FOS The Terminal

[S&S RR]

George


Great build. Love all the detail - leaves on the roof looks very natural. Can I add that detail to my list?

[Jerry]

George overall a great build!

Jerry

[Opa George]

I'm told slicing open a tea bag provides good leakage, as well. If, like me, you'll use any old excuse to spend hobby dollars, Scenic Express sells leaf material, as well. Great modeling, George. Can't wait for the next structure.👍🏻

Thanks for the comments, Dave.  Also, Todd Wiley at HO Scale Customs did a beautiful build of Cameron Street Apartments by KC Workshops. But the feature that knocked me out was a climbing vine using Noch scale leaves. I can barely believe how real it looks.  I plan to get some and try them out on this kit somewhere--probably on the fish market and the stables.
--George

[SteveCuster]

Great job George! The leaves on the roof really look excellent. Great little detail. I'll be stealing that one.

-Steve

[Opa George]

Thanks to everyone for so many supportive comments on the shoe factory. I am really happy with how it turned out and eager to continue with more structures in the kit.

I hit a minor snag on starting the Trolley Stop Restaurant and the Auto repair, and have emailed Doug with my problem. So I will probably change direction and start the Bus Terminal building next, which butts up against the shoe factory.
--George

[Rail and Tie]

Your leaf accumulation make me cringe!!!


A while back I bought a house that had a cedar shake roof and a bunch of leaf buildup in the corner of eaves and dormers from all the maple trees in the yard. Didn't think much about it until we cleaned them out and saw all the rot!! Your work makes me want to get a tiny rake in there to fix things up!!


Definitely going to be stealing that little detail for future builds.

[Mark Dalrymple]

The finished structure looks superb, George!

Cheers, Mark.

[Opa George]

Your leaf accumulation make me cringe!!!

A while back I bought a house that had a cedar shake roof and a bunch of leaf buildup in the corner of eaves and dormers from all the maple trees in the yard. Didn't think much about it until we cleaned them out and saw all the rot!! Your work makes me want to get a tiny rake in there to fix things up!!

Definitely going to be stealing that little detail for future builds.

Darryl, I had a similar experience when cleaning up my folks' property for an estate sale. They had a really old spring house with old tab shingles and many years accumulation of sumac and other leaves. I climbed up to rake it off and almost went through.
--George

[Opa George]

The finished structure looks superb, George!

Cheers, Mark.

Thank you, Mark!

[Opa George]

I'm going to vary from the instructions and begin assembly of the bus terminal structure, which is really the main event in this kit. Most of the walls are the white task board material. I sorted out all of the needed walls and a few of the other larger laser cut pieces. As with the shoe factory, I marked the wall number lightly on each piece to minimize going back and forth between the instructions and the parts diagrams.


Be careful with the task board parts. I bent the main front wall slightly, and bends in task board are actually structural breaks. But I think it will be ok with some extra bracing.
All for now.
--George

[PRR Modeler]

Do the fiberboard walls get a plaster coating?

[Opa George]

Do the fiberboard walls get a plaster coating?

Curt, only the art deco walls, lower left, get a stucco treatment. Everything else is either painted or covered up.
--George

[Opa George]

Here are the scribed wood walls after distressing and an initial coat of A & I wash. The small walls are two rooftop sheds.


And here are two of the bus terminal walls and the ceiling, all spray painted with khaki to simulate concrete. The ceiling is the one with the multiple holes for the island supports. The other two, once dry, will get a black and white safety chevron painting using painter's tape.


--George

[Opa George]

The bus terminal walls that face the inside of the boarding area need finishing. I had painted the task board with khaki camouflage, and then masked off all but one-half inch at the bottom for a white background. Once that had dried, I applied painters tape, marked diagonal stripes and cut out alternate stripes for an application of black.


I also sponge painted the bus terminal clapboard front wall in artist acrylic yellow ochre, and the roof top shed walls in titanium white. That went well, but when I removed the tape from the taskboard walls, it took off much of the original layer of khaki and the white. This necessitated a repaint of those areas, giving me an uneven look. As these walls still need rather heavy weathering, I think I can make it work.


The most glaring spot is at the upper left corner of the wall with the door. I'm hoping when dry it will be less prominent, but if not, it is going to be reworked into a water stain!  Note, too, that the diagonal stripes are on facing walls. Currently they appear to be running opposite to each other, but when assembled will have a consistent angle.
--George

PS--Please excuse the oversize pics.  Ever since my last computer update, my usual photo editing software was been misbehaving.  I'm going to "have a little talk" with it tonight. --gn

[PRR Modeler]

Very interesting George. I look forward to seeing it go together.