Bar Mills Mooney's Plumbing

[SteveCuster]

Hello Everyone.

I just started working on Bar Mills Mooney's Plumbing. I have a few Bar Mills kits on the shelf but this is the first one I've assembled.


First step of course I laid out all the pieces. I bought the kit secondhand and the box was full of woodland scenic fine turf so I had to clean all the pieces off.


I washed over all the laser cut window and door sheets with A&I. This probably effects the reliability of the self-adhesive backing but I plan on gluing everything anyway.



A&I wash over all the siding.


Before I painted the siding I coated it in mineral spirits so the paint won't adhere well. This color is Apple Barrel 21887E Tuscan Teal.


After the walls mostly dried I used a wire brush and some tape to pull up some of the color. I coated the walls in A&I after I was done.



I added the sign to the wall.



I thought I had taken a few pictures of the window assembly process but I didn't. The coloring was really simple. I used a flat stiff brush to blot white on all the pieces I previously coloring with A&I. I try to leave the paint out of the grain and out of a few areas. Before I installed the acetate I sprayed it with Dullcoat. The glass got a dusting of Rembrandt 408.3 chalk to dirty it up.

Thanks for checking in.

Hopefully more to come tomorrow.

-Steve

[Opa George]

Steve,
Really nice start on the kit. I like the wall color and that sign looks top notch installed. Your window painting treatment is very realistic. I am going to try that on my next structure,
--George

[ReadingBob]

I agree with everything George said!  That sign looks terrific on the wall and the window treatment is perfect.  I may need to give that one a try myself.   

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

lad to see you building  this one. Jim Mooney is a good friend of mine. I shall be watching.

Karl

[deemery]

Yeah, Jim's a good guy.  Glad to see such a great start on 'his' kit.


dave

[ACL1504]

Steve,

I agree, great start on the build. Love the Mooney sign.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Is the sign on the roof going to be a big toilet?.....I'll be looking in. 

[PRR Modeler]

Really nice Steve. I'll be following.

[jimmillho]

Great start Steve, I will be following also.

Jim

[Lynnb]

Looking great, I have a few Bar Mills sitting on the shelf and look forward to following along. In your first step of the walls you applied a/I , you didn't make mention if you braced the back of the walls first, did you brace?

[BandOGuy]

Inspiring work so far. Thanks for explaining your painting techniques.
I don't know Jim Mooney, but we did go to separate high schools together at different times.

[Janbouli]

Off to a great start Steve, I built this in H0 and N-scale simultaneously, had a great time building them.
http://janbouli.com/?p=mooney.html

Ooooops , I never finished the build thread, although I did finish the structures.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks everyone.

I don't really know Jim Mooney personally but he really helped me out when I was building Master Creations Minerva Casket. I don't know if I would've got that kit finished if he didn't help me identify where everything goes. Super nice guy.

Lynn, I did brace the walls heavily. I used way more wood than was supplied in the kit for bracing. The A&I warps the wood but the Mineral Spirits warps it worse I think. I braced before I did any coloring also. The A&I isnt a big deal but if I applied the thinner/ top paint coat the paint comes off so easily it would have bare spots where the closepins are. I'll upload a photo of the bracing with the next batch of pictures.


I added the corner trim and the windows this afternoon. I also drybrushed the clapboard walls with off-white craft paint.

I painted the corner trim using a "wet-brushing" technique I learned from Brett Gallant. It's something I picked up while building SierraWest O'Neills Fabrication and I've been using it ever since. I pre-stained the wood with A&I as a base then I painted the wood white but I tried to do a bad job covering everything. The little missed areas give a decent peeling/chipping appearance. Brett has a video on his website if you want to check it out.


This little window was a little tough to get in without damaging. The rest of the windows and doors went in no problem.


I need to weather up this door a little more. Probably add some grime/dirt around the bottom. It feels too white to me right now.




Looks like a mistake was made when manufacturing this wall. The clapboard is going up instead of down. Its the rear of the structure and it won't be seen so I'll leave it be. I also cut a chunk out of the upper right corner when I was cutting the bracing.





I like the detail on this wall. The laser cut windows are nice because you can customize how open or closed you want them. I need to work the sign a little bit. I want it to look as weathered as the windows.



Thanks for checking in.

Once all these pieces dry I'll add some window dressing and glue the walls together.

-Steve

[Lynnb]

I kinda figured you prebraced the walls, never too much bracing. Walls look great.

[rpdylan]

Looking real good! I built this thing many years ago but wasn't happy with how I painted it.  I was thinking of getting another one to try again!