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

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After the decking was all glued in place and dry, I used the back side of an Emory board to sand and highlight the deck. It now has a look of old decking. One that has seen the better part of years in the sun and exposed to the weather.



The next part of the kit is to build the canopy for the loading dock.

Thanks for following along.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Fantastic work, Tom!

Its coming up a real treat.

I agree completely with your reasoning on working with laser cut detail parts.  Another consideration is that the grain of the wood usually shows through the stain, and in one direction (either vertically or horizontally) this is wrong.  This always annoyed my with such parts and so I got into the habit of scratch-building decks, porches, signs etc.  I wonder whether manufacturers might be better to supply scale lumber and templates for such things - especially for those kits catering more for the advanced modeler.

As always, really enjoying your thread.  Thanks for taking the time to share in such detail.

Cheers, Mark.

[postalkarl]

Hey Tom:

Looks just great and the platform came out great also.

Karl

[PRR Modeler]

Great job Tom. Very professional looking.

[vinceg]

This is a fantastic thread....a great model plus lots of good modeling ideas and insights.

Thanks Tom.

[Opa George]

Tom,
I'm very much enjoying this thread and your craftsmanship. This is also a really interesting structure and it's fun to see your variations.  I've been following several FOS kit threads as I have yet to build one of Doug Foscale's kits, but have one on order.

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Fantastic work, Tom!

Its coming up a real treat.

I agree completely with your reasoning on working with laser cut detail parts.  Another consideration is that the grain of the wood usually shows through the stain, and in one direction (either vertically or horizontally) this is wrong.  This always annoyed my with such parts and so I got into the habit of scratch-building decks, porches, signs etc.  I wonder whether manufacturers might be better to supply scale lumber and templates for such things - especially for those kits catering more for the advanced modeler.

As always, really enjoying your thread.  Thanks for taking the time to share in such detail.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark,

Thank you for the very kind compliment on the build.

I've probably build more decks with out the kit material for that very reason. In the photo below, you can see the grain runs the wrong way in all but the top beams. The grain runs horizontal and not vertically. So, yes, I agree with you that the only way to go is to do it correctly and that means a "scratch build" somewhere in some kits.

I will add that this was Doug and Maria's second kit and it was built to best serve a new modeler.

Again, thank you for the support and the kind words.

Tom

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Hey Tom:

Looks just great and the platform came out great also.

Karl

Karl,

Thank you as always my friend. It was, and still is a fun little scratch build. Meaning the deck.

Tom

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Great job Tom. Very professional looking.

Curt,

Thank you as well and welcome back to Central Fl.

Tom

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This is a fantastic thread....a great model plus lots of good modeling ideas and insights.

Thanks Tom.

Vince,

You are most kind sir. And, I thank you for the compliment. I most always try to share all the info I use on my builds.

Tom

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Tom,
I'm very much enjoying this thread and your craftsmanship. This is also a really interesting structure and it's fun to see your variations.  I've been following several FOS kit threads as I have yet to build one of Doug Foscale's kits, but have one on order.

George,

I'm glad you are enjoying the build and thread. I really like the FOS structures. When you do start your thread you'll find they are a great deal of fun. I would suggest starting off on a smaller kit though, not knowing what you have on the way.

Tom

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I'm working on an update this afternoon but first have to load, size and clean the pictures.

Tom

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After building the deck I started on the canopy posts. The posts, beams and angled supports are all from stained and cut HO scale 4X4s.

I used the canopy supports in the kit as a pattern. You can see here the two main support posts are made.



More in a few.

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I then started to glue the two supports posts together. I measured the distance between the two and cut three pieces to glue between the posts.

Here you can see I've used the metal squares to make sure it all dries square.





More in a few.

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Now all the beams, cross braces and posts are glued and left to dry.



Continued in a few.