Carolina Craftsman kit Rural Post Office.

[ACL1504]

Excellent Tom.

Curt,

Thank you my friend.

Tom

[tct855]

Tom,
       Man!  What a great structure to model.  You've done this kit a solid for sure.  Enjoy watching this build.  Thanx Thom...

[donatode]

I continue to observe, learn and admire....AWESOME!!

[madharry]

Very nice modelling Tom. I built JL Innovative's Sawpit Store years ago and enjoyed it but yours is going to be even better!

Mike

[Mark Dalrymple]

Coming along very nicely, Tom.

Cheers, Mark.

[ACL1504]

Tom,
       Man!  What a great structure to model.  You've done this kit a solid for sure.  Enjoy watching this build.  Thanx Thom...

Brother Thom,

Thank you, Jeff hit one out of the park with this one. This is such a great little kit and full of possibilities. Of course, I'm trying to make as many "Tommy" changes as possible.

Appreciate you following along.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I continue to observe, learn and admire....AWESOME!!

Donato,

I do appreciate the very generous compliment, thank you. I'm happy to hear you are picking up a few new ideas. I enjoy passing on what I've learned and picked up from others.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Very nice modelling Tom. I built JL Innovative's Sawpit Store years ago and enjoyed it but yours is going to be even better!

Mike

Mike,

Thank you for the kind support of the build. I've never built any J L Innovative kits. I do have 5 in my stash to be built though.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Coming along very nicely, Tom.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark,

Thank you for compliment and for following along, much appreciated.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Roof work has begun on the store/post office. The roof over the post office is fairly large so I wanted to give it a little stability so I glued three 10x10's to the under side of the roof panel. I marked the under side where the walls were located so the braces don't interfere with the walls.

I also marked where the rafter tails should be glued. I marked them at every 18 HO scale inches.



I placed the opposite roof panel against that one to mark the rafter tails on the opposite side.



More in a few.

[ACL1504]

The post office roof panel was glued in place. I used a clothes pin to hold the rafter tail on the roof panel as the glue dried.



When that section was dry, I glued the middle roof section in place. Now you can see why I added the bracing. I gives me a nice support for gluing the roof panel.



Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

All three roof panels are now glued in place and the glue dry.



I referred to the original picture again and realized the double doors have a small header board (my term anyway) over the doors. Yep, I added the board over my doors as well. I NEED TO STOP LOOKING AT THE PICTURE.


I removed the batten over the screen door frame.



I added the board and a coke sign. The sign came from my sign stash and resized to fit over the door. I sized and positioned it to fit between the two windows.




Diet Pepsi time, back in a flash.

[ACL1504]

I wanted to keep the building looking as much as possible to Jeff's photograph so I didn't go sign crazy. I did add two additional small signs to the left wall.



I cut 39 rafter tails and glued them in place.



More in a few.

[ACL1504]

When the rafters tails were dry, I cut them off parallel to the wall.



Adding rafter tails to the side of a build is tedious and boring but well worth the effort and final appearance of you structure.

More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I forgot to mention I also added the exterior rafters to the edges of the roof panels. They were glued flush to the panels, meaning the top of the rafter is even with the roof top.

The top of the rafter will be covered with roofing paper so it won't show.  This is another added feature you should consider as it also makes the kit look more finished. However, it isn't necessary. Just my personal preference.