2021 Build challenge. Act III

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

This in one of kits I really like but never got. I'll be following along, great start.

Tom 

[Keep It Rusty]

I've been meaning to building a little bath for my strip wood staining too! Thanks for reminding me.

And great work, Jeff! You're doing the challenge proud!

[Dennis Bourey]

Craig, I bought these olive serving trays for strip wood. There pretty cheap and about 16 inches. Dennis

[Keep It Rusty]

Good idea Dennis. Thanks.

[NEMMRRC]

I don't believe I am familiar with this kit. I'm intrigued. Looking good so far.


I get real lazy about staining long lengths of strip wood. I just lay them down on a piece of glass and pour enough stain to cover the bunch. I go do something else and come back when the stain evaporates. However, those olive trays would keep things tidy.


Jaime

[Zephyrus52246]

Dennis, those olive trays look like just the ticket.  Thanks for the idea.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for looking in, Karl.

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Tom, we can't buy EVERY kit.  Can we?   


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Craig, I'm doing what I can for the challenge.

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for looking in, Jaime.  One advantage to using the tray is I can pour the stain back into the bottle when done. 


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Hit a bit of a snag yesterday with the kit.  There's a "frieze board" on top of the structure.  The instructions note it's "optional", but will make the structure taller.  I assume the wood is supposed to be in the kit, but it isn't.  Rather than email Doug, wait for mail, etc (which would push this build to next year's challenge  ), I found a 3/16 in piece of wood in the stash.  It's thicker than needed, but it will be covered with a roof anyway.  I'll need to add a piece of stripwood on top of the back side of the wall, but this should work.  They are the large pieces in the center of the pic.
Stained them this morning, now trying to pick out a grey color to weather them with.  The plastic parts have dried and need weathering as well.


Jeff

[Oldguy]

Olive serving tray??  Intriguing.  Who knew that you just couldn't serve olives out of a bowl.  Gotta look those up.  Hope they come in metal.

[Zephyrus52246]

The olive trays came yesterday, look like they will do nicely.  Thanks for the tip, Dennis.  I sponge painted some grey over the walls and windows/doors yesterday.  This was done by getting most of the paint off and some dabbing, and some dragging down the sides.  I unfortunately forgot the corner and frieze boards  so I just finished them this morning.  Again, a problem with these kits which have different types of wood, siding, plastic, etc is getting the colors the same.  The red on the frieze boards which were wood, are darker than the "laser board" and plastic doors.  They will get a black wash to help tone them down after the grey dries, as will the white sides after the signs are applied.

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Speaking of signs, there are some signs to be applied over the siding, as if they were painted on.  So I'm thinning these by sanding the backs with a sanding block.  I lightly sand the fronts with 1000 grit as well to age them a bit.  But be gentle, you don't want to tear them (also the reason to tape the sheet down so they don't accidentally get folded/torn).

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I use a Derwent colored pencil on the edges of the signs.  This prevents a white line between the side of the building and the sign.  Hard to see in the pic, right edge is yellow, left is white.


Jeff