FSM Bailey's Produce Co.

[Lynnb]

Hi Everyone
Time to open up another Kit thread, this one will be the FSM Bailey's Produce Co. kit.
Anyone else that has this kit and wishes to join in please do ( Karl ).

Ok I started off opening the kit and thought wow whats with all the folded instructions and I realized George broke down this build nicely into big fold out instructions A - E, a bit intimitating but very thorough.
And so I start ... you can see there are templates that need to be cut out and glued to the walls for laying shingles, not as easy as it looks because you have to make sure all the lines are going to lineup or the shingles whon't meet wall to wall, so I did my best and it came out pretty good.

[vinceg]

Looking in!

Vince

[Janbouli]

Following along , I have this waiting to be built , but won't join you , I have an N-scale empire to be built first 

[postalkarl]

Hi Lynn:

Looks like you are off to a good start. I didn't even get mine out yet. Took the weekend off.

Karl

[ACL1504]

Lynn,

I'll be in on the followers also.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

I'll be watching too.....

[ReadingBob]

Lynn,

I'll be starting mine in a couple of weeks.     I'll be watching yours to see what I'm in for!   

[PRR Modeler]

Following also.

[Lynnb]

Karl and Bob I look forward to the company.
Thanks guys for following along.

[Lynnb]

Moving along, leaving the shingling templates under weight overnite, still got some warpage but the interior bracing I'm confident will take care of that.
And applying shingles, I had bought this little applicator years ago and just came across it, makes applying shingles sooooo much easier. I filled it with elmers and a bit of windshield washer to thin it down. You can see the nice stream it provides.
I thought I'd try to be better organized with the shingles and cut a corner out of the bag they came in and dispense that way to keep the roll flat, wasn't happening.

[postalkarl]

Hey Lynn:

Lynn & I will be building this kit together as we did on the pile driver.

Looks like you are way ahead of me already. Will be checking instruction and starting probably tomorrow.

Karl

Karl

[Lynnb]

Sounds great Karl, I have one more day off and I slack off for a few.

[Dave K.]

Following all three of y'alls!👍🏻

[Lynnb]

Awsome Dave.

Next update shingles trimmed, and door and window framing installed where instructions ask for it.
By the way instructions had asked for both sides of the walls be primed before doing anything , so I did using Krylon Camoflage Khaki.
I had been curious what Krylon Camoflage Khaki compared to Rustoleum Camoflage Khaki would look like so did a bit of experimenting on two sheets of the metal roof. The Rustoleum Camoflage Khaki seems to give a more of a lead color compared to the Krylon and the Rustoleum didn't seem to cover as well. I would really like to try the Sand color in the same line of either manufacturers but doesn't seem to be available up here in Canada and neither do the suppliers want to export it up here.

[ACL1504]

Lynn,

Great start, I loving it all.

Tom