Bar Mills Gibley's Furniture Co

[SteveCuster]

I decided for the next kit I'm going to build Gibley's Furniture from Bar Mills.



First step of course is to separate and prime the castings. I always use double sided tape to stick all my windows to a sheet of paper.


The shingles for the upper portion of the siding come off this sheet.


The walls are made from this composite paper board. Similar material came with FOS Darnell's Autobody. It requires a different approach to weathering because it really reacts poorly to moisture.


Windows are primed. I also gave them a wash of A&I.

I primed all the shingle sheets with tan spray paint and I also gave them a wash of A&I.

I'm going to be using one of these makeup sponges to apply the paint. I bought 100 of them on Amazon for $7.

If you rip them in half they give you a nice rough texture to apply paint.

I used the sponge to color the shingles. I wanted a slightly inconsistent color but I still wanted them to represent painted shingles not sunbleached cedar shakes.

I used the same technique and color for all the windows.

I painted all the walls Krylon dark gray automotive primer. I did a little test first and it didn't cause any warpage to the board material.

I used a few A&I washes over the shingle sheets.

I started adding the shingles to the walls.




I did some antique white drybrushing on the shingles and very lightly the gray lower portion. I started installing the windows.

I colored the storefront area with the same gray and a sponge.

The laser cut pieces get sandwiched together to make the front doors and windows.

All of the front pieces are put together.

All of the acetate pieces are laser cut.

I added the window glass to the front door pieces.

This is the front door/window area all glued together.

I added all the window glass and dirtied it up a bit with some brown chalk. I won't add the tilting windows until I glue all the walls together.

The kit comes with laser cut wood pieces for the vertical battens on the lower portion of the walls. I decided to use some scale 1x2s I weathered with A&I.
I ran the board over the edge a little bit. I'll trim them once they are dry.

Thanks for following along. I'm almost ready to glue all the walls together.

-Steve

[rpdylan]

Great start! I built this kit and agree with you about how the wall material does not like moisture,,, super soft stuff! The one thing that I don't like in these kits is the laser cut pieces for deck, porch supports,,, just don't look as good as strip wood. I do like the rafter tail pieces however

[Janbouli]

Great start , I'm following

[SteveCuster]

I agree with you Bob. I never really like when laser cut pieces are used to replace stripwood. Also I like the Bar Mills wood shake shingles and I'm a little disappointed they didn't come in this kit. They are one of my go-to shingles if I don't do individual shingles. I think it would've been an improvement over this type. I used them here and I liked the result.





-Steve

[Raymo]

I've always liked this kit and there's been some great build threads done on it. Looking forward to this one too.

[postalkarl]

Hey Steve:

I like how the shingles came out. Walls look pretty nice to. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Karl

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Bob, Jan, Raymo and Karl. Glad you're following along.

-Steve

[Jim Donovan]

Really looks great. I am following along.

Jim D

[GPdemayo]

I'm a bit late, but I am looking in Steve. 

[Opa George]

Steve, I am following along, too. Looking very nice so far. I like your wall colors.
--George

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice work Steve.

[cuse]

Great work...I love the shingled walls...I have a couple Bar Mills kits (in boxes) with that feature.  Excellent colors as always!


John

[Jerry]

Nice job shingles really llok great.

Jerry

[SteveCuster]

Thanks everyone!

I made some progress on the kit over the last couple days.


Started gluing the walls together.

The front of the building was a little bit tricky to get set in just right. I let the bottom completely dry before adding the top shingled section.

The main roof comes with these self adhesive tarpaper strips. I decided not to use the supplied strips.

I covered the roof with tarpaper. While this is drying I'll finish gluing the walls.

I glued the upper section to the front.

Left side.

Rear view.

I ended up not using the laser cut rafter tails. I think it's a clever idea but I thought the notches in the top of the walls made it difficult to shingle all the way to the top. I added the rafter tails the old fashioned way. After they dry I'll cut them with rail nippers.

My kit didn't come with any signage so I made my own.

The sign is attached to the front and the rafter tails are all trimmed and stained.

I added the small roof to the addition and the rafter tails.


Thanks for following along. Next step is weathering and detailing the roofing.

-Steve

[PRR Modeler]

Really nice looking build Steve.