by this time, I couldn't find the acetate supplied (after spending 20 minutes looking for it), but I have a large sheet of this for just such an emergency.  I used some small magnets as a weight to hold the window in place.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

After cutting the signs out, I use some water color pencils on the edges to hide them, usually with a darker color if I can't find an exact match.

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Some of the signs are just glued on, others have 2x4 edges to frame them.  Of course I painted what I thought was enough black for this sign, only a couple of millimeters short.     So I had to stain, paint, restain another piece of wood.  I wonder why it takes me so long to build these things? 


Jeff

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So the signs and doors/windows were added.  This led to the second problem, the top supplied for the bay window is too small.

Jeff