FOS Scale Models "Dead Horse Bay" HO kit #230

[madharry]

Thanks very much Curt and Karl for your kind comments.
Back to the main buildings. I fitted the roof to the red building Horvath and constructed the little shed that sits on the sloping roof. The shed will need a bit of weathering..........

[madharry]

Continung........... I fitted the rest of the doors and constructed the little walk-thru for the second floor.
Mike

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking really great, Mike.

The signage came up very well.

Cheers, Mark.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Mike.

[Oldguy]

Looking good.  Keep up the good work.

[postalkarl]

Hey Mike:

looks just beautiful so far. Love the signs.

Karl

[ACL1504]

Mike,

Great job on all the signs and buildings.

Tom 

[madharry]

Thanks Mark, Curt, Bob, Karl and Tom for following along.  Here are the elements of the fairly complicated tower.
Mike

[Keep It Rusty]

Coming together nicely!

[deemery]

Interesting roof lines on that building, particularly the rooftop shed.  You'll probably want to think about how water drains and flows down the roof when it's time to weather the structure.


dave

[Jerry]

Mike that is really coming along nicely.


Great work.


Jerry

[madharry]

Thank you Craig and Jerry.
Mike

[madharry]

Interesting roof lines on that building, particularly the rooftop shed.  You'll probably want to think about how water drains and flows down the roof when it's time to weather the structure.


dave

Yes it is an unusual design for a roof. The little shed's walls are all irregular to take into account that the roof slopes in two different directions just to make things difficult.
Mike

[madharry]

Continung..................the tower assembly on the Terrien building takes a lot of patience and a fair bit of modelling time - in my case about 5 hours. It is constructed in two parts.
Part One:The clapboard walls are joined to the floor. Corner trim is then threaded through holes in the floor. I painted the trim white first and had to sand it down in order for the trim to pass through the holes. The arched windows are very fragile. I decided to glue the acetate to them before removing them carefully with a single edged blade from their carrier sheet. These were then glued between the corner trim before adding a wooden arch to the top of each window. This was then capped with three layers of wood and card.
Part Two:
Four supports link by tab and slot to form the interior of the mansard roof. The window spaces are formed on the four sides which I painted white before adding the outer card. The four windows were glazed with acetate and carefully glued into the window slots. The shingles were added using double sided tape. At this stage a beer or a Pepsi might be in order! I then covered the mansard roof one side at a time. The job was very fiddly. Tip: the item is quite small and some of the shingles are just a quarter of an inch long. I found that by holding a craft knife down across the window area I was able to manipulate the shingles better. The first two rows are easy under the window as they go right across. The rows either side of the window are harder to do as they are very small and need to line up with the other side so once you cleared the top of the window the next row across is level. The roof is then capped with thick card which I painted celery green to represent copper. A roof hatch was added to the middle of the roof before adding the wrought iron trim. Tip: I painted the trim while it was in the carrier sheet. Big mistake as it was very difficult to cut out afterwards. Once again it is very delicate and I would suggest you glue the four sides to the roof first before painting it copper.
Mike

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice Mike.