FOS' DeGraw's Poultry Market & Gordo's Fried Chicken

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I'm glad to see this one is back on the front burner.     I'm looking forward to seeing it finished and in place on the layout.   

Bob,

Thanks, so am I. It will have a spot down the track from Jefferies.

Tom

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Hi Tom:

built that when it first came out. Was one of my favorite FOS kits. Yours is looking great.

Karl

Karl,

Thank you for the compliment. I've been wanting to build it for years and have tried to finish it for the past four years.


I plan to finish it this week, if not sooner.

Tom

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Tom, did that sidewalk come with the kit? If not, how did you make it?

Vince,

The sidewalk came with the kit. However, they are easily made. The sidewalk can be cut and scribed on the back of any 1/16" thick Northeastern Scale Lumber.

I'm referring to the lumber sheets that are 3 X 11", come in two per pack.

Tom

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Four years has been awhile.....time sure does fly a our age. I be watching you finish this one up. 

Greg,

At my age time really does seem to fly.

Tom

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The kit comes with a sheet of peal and stick shingles.

I used Prismacolor marking pens from Sam flax to color the shingles. I used Cool Grey for the first color.

I wasn't concerned how they looked as most of them will be covered with rolled roofing and weathered.



Even though the shingles are self stick, I still used double sided tape to hold them in place. I placed the first row upside down. I didn't want the cardboard to show through the next course.



More in a few.

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The shingles were glued in random spots. The shingles in the top right were glued a little off line to represent old shingles. This will be more apparent in later photos.



I'll move a little forward here and you can see the rolled roofing is now in place. This view is of the rear of the building.



Also note the gaps in the top of the roof. I'll cover this later in the thread.

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Okay, it's later in the thread. I cut the ends off an envelope, used a glue stick to add glue to the back side and glued them in place to cover the gaps.



While the glue set on the roof, I added rolled roofing to the small flat roof.




I'm off to grab a cold Diet Pepsi, back in a few more.

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Fast forward once more and the roofs are on the main building.

As you can see in the photo, the small flat roof is in place. You can also see the rolled roofing from the small flat roof hangs over the garage roofing material. I meant to slide this under the garage roofing but forgot to do so. The roof is glued in place so it stays as is. Lesson learned, "Don't get to far ahead of your thinking"!



Not sure whom I got this tip from but I painted the edge of an envelope Weathered Black. I cut the strip off the envelope and glued it to the top of the garage roof.

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More in a few.

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In the next photo you can see how the top of the roof was finished and the chimney was added.



I painted the chimney with Tamiya Flat White. When dry, I dry brushed Floquil Box Car Red on the sides. When it was all dry, I dipped the chimney into some Hunterline Light Gray A&I.

Time to turn on the AC unit. Back is a minute.

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I added exterior rafters to the garage and small roof. This makes the kit look a little better.






The roofs on the main building are now complete but still need weathering.

More in a few.

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Tomorrow, I'll finish the roofs on Gordo's Fried Chicken shack.




One more photo.

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I'll never understand how I can get so much junk on the workbench when building a kit. And, this is clean as this is a small build!

[Jim Donovan]

Looks great Tom.

A question, when you did the second color on the walls you mentioned a way you used to mask the issue of the clapboards not lining up on the corners. Was it by using the second color on the corner strip wood as well so the lines are blended by the corner trim?



Jim D

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Hey Tom:

Mine looks just like that when I'm building.

Karl