illinois Central Chicago District - Monee Rebuild

[vinceg]

Here are some pics of the first test fitting of the roof on the building. Actually turned out better than I thought. I will have some shingle repair to do but I think it's not too bad.

Two pics of the front:





A pic that is straight-on from the north side. You can see that the roof appears to be sitting a little big asymetrically. That is, there looks to be a little more eave on the front side than the back side.



A pic from the back. The roof looks a little crooked here but I do have some ability to position it better when I glue it down.



And finally a closer shot from the south side:



That glue blob you see came from the Campbell's strip. I was at the end of the roll and didn't notice this until I had already fastened the strip into the contact adhesive. I'm not sure if I will try to replace those shingles or just see what else I can do. Good place for a vent pipe, maybe.

The other thing you can see here is that the main roof intersects the bay tower pretty close to the top. That is consistent with the notches being cut out of the side roof panels and the shorter back panel. Not yet sure how good the fit will be but it's encouraging.

More shortly.

[vinceg]

Another first for me. The kit comes with a separate piece of gummed brown paper to cut individual corner shingles for the four angles. In the past, I have always covered roof angles with a long string of folded paper. I am interested to see how this turns out.



There are also two finial castings that are installed on the roof peak (and another for the cricket).

The instructions call for installing the roof now, then putting on the corner pieces. That seems like the best way to go. Once that's all in, I will just have to be careful while painting the roof.

I will check back in once have installed the roof corner shingles.

Cheers,
Vince

[S&S RR]

Vince


Very nice build, looks great.

[PRR Modeler]

Everything looks great. I think the roof spots you talked about could be covered by weathering.

[postalkarl]

Hey Vince:

Roof look just great. I think Curt is right about covering those spots with weathering.

Karl

[vinceg]

Vince


Very nice build, looks great.

Thanks, John

[vinceg]

Everything looks great. I think the roof spots you talked about could be covered by weathering.

Thanks, Curt. I think you're right. Way more often than not, when I try to fix something I make it worse. I'll just try to weather the problem away.

[vinceg]

Hey Vince:

Roof look just great. I think Curt is right about covering those spots with weathering.

Karl

Thanks, Karl.

[postalkarl]

Hey Vince:

You are quite welcome.

Karl

[GPdemayo]

You just can't beat those Campbell shingles.....well done Vince. 

[Lynnb]

You did a terrific job with the Campbells shingles, I've often found that we can do our best to make things as perfect as possible and then realize that being finicky on the details as we go quickly get recovered when we blend it all together.

[carl b]

Nice work Vince.

[vinceg]

You just can't beat those Campbell shingles.....well done Vince. 

Thanks Gregory. Using the transfer tape to fasten the shingles down completely changed the game for me. I'm a fan (again).

[vinceg]

You did a terrific job with the Campbells shingles, I've often found that we can do our best to make things as perfect as possible and then realize that being finicky on the details as we go quickly get recovered when we blend it all together.

Thanks for the support, Lynn. Yeah, the lesson I continue to experience, but not learn, is that I allow myself to get wrapped around the axle on little detail-y things when I'm working on something that isn't perfect. Then, later when the scene is complete, I isn't at all significant -- or even noticeable. Hope some day that will eventually sink in.

Vince

[vinceg]

Nice work Vince.

Thanks, Carl.

Vince