Carolina Craftsman kit Rural Post Office.

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The chimney is not glued at this time in the build. It won't get glued until after the roof is weathered.



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Time to upload and crop more pictures, back in about 30 minutes.

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This morning I started weathering the roof.

Last year sometime Karl S. turned me on to a set of brushes from Micro-Mark. They are listed as Dry Brushing Brushes. I used one of them for my roof detailing/weathering.

I used the one on the left in the photo.




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For starters, I use Weber Costello Pastel Chalks. The chalks can be purchased at most art supply stores. I got these several years ago at Sam Flax. They are in square stick form but I just rub the brush across the top and the chalk comes off.



For this roof I used the third stick from the left.



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Using the small brush, I brush the dark gray on the roof just under each piece of rolled roofing material as seen below.



I then use a soft bristle brush and pull the chalk from the top down. The reason for a soft brush is I want to just cover the roof. If you use a stiff brush, the chalk will be forced into the paint and is much more difficult to control.

You have been warned.



In the next photo you can see how the chalk has been smoothed and blended on the roof. The left side has been done but not the right.



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The chalk has now been blended or smoothed on the roofing paper.



If you desire to add more you can weather the roof per you own choice.

In the next photo, I've added a little light brown to the roof for a more weathered look.

More weathering will be added after the chimneys are added.

[jrmueller]

Looks good Tom. Jim

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Looks good Tom. Jim

Thank you Jim, very much appreciated.

Tom

[PRR Modeler]

Really nice Tom. It speaks backwoods South. Not a critique but for a building on supports does the chimney go all the way to the ground? I don't know that answer.

[GPdemayo]

Really nice Tom. It speaks backwoods South. Not a critique but for a building on supports does the chimney go all the way to the ground? I don't know that answer.

Curt..... the chimney definitely goes to a bit below grade.

The weight of a brick chimney requires a solid foundation. This is generally done with a concrete footer with reinforcing steel rebar.

[jerryrbeach]

Tom,

Looks great!  I really like the "down south" look the brick piers give the store. 

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Really nice Tom. It speaks backwoods South. Not a critique but for a building on supports does the chimney go all the way to the ground? I don't know that answer.

Curt,

Thank you. Yes, the chimney will go to the ground and probably did sit on a base of some sort like concrete. The look of this chimney, tells me that it is a chimney for exhaust only and not an actual inside firebox. My guess is that there was a coal burning stove in the post office with a metal exhaust into the brick chimney.

This is how the final chimney will look.



I'll have this build and thread finished this afternoon.

As always my friend I do appreciate you following along on my adventures.

Tom

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Really nice Tom. It speaks backwoods South. Not a critique but for a building on supports does the chimney go all the way to the ground? I don't know that answer.

Curt..... the chimney definitely goes to a bit below grade.

The weight of a brick chimney requires a solid foundation. This is generally done with a concrete footer with reinfocing steel rebar.

Greg,

Thanks for the help on Curt's question.

Tom

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Tom,

Looks great!  I really like the "down south" look the brick piers give the store.

Jerry,

Thank you kind sir. The "down south" look is what the Atlantic and Southern RR is all about. I really like this structure by CCK.

I'll be finishing this build this afternoon and will follow with a short review of the kit.

Tom

[jrmueller]

Tom. Thanks for the build thread.  I have this kit in my stash(as my wife calls all her quilt fabric) and I am afraid it will be awhile before I get to it.  Great build. Jim