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

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Today I applied the first coat of A&I to the walls. The one on the left has Hunterline Creosote Black and then using a paper towel the excess was dabbed off. The right wall is sans A&I.



Oops, I'm being summoned, back in a few.

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I added the three main wall signs. I cut the signs from the sheet and then carefully sanded the back and front of each sign. I used the fine side of an Emory Board for the sanding tool.

I then used my finger to apply some white glue, full strength, to the back of the signs. The signs were then positioned on the walls.

While the glue was still wet, I used a tooth pick and pulled the tooth pick across the sign setting it down between the boards. I did this very slowly and didn't press down to hard on the tooth pick.

Remember to pull the pick across the sign and not push it. If you push it, you have a much greater risk of tearing the sign.

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I didn't accomplish much today as many 1:1 projects and life got in the way.

I added nail holes to the walls using the small ponce wheel from Micro Mark.



I then applied a coat of Hunterline Light Gray A&I to all the walls. I set them aside to dry.

I then moved to the windows and doors to add the window glass. I used Canopy Glue for this.



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After two hours of letting the walls and the A&I dry. I went back over the nail holes with the same Light Gray A&I. I only applied the A&I to the nail holes.

When that dried, I began gluing the walls together. I used metal squares to ensure the walls were at 90 degree angles while the glue dried. Here are the first two walls.





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I glued the wedding tulle, same as wedding veil material, to the back of the bay door. I applied glue to the back of the bay doors, pressed the material to the back and let dry.

When dry, I used a new #11 blade and cut around the outer edge to remove the screen/wire mesh material.

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent modeling Tom I really like the chicken sign and screen door.

[jerryrbeach]

Tom,
I'm glad to see you pull this thread out of mothballs and restart it.  I have always liked this structure and will be following along.

[donatode]

Keep it going Tom.

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Excellent modeling Tom I really like the chicken sign and screen door.

Curt,

Thank you, much appreciate your support on the build.

Tom

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Tom,
I'm glad to see you pull this thread out of mothballs and restart it.  I have always liked this structure and will be following along.

Jerry,

The four years this was in mothballs really went fast. I've been wanting to finish it that long as well.


Now, finally it's coming together.

Tom

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Keep it going Tom.

Donato,

Thanks, this time it will get finished.

Tom

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The bay screen door is recessed between the main structure and the garage. The screen doors have a small roof section that covers the top area of the recess.

I glued this roof section in place.



I glued the top of the doors flush to the bottom rear of the small roof. You can also see the screen material is glued as one piece across the back. More on this in a few.



Continued in a few.

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I wanted to open one of the doors but didn't want to separate the doors until I was ready. This is why I glued one piece of screen material across the back.

I placed the doors face up and using a sharp #11 blade, cut the right door from the frame.

I then painted the edges where I cut the door with the Burnt Sienna color.



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I wanted this right door to be partially open. I added a little glue to the outside edge of the door and the inside edge of the door frame.

I then used a 12x12 to prop open the door until the glue dried.





This sub assembly was set aside for later installation.

Diet Pepsi time, back in a few.

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Here you can see a test fit of the screen doors in the bay recess.





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