Kit Bashing Jason Jensen's Kit Bash of 3 KC's Workshop Kits.

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Wow!  Awesome project Tom.  Those stairs are quite complex but they look beautiful.

Btw, my kit arrived last week.  Now if only my order of 27 cases of Diet Pepsi would arrive I would be ready to start the kit....

Guzzle, guzzle guzzle. 

[jerryrbeach]

Tom,


Once again following your thread has paid off in a modeling trick I can use.  I love how you use a level to check your work on the outside stairway.  I really need to remember that next time I build something similar.  It looks much faster and more accurate than taking multiple measurements, my usual method.

[ACL1504]

Tom. Looks great. Jim

Jim,

Thank you, much appreciate the comment and following.

Tom

[ACL1504]

The staircase is looking great Tom and nice choice of signs.

Jan,

Thank you for the compliment and following along. I have a few more signs that will go on the back wall and side roof.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Wow!  Awesome project Tom.  Those stairs are quite complex but they look beautiful.

Btw, my kit arrived last week.  Now if only my order of 27 cases of Diet Pepsi would arrive I would be ready to start the kit....

Guzzle, guzzle guzzle.

Bruce,

Thank you for the generous compliment, appreciate it.

Glad to hear you have another kit in the works. If ya need any Diet Pepsi, come on down, I have plenty for us both.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,


Once again following your thread has paid off in a modeling trick I can use.  I love how you use a level to check your work on the outside stairway.  I really need to remember that next time I build something similar.  It looks much faster and more accurate than taking multiple measurements, my usual method.

Jerry,

Great to hear you have a new trick to use. I can't tell you how many I've learned from other forum members.

The small level is great to use and have. I got it at Ace Hardware a few years ago. I check the level and if off, I make the adjustment while the glue is setting and go from there.

Tom

[ACL1504]

The stairs are finally finished, YEA!

It required much patience and a lot, and I mean a lot of Diet Pepsi.





More in a few.

[ACL1504]

[PRR Modeler]

WOW Tom, those stairs look awesome.

[ACL1504]

I cut new roof panels from my supply of card board.

When I worked at the State Attorney's Office, I would make monthly runs to the 155 prosecutor's offices. I inquired if their legal pads were almost empty. I got several dozen the first try and prior to retirement, they just started putting them on my desk. In the end, I had so many I had to throw them out.

Anyway, I have enough for a few lifetimes.



The roof panels are just placed on the building and not centered.

[ACL1504]

Curt,

Much appreciated my friend, thank you. And, I'll add that I'm very glad they are finished.


Tom

[ACL1504]

I was gong to use KC's awnings for the second story front windows. However, I decided they were a little to big and it would be just to much red and white.

I will add that had I not built the stairs, the awning would have looked much better.



I still have several details to add so that will take some time to finish.

[ACL1504]

Jason's kit bash also has a sub assembly building on the ground level to the right of the main structure. This small building fits to the right rear and flush with the rear corner trim. If you are building his version, it also covers the two right side rear windows.

On my version, this small building will be a stand alone one. Also, I wanted to change the roof line to a gabled one. I used the walls in KC's kit and re-cut my own walls.

In the photo below you can see the original walls on top and my walls on the bottom.



Door and windows fit as tested.



The roof pitch on mine is to steep. I used the original wall and the steep pitch came from the end wall in the top right of the first photo. My two end walls will have to be fixed.

More in a few.

[ACL1504]

I told Greg my gabled walls looked like a witch's hat.   He suggested a way to change the pitch and I did.

I used the end wall from the utility shed and traced the edges of this wall onto my walls.

The end wall on the left has a shaded area. This portion of the wall needs to be cut off.



After cutting that portion off, you can see the gable pitch is much less.



I removed the witch's hat from the door wall as well. Thanks for the help Gregory.

Back after grabbing a Diet Pepsi.

[ACL1504]

Not shown here is the fact I braced and stained the small building walls. When dry, I added a white wash and set them off to the side to dry and cure.

KC has included in the kit many signs. One in particular caught my eye. It is the T I R E S sign.



I cut the whole sign out and using white glue, glued the entire sign to the piece of thin cardboard. I let this dry for several hours.

Yep, I forgot to take photos of this step.

When completely dry, I used a new #11 blade and cut out the five individual letters from the cardboard backing.



More in a few.