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

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Uncle Tommie,
This is so cool!  I just wanted to let you know that I will be placing an order for this kit this week.

So I guess you could say for buying another kit,

Opps, I did it again!

Cousin Brucie,

Thank you my friend, much appreciate your support on the build.

This kit has so many possibilities and you won't be unhappy for having it. Well, maybe in getting another kit. Can't tell you have many OOPS I have under the layout in the kit stash!


Hope all is well.

Tom

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I knew my main color was going to be white so I went with Floquil Reefer White. However, I thinned the reefer white down quite a bit.

I  went with my white wash of 60% thinner to 40% reefer white.

I chose Polly Scale DTI Cherry Red for the trim, doors and windows.



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Two coats of the white wash were applied to the walls. I allowed the first coat to dry but not cure. In other words, I applied the second coat of white wash about 10 hours after the first coat. It will take a couple of days for the white wash to cure thoroughly.

First coat of white wash -



Second coat of white wash -



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All doors and windows were painted full strength with the Polly Scale DTI Cherry Red. I hand painted the red on the doors and windows as I was just to lazy to bring out the air compressor to spray them.

I applied two coats as the doors and windows were three different colors off the sprues. The two coats covered all the pieces for one looking color.

After the they were dry, I dry brushed them with Testors Driftwood Wash. If you don't have any of Testors Driftwood, GET SOME.

It is a great product to have for washes and color. I got mine at Hobby Lobby for $6.49, 1fl. oz. I didn't have any discount coupons and it was the only bottle left. My Babe got me another bottle for $3.50 with a store coupon.





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Here are the doors and windows painted in the red color with the driftwood dry brushing.



Here is a shot of the door and windows in place on two wall sections. They aren't glue in at this point. Window glass needs to go in next.



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All walls set and left to dry/cure.



Kenny includes in the Goober's Garage kit two sets of doors.

The doors on the left are how they come in the carrier. Carefully cut the two door frames from the carrier, remove the backing (they are peal and stick doors) and place the frame over the door.

TAKE YOUR TIME here as I believe you have only one shot in getting them lined up.

The two doors on the right are how they are supposed to look after adding the frame to the door.



Once you have them assembled, take an Emory board or medium grit sandpaper and clean the edges. I waited until the two parts were together as they were stronger as one, instead of individual sections.


More updates tomorrow.

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Very nice Tom. With the Testors driftwood applied it almost looks like boxcar red to my eye.

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Very nice Tom. With the Testors driftwood applied it almost looks like boxcar red to my eye.

Curt,

Thanks, it does appear the reds dry darker than when first applied. I tried boxcar red, tuscan, freight car red and oxide red. They all were to dark for the look I wanted.

Caboose Red and Signal Red were just to bright for use on the model.

The DTI Cherry Red looks blood like in color until it dries. Once the driftwood wash was dry brushed on, it appeared slightly darker still.

Tom

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Prior to gluing the front second story wall onto the bottom, I added the 4X4 horizontal board to the top of the bottom wall.



When dry, I glued the second story wall onto the top of the red 4X4. I then used weights to hold it in place until the walls dried.



After a few hours, I removed the weights.

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I forgot to take a picture of this but I added more vertical bracing between the two floors for more stability.

I then added the vertical corner trim to the three edges of the front wall section.

Be sure to make a clean cut for a nice clean fit for the corner trim as shown.



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In the next photo, you can see the vertical trim posts glued to the wall edges. One long piece is the correct way to add trim to these wall edges. Nice tight trim makes for a better looking model.



Here the door and windows are test fit. I needed to file a few openings as the thinned paint made the wood swell.

All fits now.



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I added trim around the bay door as well.



Diet Pepsi time, back in a few.

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While some of the red trim was drying, I reopened the nail holes. After three applications of the thinned white wash, the nail holes all but closed.



Fast forward a few hours and all the trim has been glued to the walls.



More update tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks for following along.

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Okay, well I have a few more minutes after all.

Normally this is the time I would add signs to the walls. Since this is an auto repair service, it appears all the signs are either porcelain or tin signs. None appear to be painted wall signs.

So, time to glue the walls together.

Two corners were glued together. Not shown is the fact the walls were weighted and checked with a metal square to ensure the walls were in fact square.



I don't plan on adding interior details or lighting the inside but I painted the interior walls flat black anyway. I used Tamiya Flat Black.

When the black paint was dry the walls were glued together.



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You know me, just checking to make sure all is on the level.





Okay, back tomorrow afternoon for sure.