Moonshiners Cabin by Inter-Action Enterprises

[Oldguy]

Jerry,

You are doing a fantastic job on the build. I like the fact Darryl followed up with a few comments. This is why our kit manufacturers are special.

Again, fantastic job on this one.

Tom

I agree.  About the manufactures, not me.

[Oldguy]

The moment of truth for having a removable roof.  How bad did I install the roof trusses?  The roof panels fit just as close as everything else, so any missteps will show.  I started with the two winged panels.  So far so good.  It was nerve racking to make sure that the glue didn't get on any wall tops.  Just enough glued to keep the rafter in place.  I will add glue to each later on.  The last piece, requires the chimney top to be added.  Nothing in the instructions said do it here, but it made sense now.  The funky shaped piece needed a bit of trimming as the roof has to clear the chimney for removal.  I did note it's orientation while trimming.

In the mean time -  kitchen chairs.  The instructions give the impression that the seat should remain with everything else, but they are a separate piece.  What I have found that works, for me, was using the sharp end of fine tweezers to et one leg bent.  Once it was done, I added a thin bead of Canopy glue to hold it.  Once it has set for 20 or so minutes, I move to the next leg.  There is a small valley where they get folded.  And move around until I get to the end.  I found that setting the chair upside down with the back being held.  I can get the last leg section in position and held by a piece of Ribbon Rail track gauge.  Then ad the seat. There is a texture to the seat, so watch for orientation.


With all these under my belt, I can tackle the rocking chair, shortly.   I made corrugated roofing instead.
Luckily, with a table, I can hide the first two under the top.

[ReadingBob]

Wow!  Cool looking chairs.  Great job Bob.   

[jerryrbeach]

Bob,


I've seen pics of a couple builds and noticed that getting the roof to fit precisely and still be removable is difficult.  Yours looks good so far, looking forward to more photos as you progress thru the roofing phase.

[Oldguy]

Bob,


I've seen pics of a couple builds and noticed that getting the roof to fit precisely and still be removable is difficult.  Yours looks good so far, looking forward to more photos as you progress thru the roofing phase.

I haven't seen anyone do it after the cabin has been planted.  May not be possible.  I have had the roof off several times, and it is a bit fiddly.  A bit fiddly?  More like a whole lot fiddly.  I haven't dug into the rocking chair package yet.  I'm not sure how the three light LED thingy is going to work.  I'm guessing there are thin wires that'll need to go to something, somewhere, which could make fiddling with the roof being even more fiddly.  We'll see.

[PRR Modeler]

Great modeling Jerry.

[Oldguy]

For those who like doing everything scratch, thekit includes a DIY roof corrugator.  Operates easily enough and one can make corrections, just by going back over it.  The metal tape is true duct tape.  Metal foil with peel off backing.  Once one has produced enough strips, give them a shot of primer, then weather away.  It will be easier to just leave them on the stick.  Or so they say.

In the meantime, chair number four is curing it's back legs.

Got the counter piece put together and painted.  In the background is the companion cabin - Campbells Farm House that keep me busy waiting for glue to dry.

[Oldguy]

I got the corrugated roofing made and primed using a Krylon primer.  I wasn't all that good in making straight lines using the jig, so I fell back using some left over material.

I did use the valley flashing from the kit provided material.  Then it was a small matter of drawing lines for trimming the roofing pieces.

I find that Canopy glue works well with the metal, but I started with the four end panels and let them set up a bit.  Then come back at start adding panels.  I had done some test painting on a short length of roofing, so, that's why some pieces are painted.  I found that I can make more consist cap shingles using my Folwer micrometer.   the jaw thickness is about 1 scale foot; perfect for each side of a cap piece.  It was a simple mater of placing the roofing panel in between the jaws, one end flush, bending the panel, then moving it so that the long end is sticking straight up and cut it to length using flush cutters.  I should note part of the roof is a bit dirty from using a weathering sponge (it was handy) to settle the cap shingles in place.

The kitchen table and the chairs are now finished.  Considering that there are two different chair backs, I painted the seats accordingly.   Over the years we had plastic seats of blue, green, and red.  I settled for the blue and green for these.   


I did print a bed spread and a couple of table cloths on tissue paper.  My hope was, that the tissue paper would be flexible enough to bend and form decent corners.  The down side is that there isn't a lot of material for the ink to land on and the image is a bit washed out.  I'll probably just lave off the bed spread as it doesn't look half bad as it is, but I haven't given up on the table cloth yet.  I need to make a table top pattern as the kit table is a bit fragile.

Then there are are all the 3-D printed bits that I need to paint and place.

[jerryrbeach]

Bob,


More nice progress.  I really like the roof caps, IMO pretty close to the real thing.  Printing on tissue paper, who'd have thought.  Gotta try it for myself.

[Oldguy]

Opened the tube containing the 3-D printed parts.  There is even some eating utensils on two of the plates!  I found cutting the base eased in my handling and painting.

I did manage to get the table cloth formed and glued on.  I used some ancient tissue paper, the type that they used to wrap lingerie in.  Once I found a suitable image, I put it in Word and resized it.  It helps if you figure out what size is needed first and then trim as needed.  I cut a small piece of the tissue paper and taped it to regular copy paper.  I  taped the leading edge then the sides.  Just make sure that you keep track of the print margins.  Ink doesn't stick to tape very well.     I did make a template of the table top and just Elmer glued the corners so they look like a draped corner.

Then started on the "chair".  I decided to keep the upper chair seat separate from the lower to build it.  The back needed just a light curvature and the posts and stiles fit perfectly.  The fiddly part was the lower rockers.  But I got'er done.

[Oldguy]

While the "chair" parts were drying, I got the roof rusted up.  I was surprised how easy the roof goes back on, considering all the thru-wall rafters.

With the "chair" being done, I wanted to take a photo but it wouldn't sit right. So I placed in on the porch.  A little filing and it sat right down.  One cold have used the porch slots to ensure that the rockers were properly spaced.  Oh well.  I lucked out.  I just need to paint the "chair" and get ready for the cabin placement for all the gizmos under it.

One issue that I did have was one rocker lost it's extension in the back.  I managed to get it glued back on and then added superglue over the entire rocker assembly.  I may yet add a bit of wire along the inside edge as a stiffener/brace.   One thing that I did notice is that on rocker is a little more fragile that the other.  Since the kit has two sets of these parts, just use both of the good ones.  The bad one is the right side rocker parts.  Maybe there was a minor earthquake when the laser got to the ear?  One can see where the cut heads back up a bit.  Just a bit, but enough to make this part extremely fragile.

I continue to be amazed how well all the itty bitty parts fit.

[madharry]

Well done Bob.
Mike

[WigWag Workshop]

Enjoying the build! I appreciate you sharing all the fine details of the build.  I will be ordering the Tobacco Shop Kit soon.


-Steven

[madharry]

Steven that kit is great ............
Mike

[postalkarl]

Hey Bob:

It's looking really great so far.

Karl