FOS The Terminal

[PRR Modeler]

WOW is right. Great looking building George.

[MAP]

Nice work George!  You've done a great job so far.  Can't wait to see the rest of your progress.

[Janbouli]

What a fantastic looking building George , awesome work.

[Rail and Tie]

OPA!!!


There is nothing I would change about that building anywhere. Perfection!

[Opa George]

Thank you, Curt, Mark, Jan and Darryl!
Here is a quick progress picture of the walls distressed and a wash of A&I. Same treatment to the trim, at bottom, except I also sponge painted it with acrylic Hunter Green.  Not shown are the shingles for the task board gables, which I spray painted with Rustoleum Hunter Green.

--George

[Opa George]

The market walls are sponge painted in acrylic ivory. I wanted a softer white for a little contrast with the mill, but still wanted a basic white. Trim is hunter green, and the plastic windows are spray-painted Rustoleum Hunt Club Green.


Next step will be to apply the shingles to the gabled end walls, then install doors and windows. Signs after that, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
--George

[PRR Modeler]

Looks good George.

[Opa George]

Thanks, Curt.
I was able to get the gabled ends shingled. The kit provides hexagon shaped decorative shingles. I painted them a dark hunter green with very light oversprays of lighter greens.  I think it gives them some extra depth and implies a grit texture. Try as I might, I could not get the provided shingles to stretch to cover both gabled top stories.  After using well more than half on the first wall--and being very conservative in application with very little waste--I knew that the second gable would need a different treatment. I had lots of tab-style shingles left over from the restaurant, so I painted them to match and alternated rows on the other gable end.  I think it turned out well and resembles many of the decorative shingle patterns I see on 1:1 structures around town.


I have no more door castings in the kit, so I may need to find a suitable one in my parts stash for the first floor of one of the long walls. I notice there is still one laser cut door on the carrier sheet from the first part of the kit, so perhaps I was supposed to use that on one of the first few buildings and accidentally used a plastic cast door.  No matter--one or the other will work out.
--George

[Jerry]

The last building very nice indeed.

Looking forward to this part of the build.

Jerry

[ReadingBob]

Great save on the shortage of shingles George!  This one's looking very good too.  The entire build will be a great addition to your layout and a real eye catcher.   

[Opa George]

The last building very nice indeed.

Looking forward to this part of the build.

Jerry

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Thank you, Jerry. This last building has the potential for an incredible amount of detail and visual interest with mini-scenes--market vendors, shoppers, piles of produce, a produce truck maybe, stacks of crates. Should be fun.
--George

[Opa George]

Great save on the shortage of shingles George!  This one's looking very good too.  The entire build will be a great addition to your layout and a real eye catcher.   

Thanks, Bob! Once I get this structure done I will be able to figure out the layout placement and start on the groundcover, roads and scenery. I've been holding off on placing the last few kits I built (Bar Mills FSM Tribute #1; BIS the waterfront) knowing this one has an unusually large footprint.  Indeed, it is considerably bigger than I realized.
--George

[Opa George]

Just a little progress today. I painted the black background for the MEAT, FISH, POULTRY stencil, then began applying the lettering.  For the overall sign placement, I studied photos from the FOS website. You can download them and then enlarge them quite a bit on your device to explore details. 

I noticed the black background was exactly six horizontal board widths tall, and the lettering itself exactly four board widths in height. That helped me with placement, as I did not want to put it too low and interfere with the suspended roof.


Note that the individual words are not applied in the same order as they appear on the stencil. I am sure you could do that, but the spacing will be much more even if you apply the word "MEAT" to the left of the window, and the other two to the right. I cut the stencil apart  to make it easier to work with.

Below are the finished results (before weathering).  Keep telling yourself "less is more."  I used a sponge to apply both the black background and the white lettering, and found it much easier to get a light application than if I used a stencil brush. Just my preference.


I actually got the word "POULTRY" a little heavier/whiter than the other words, so went back and lightly sponged more black over top. I then lightly sponged some extra white over the large expanses of black area.  I tinkered with this, going back and forth, until satisfied.  Later, I will VERY LIGHTLY sponge on some "earth" to suggest bare wood underneath all.
--George

[Opa George]

Time to add the safety stripe to the alley wall. I masked off about 1/2 inch for a white background. Although the walls are already white, I wanted a contrast, so used my acrylic white, whereas the market walls were done in ivory.  My background story holds that the market is owned by a co-op, and maintenance is minimal, therefore it has not been painted since well before the safety stripes were added by the bus company.


I painted the black safety "arrows" freehand. I had used a stencil on the bus terminal interior walls but found it cumbersome. I found it helpful to mark the direction of the arrows on the blue masking tape, for consistency. The panel alley doorway was painted separately as it will be installed partially open.


Instructions do not address the guides for the structure's warehouse doors. It does include nice door hanging hardware, so I played around with scrap wood until I found a size that fit neatly under the hanging hardware and looked correct. I split a strip of 1/16 x 1/32 for a 1/32 square "door guide" to install at the top. Some acrylic rust colors "terra cotta" and "cinnamon" and some black for grease were used for color.  I plan to install the doors in open positions so that I can fill the interior with detail. For now, they are just lying in place to check fit.


I spray painted the doors with Rustoleum "aluminum" and will add rust after installation.
--George

[PRR Modeler]

Great job George.