A steam powered flour mill from Keep it Rusty

[nycjeff]

It's time to get started on the build...

The first structure that I wanted to build was the general store with an adjacent storage barn. The store has three walls that need to be done . The rear wall is just a spacer wall made of chipboard.
The two side walls start out with a chipboard backer. The first step is to glue on the window frames. These consist of four pieces. An inner and outer frame and two sill pieces. I sponged on the trim color after gluing the pieces in place.



The wall finish is board by board. I first used my razor saw to distress the strip wood and then dipped it into my A&I solution. After drying, I dry brushed a brown wood color and then a little light grey and then some antique gold. I've used this combination in the past and have liked the end result. To me it looks like weathered wood that needs painting.



The two side walls have been done and trimmed. Now it's time to start on the storefront wall, seen here in the middle.



The storefront outer wall is laser cut clapboard. The wood clapboard is glued to the chipboard inner wall. This picture shows the backside of the storefront wall. The portion that will be seen above the roof line is given a board by board finish using the same strip wood as used on the side walls. The large opening in the storefront wall is for a recessed entrance sub-assembly.



Here is the recessed entrance piece before folding it into a three sided entry way. A door and window opening have the frames glued in place and painted and the wall areas have been treated with the same board by board method as the side walls. You have to be careful to leave some space where the fold lines are located. The two trapezoid pieces seen in the picture are the floor and ceiling for the entryway.



That's it for now, more later.

[deemery]

You're off to a strong start!

dave

[KentuckySouthern]

Interesting project, i'll sneek a peek now and then!

[Jerry]

Very nice Jeff.  Really like the wood coloring and trim.

Jerry

[Rick]

Jeff, you've created a nice clean canvas on the layout to plant your kit when it's done.
Your weathered wood looks good.

[nycjeff]

You're off to a strong start!

dave

Hello Dave, thank you for looking in. I feel like I've just started to run a marathon with the sheer size of this kit. I'm approaching it as doing one kit at a time.

Interesting project, i'll sneek a peek now and then!

Hello KS, I appreciate you looking in

Very nice Jeff.  Really like the wood coloring and trim.

Jerry

Hello Jerry, I've used that same color combination before to get a weathered wood look and have always been happy with the result.

Jeff, you've created a nice clean canvas on the layout to plant your kit when it's done.
Your weathered wood looks good.

Hello Rick, thank you for the nice comments.

[nycjeff]

Continuing on...

Here I'm gluing the recessed storefront onto the floor piece. I did this in stages. First I glued the 90 degree corner with the door and window openings to the base. After letting the glue dry overnight, I then glued the angle portion to the base.



I've glued the store walls together. I departed from the instructions a bit here. Craig used some chipboard triangular pieces to stabilize the corners, but I opted for the traditional 1/8 square strip wood bracing.
You can see the assembled recessed storefront in this picture as well. This little sub-assembly was a lot of work, but I'm pleased with how it came out. You can also see the screen door- a nice detail of which there are many in this kit.



Another view of the assembled store walls.



The recessed storefront has been glued in place along with the trim boards around the large opening and at the corners. The pieces for the sign and the blackboard all fit together easily.



The rear wall of the store is plain chipboard. This wall butts against the storage barn structure which attaches to the rear of the store.



That's all for the store at this point, next I'm on to the storage barn structure that attaches to the rear of the store.

[GeorgeD]

Jeff, your technique for coloring the wooden walls is effective.

George

[nycjeff]

I'm preparing the strip wood for the board by board construction of the storage barn walls. I first dragged my razor saw over the boards to give them some texture and then dipped all of them into my A&I solution. As you can see I used a combination of red and grey pieces.

You can also see the chipboard wall backer pieces here along with the pieces for the window frames and door frames.



Here are the colors that I use for the wood walls with the peeling paint look.



I've started the board by board process here. Craig gives very specific instructions on how to proceed and his directions were spot on. They made the process much easier.



The four walls are done. The one wall with the exposed chipboard is where the storage barn butts against the store.
Craig tells you how many pieces of each size of strip wood are necessary for each step of the build. I followed his directives and he was very correct with his estimates. The little bits that you can see in the middle of the finished walls were all that was left of the prepared strip wood.



The storage barn walls have been glued together, again using 1/8 square bracing. I also added some bracing at the tops of the gable end walls and a beam across the peak. All of this will give me more gluing surface when attaching the roof card.



That's it for now, more later.

[Jerry]

Jeff your moving right along.  Everything seems to be going perfectly wonderful tutorial.

Jerry

[Jim Donovan]

Just came across this project and having built a mill myself (not a Rusty Kit)I am really looking forward to seeing how this comes out. Really looks great so far! 

Jim

[friscomike]

Howdy Jeff,

Nice work on the big kit.  The coloring is excellent.  I like using 1/8" to reinforce the corners.

Have fun,
mike