FOS The Terminal

[Opa George]

Tom, glad I can help and I'm very happy to have you looking over my shoulder as this comes together. It IS a fun kit.

I slowed it down a bit today in order to work in some extra roof details. The roof will get corrugated tin panels, but I wanted to show a little extra underneath. I've always enjoyed seeing this on other builds so thought I would try it here. I cut out a swatch of roof and installed boards underneath, with a rotted area and rafters peeking through. At the side, and on another spot, I installed some old Campbell shingles.  When all is dry, I will color and weather, and then add the metal corrugated on top and around.

Note that the roof is just lying on top of the structure at this point. Also, the loft back walls and the skylights are just lying in position--nothing glued down.


In the shot above, you can see the bracing I added to the small loft rear wall section. It is even with the wall bottom edge and will help to glue the assembly to the roof when time.

Here is a close up of the roof details.  It looks a little rough here without weathering and without the surrounding metal roofing, but I am hopeful.


George

[PRR Modeler]

Looks good George. Look forward to seeing it weathered.

[Opa George]

Curt, here is a progress shot as I add the corrugated metal sheets. The shingles and wood underneath have an initial weathering treatment, too.


Here is the livery building in place to check fit against the bus terminal. The roof is completely covered although not detailed. I also have weathering, dry-brushing for highlights, and lots more.  Mostly I was just eager to see how it looked in place with the roof.


A number of major components to add yet--the staircase and the supporting beams for the overhang being the notable ones.


Lots more to do on this one but I am happy with the progress so far.
--George

[rpdylan]

Way to go George! I just love multiple layer roofs and walls!

[PRR Modeler]

That is really nice modeling George.

[Jerry]

Roof turned out great.  Nice coloring to.

Jerry

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Outstanding work!  What a wonderful structure.

[ReadingBob]

This just keeps on getting better and better (started out pretty darn awesome too)[size=78%]! [/size]

[Opa George]

Thanks much for all the comments, Bob C., Curt, Jerry, Bruce & Bob B!
Today I built the supporting wall for the overhang. It was a straightforward build on wax paper taped over the supplied plans. I had run out of the called-for 2x10s for the horizontal boards, so substituted from my stock of 2x12s. This made the boarded part of the wall slightly higher by about a scale foot, but I think it works, visually. Note that the boards go on the "horse-side" of the wall.


I distressed the lumber with a razor saw, stained with Hunterline Blue Gray, then sanded slightly. I will later dry-brush with white.  I also needed to remove about 3/4th of the side brace on the back cardboard wall to get an accurate fit.


I also added some more trim, plus a hoist above the loft door. I will need to rummage around in my parts box for something that looks like a pulley mechanism.


An outside staircase will go on the concrete landing to provide access to the second story door.  In playing around with the siting for this structure on my layout, I am seeing that this side may be up front. Am thinking therefore of re-positioning the lower story door to allow more visibility inside. Horse stalls and straw would be an easy, but really neat detail just inside the door.


--George

[Janbouli]

Great job , love the faded sign and weathered boards.

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice George.

[Opa George]

Thank you, Jan, and thank you, Curt.  Added the outside stairs and the business sign last evening. Will do more detail work and post pics after work today.
--George

[postalkarl]

Hey George:

Nice job on this kit. I came out nicely.

Karl

[Opa George]

Thank you, Karl. Here are some pics of the Livery building pretty much finished. I won't build the horse paddocks until I lay out the entire block, as those are pretty much free-form and I need to see how much space I'll have. There will of course be landscaping added, too. For now, here is the structure sitting (but not yet glued) in place.


and the back:


and the front:


I have some stable workers on order, and already have horses to add in. Fun!

And on to the grand finale for this kit, the optional Market Building. I located all walls, cut them from their carrier sheets, numbered them in pencil on the reverse, and laid them out. No bracing or anything yet--just an inventory.


Some observations:
1. This building will look large--it is long and has good height.
2. It has four different types of walls: clapboard, board and batten, plain board, and shingled walls.
3. Be sure to save the carrier sheet for the gabled second story walls. The outside dimensions of the carrier sheet match the first floor dimensions at the base, so it appears to be a "concrete" base for the structure. The wide sidewalk/sales patio portion that goes with this structure probably butts up against the base.
4. The small four-sided clapboard shed walls can be confused--use the clapboard orientation as an easy guide to identification.

--George

[cuse]

WOW...this is awesome!


John