JL Innovative Design Kit #311 McLEOD SUPER SERVICE

WigWag Workshop · August 17, 2020, 07:58:04 AM

Really like the color combination, the build is looking great!

-Steven

Jim Donovan · August 17, 2020, 06:28:11 PM

Just got caught up on your build Bob. First class as always and I have already picked up a couple of great ideas. I have watched you make signs over and over and still can not figure out how you make them so perfect. I'll be following from here out.

Jim D

ReadingBob · August 18, 2020, 06:38:37 AM

Quote from: WigWag Workshop on August 17, 2020, 07:58:04 AM
Really like the color combination, the build is looking great!

-Steven

Hi Steven! Thanks for following along and commenting. I can't take credit for the color combinations (Floquil Reefer White and Floquil Signal Red). Those were recommended in the instructions and the colors Paul preferred. That made it easy on me.

ReadingBob · August 18, 2020, 06:39:27 AM

Quote from: Jim Donovan on August 17, 2020, 06:28:11 PM
Just got caught up on your build Bob. First class as always and I have already picked up a couple of great ideas. I have watched you make signs over and over and still can not figure out how you make them so perfect. I'll be following from here out.

Jim D

Thanks Jim! Glad to have you following along. The next time I update this thread I'll show the little bit of an interior I'm slapping together the for the front portion of the station.

Jerry · August 19, 2020, 08:56:47 AM

Bob great choice of colors. The weathering is right on. Not overdone just enough to give it that worn look.

An your usual great tutorial.

Jerry

nycjeff · September 12, 2020, 02:52:30 PM

Hello Bob, catching up on your build thread. As usual a very nice and informative job. I especially liked the way you put the signs on the wood walls. I always pick up some new tips from you on your builds. Jeff

ReadingBob · September 22, 2020, 06:42:18 AM

Quote from: Jerry on August 19, 2020, 08:56:47 AM
Bob great choice of colors. The weathering is right on. Not overdone just enough to give it that worn look.

An your usual great tutorial.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry! I really have to restrain myself to keep from over weathering something.

ReadingBob · September 22, 2020, 06:43:53 AM

Quote from: Jerry on August 19, 2020, 08:56:47 AM
Bob great choice of colors. The weathering is right on. Not overdone just enough to give it that worn look.

An your usual great tutorial.

Jerry

Thanks Jeff! I just went with the color recommendations in the kit and tried to keep the weathering lighter than I normally would. I like heavily weathered, old looking structures so this was a departure from the norm for me.

ReadingBob · September 22, 2020, 06:52:59 AM

So, where was I? Oh yeah. Before assembling the front walls of the gas station I checked for light leads using a small flashlight. The side windows and front window/door combinations are glued together edge to edge so I wanted make sure to seal any light leaks. There were a few.

To seal the light leaks I glued some scrap strip wood in the gaps and that took care of the issue.

Nothing nearly as sophisticated/neat as what Jim and Frank have done in their build threads but I mocked up a little interior for the front since there are a lot of windows and I opted to not put blinds in the windows. The counter is made up of scraps of photo mounting board. The flooring is just a pattern I printed out from paint and attached to some photo mounting board using transfer tape. The figure was an unpainted Preiser figure I found in my stash. He was hired to be the gas station attendant.

I added a small scrap of strip wood painted a light brown to the counter top to represent a cigar box or something along those lines.

And there we have. An interior so it doesn't look so vacant when the lights are one.

Now I can glue the front of the station onto the service bay.

More in a moment...

Like most kit manufacturers this one included a sheet of paper as roofing material along with instructions on painting it and cutting it into strips. I tossed that and opted to use some roofing material I picked up at the EXPO in Scranton.

I cut the roofing material into 3' wide strips and then removed the backing from the 3M Transfer tape so I could apply it.

ReadingBob · September 22, 2020, 07:18:05 AM

The Friskars come out again to trim the excess roofing material.

Next I very lightly drybrushed the roof with some Folk Art Ivory White. Very, very lightly.

I wanted the roof to be removed but it ended up not cooperating and sitting in place so I was forced to add a few drops of glue to hold it down. If need be it could be popped off with a chisel blade. I only applied the glue to bracing over the service bay.

The LED's were a bit to white for my liking so I painted them with Tamiya transparent yellow which gives softens up the light a bit.

I made a base to mount the structure on. The paved area is drywall joint compound scribed, painted and colored with pan pastels. I really did this just for practice as well as to have something to mount the structure on when I mail it to Paul. He'll be able to pop it, and the other details off, without much difficulty.

For the billboard I ignored the recommendation in the instructions which were to build it first and then airbrush it. I prefer to paint everything first, then build and then touch up an cut ends.