KC's Workshop, Grumpy's Cafe - 2021 Build Challenge.

[postalkarl]

Hey Tom:

Great progress shots. The stairs look just great.

Karl

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Karl,

Thank you, much appreciated. I'll have many more posted within the hour.

Tom

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After staining more HO scale 2X6s using Hunterline Light gray A&I, I added the sub assembly roof rafters.





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Not much to narrate here.



I then added the decking using more of the 2x6s.



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Here's an underside look at the porch assembly.



I finished all the support braces and railing on the porch and stairs.
I next added some very old Rock Quarry tar paper roofing.



More in a few.

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Folks are already taking over. Tahope folks have no shame!



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The roof decking is a thick piece of cardboard. I trimmed it to fit the new angled roof. With the Florida humidity, I noticed it would sometimes not lay flat on the wall supports.

I turned the structure upside down and marked in red pencil the outline of the roof supports.


I used scale 10X10's and glued these in place.



Since the Elmer's Carpenter's glue is water based, I left the weights on the added bracing for two days.



More in a few.

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The extra bracing helped with the vertical warping, it then warped horizontally. I added the horizontal bracing for an easy fix.



I used 1" wide 3M Transfer tape to secure the roof papers.



More after a fresh Diet Pepsi is grabbed.

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I turned the roof over and trimmed the transfer tape using a sharp #11 blade.



I sprayed a sheet of typing paper with Ace Hardware Premium Gray primer. fast forward here and the papers were cut and taped in place.

I left a little paper overhang on the deck and added a small line of glue to the roof supports. The roof was then pressed in place and weighed until dry, no photo here.



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Reading Bob gave me a bottle of Gallery Glass Liquid Leading.



It was a little to thick from drying so I added a couple of squirts of warm water and gave it a vigorous shaking. I squeezed some out on my glue pad and using a small brush painted it around the edges of the roof.

When dry, I used a fine medium tip Flair paper Mate pen to add some tar to the seams.



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I still need to add weathering to the roof top and side roof. A few more details need to be added to the main structure also.

I've placed an Inter-Action Hobbies roof top A/C unit on one side of the roof. I've order a couple more and will add one the the other side.



Thankfully, this 2021 build challenge will be coming to completion very soon.

[Oldguy]

Very, very nice.  Well done.

[Opa George]

It is certainly looking VERY good, Tom.  I've enjoyed all the tips so far.
--Opa George

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Very, very nice.  Well done.

Bob,

Thank you kind sir. This was a fun build although it took me several months due to 1:1 stuff.

Tom