Build Challenge 2018 #2 - Bar Mills Sweaty Betty's

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If you don't paint the edges of the walls, you may have a spot like this showing.

When you glue the walls to the base you certainly don't want any surprises.





More in a few. Time for a Diet Pepsi break.

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I decided to put and interior in Sweaty Betty's.

The kit came with a floor and wall covering. The floor and wall covering was sent in by Ed Livingston. I copied the floor and I'll show that later installed.



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All the walls except the front and one side panel are horizontally braced. The front walls are braced with a vertucal outside column.

I wanted some support for the plain strip wood walls and needed to add vertical bracing.

The braces were cut using the NWSL Chopper.



I glued them in place as shown below and added a bead of glue on top.



Oh dang, I forgot to take pictures of the cut walls. Anyway, I got them glued to the interior.

More in a few.

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Here are the interior walls. The line is a scale 4 feet from the floor. This line is for a color separation.



With roof on - nothing is glued in place at this time.



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I removed the walls and glued the paper flooring in place. When dry, I reinstalled the walls.



I removed the walls and painted the lower portion (below the line) a Mint Green. This green is very close to the Seaboard Mint Green on the SAL E units.

The label on the bottle says "sky". I've never seen a mint green sky but maybe they have them in Japan where the paint is manufactured. The paint is Tamiya



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The green was painted full strength onto the walls.











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I wanted a nice light color to complement the mint green. We had a roadside diner in Orlando back in the 50's with light green and light yellow walls separated by a darker green.

I choose Polly Scale ATSF Catwhisker Yellow for the upper portion of the walls.

I also painted the edges of the interior walls.





The wall painted in the left corner is level with each other. What you see is the angle of the picture.

Continued in a few.

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I used a HO scale 1X6 and painted it full strength with Floquil Coach Green. When dry, I glued it to the top line of the mint green.



Here is a look at the interior walls with the trim.



More tomorrow evening.

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Tom


You are moving right along on this build. It looks great!

[PaulS]

Looking absolutely wonderful Tom !!
I'm looking forward to the grand opening for some fries and a malt ...
I'll be following along as usual.
Happy modeling,
--Paul

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Beautiful modeling Tom. I can't believe you can paint freehand in a straight line (I sure can't ).

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Tom


You are moving right along on this build. It looks great!

John,

Thank you. Yes, I want to finish this build and get back to the layout work, er, I mean play.


Tom

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Looking absolutely wonderful Tom !!
I'm looking forward to the grand opening for some fries and a malt ...
I'll be following along as usual.
Happy modeling,
--Paul

Paul,

Thank you, much appreciated. The Grand Opening isn't to far off.

Taking for following along.

Tom

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Beautiful modeling Tom. I can't believe you can paint freehand in a straight line (I sure can't ).

Curt,

Thanks very much for the kind compliment. I can paint a straight line as long as I have a line to follow.


Tom