Raymo's Challenge 2018 KC's Workshop Jack Em Up Tire

[jerryrbeach]

Included in the kit is some black material to use for asphalt roll roofing.  I grabbed my straight edge and a scalpel and cut it into 3 foot width strips.  I applied transfer tape to the roofs, cutting the tape oversize and trimming to length by laying the building upside down on my cutting pad and going along the gable edge with the scalpel.  Next up, expose the adhesive of the transfer tape and apply the roofing, overlapping slightly at the seams.  Doug Foscale lets his roofing overlap slightly on the eaves and gable ends of his display models.  I like that look, so copied it on this structure.

[S&S RR]

Jerry


Your build is coming along very nice. I like the colors and I have a special place in my heart for John Deere. I started my Engineering career working for them - great company.

[jerryrbeach]

Jerry


Your build is coming along very nice. I like the colors and I have a special place in my heart for John Deere. I started my Engineering career working for them - great company.

John,
Thanks for your nice comment.  FWIW, I have John Deere moldboard plows.  They turn a better furrow and pull easier than any others I have used.  Looking forward to spring when I can put them to good use.

[GPdemayo]

Great start Jerry, but I'm a little late to the game.....I'll be watching. 

[jerryrbeach]

Great start Jerry, but I'm a little late to the game.....I'll be watching. 

Greg,

Welcome.  Glad to have you looking on.

[postalkarl]

Hi Jerry:

It's coming aong quite nicely. great signs.

Karl

[jerryrbeach]

Karl,

Thanks for the compliment.  I learned a lot about using signs from following your threads.

[ACL1504]

Jerry,

Looks like you are doing a jack up job on the Jack Em Up Tire build.


Well done.

Tom

[jerryrbeach]

Jerry,

Looks like you are doing a jack up job on the Jack Em Up Tire build.


Well done.

Tom

Tom,

Thanks for your nice comment. 

This build has taken a back seat to the layout, but I did make a little more progress.   The rafter tails and gable fly rafters are done.  The underside of the roof card is painted, even though the lighting makes it look like it is not.

[jerryrbeach]

As mentioned in an earlier post, I took a break from this build to work on my layout.  Once I had the track down, I placed some structures on the layout to get a sense of how my village scene might come together.  I had originally planned to have a couple stores along the road that crossed the tracks. 
However, after switching some out a few of the structures, I was struck by the idea of a "wrong side of the tracks" concept.  I began to envision the somewhat less desirable commercial enterprises on the other side of the tracks from the stores and residences.  Once that idea fell into place, I realized that a machinery dealer, livery, and so forth would be ideal business on the wrong side of the tracks.  This structure fit perfectly next to the junction of two roads with its doors on two walls of the building.  The only problem was that I had originally intended to use a small shadowbox inside one pair of doors that were barely cracked open.  The building was now going to be located along the front edge of the layout, so I needed to rethink the interior.  I had already used some heavy strip wood to brace the walls, and now was faced with how to if not hide the bracing, at least draw the viewer's attention away from it. 
I started by building a large storage cabinet tha would cover two of the braces along the rear wall.  I followed that with a smaller cabinet that would be placed over a workbench.  The workbench was shortened on both ends to fit the available space.  I felt that the bracing was still to prominent, so I added a "bench" of sorts along the wall to the right of the doors.  I believe both benches are Rusty Rail Rick resin castings.  I painted some wood grain onto the cabinets using a dry brush, and used appropriate colors to paint the individual tools, cans, books, etc., on the benches well enough for them to be apparent, but not as well as if they were to be viewed closely.  As you can see, I then attached the details to the inside walls.

[Lynnb]

Hi Jerry, I'm new here so just catching up on all the neat projects on the go. Your build is coming along nicely , I've been there before with the bracing hicup.

[postalkarl]

Hi Jerry:

Thanks. Yeah I'm a sign freak.  I have a sing collection that is probably larger than most people have. I still collect new ones if I can fine them.

Anyway thanks again.

Karl

[jerryrbeach]

Hi Jerry, I'm new here so just catching up on all the neat projects on the go. Your build is coming along nicely , I've been there before with the bracing hicup.

Lynn,

Thanks for stopping by and your nice comment.  I hope to have fewer issues in the future with bracing causing issues with my interiors now that I have started a layout.  In the past I built structures without knowing where they would ultimately end up being sited.

[jerryrbeach]

Hi Jerry:

Thanks. Yeah I'm a sign freak.  I have a sing collection that is probably larger than most people have. I still collect new ones if I can fine them.

Anyway thanks again.

Karl

Karl,

I learned a great deal about signs from following your threads.  Here is one I used on this structure, and one I decided didn't quite convey the image I wanted for the building.

[jerryrbeach]

If there is one thing I am good at it is forgetting to take photos of all the steps in a build thread.  So, there are no photos of the roofing when it was finished, nor are there any pics of it being dry-brushed or weathered further with chalks.  I also forgot to take any pics of the chimney being painted and installed. 

I did take a photo of the floor with the Woodland Scenics tractor that lurks inside the open doors.  This tractor is about 8 years too new for my 1920 layout date, i bought a few of these tractors when they were pretty much the only option anywhere clost to my modeling era other than a Jordan or Wheel Works Fordson.  Since Athearn came out with their series of Waterloo Boy tractors, I decided to hide this JD model A tractor inside the building.  If you look closely, you will see that I have substituted a Tichy brake wheel for the original steering wheel.  This model took a floor fall within minutes of its completion courtesy of my (late) cat Monster and the steering wheel was never found.

As you can see clearly, I'm a low tech kind of guy, especially where lighting is concerned.  The light is provided by one of a string of battery powered LED Christmas lights.  The lens is coated with Tamiya clear yellow acrylic.  My thanks to Tom (ACL1504) for the tip about the paint I saw on his thread.

If you look closely you can see the cabinets and benches that were installed in the interior.  Unfortunately, my camera is autofocus only, so the interior is pretty blurry.