Barlow's Bar B Que build

[Zephyrus52246]

I'd mentioned to Karl at the end of the Bernard's Tractor build that I considered this kit for the same spot on the layout.  I think it will be a little to big for the spot, but let's build it anyway and see.  I probably won't be able to finish this by April 15, so won't include it in the challenge.  Here's the kit. I wonder if he's using the bags as they are cheaper, or maybe it's an issue of not feeling constrained by the box dimensions for packing. Anyway, time to open it up.

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I'm not sure how a kit with three separate buildings qualifies as a "Quick Kit", but here's the stuff.  Walls, rolled and standing seam roofing.  Stripwood. Some corrugated metal for the middle building.  Plastic windows/doors.  Sheet of signs, always a highlight of Doug's kits.  Instructions and template sheet. Some plastic window material.  White metal details.  And a cute plastic pig. 

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

The laser cut walls are put through the tru sander to just get the burn edges off.  The laser cuts at a slight angle, and this will square them up.  They are then braced.  While glue dries, do another wall.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Here are all the walls that need their backsides painted.  I do this to help prevent warping when the paint/stain goes on the front and so there's only darkness visible thru the windows.  I'll add view blocks as well.  My black spray paint finally crapped out (see the vehicle thread), so I used the dark brown Krylon Camo paint.  It won't make any difference.  Here they are before and after.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I tried Hunter line Barn red for the sides.  I did a raw siding piece and one that had two coats of light grey put on first (on scrap).  The pic isn't very good, but I like the way the grey/red looks (bottom piece), so that's the plan.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

All the plastic windows and doors were removed from their sprues with sprue cutters, any nubs filed off, given a bath in detergent and left out to dry.  They'll be attached to some tape for painting with the airbrush, probably an off white.  I think the airbrush still has issues from my trying to paint the train car wheels, so I think it'll be cleaned thoroughly first.   


Jeff

[GPdemayo]

Another build start Jeff.....you're putting some of us slow pokes to shame. I'll be looking in on this one also. 

[ReadingBob]

Great to see you working on this one.  I built this a long, long time ago and my version is on the A&S.  As I recall I didn't have any issues with the build.  It's a really neat kit but, as you surmised, it's really not that little.  Still, you should have a blast with it.   

[tom.boyd.125]

Jeff,
The train crews on the Belt RR of Chicago had their BBQ at the Branding Iron ( now gone ) and The Patio...in Texas...the Frisco crews stopped at Hutchins BBQ...those were the best we had !
Now the crews of the Q will have Barlow's BBQ soon...know it will be another award winning location for great food. Please forward some of your energy too .
Tommy

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for looking in, guys.  Restarted this yesterday as well.  Stained the walls with the red.  They were too pristine, though there is a spot or two where the siding wood must have gone through a growth ring, so the stain took up differently and it looks odd.  Used some grey to break up the monotone, but the usual sponge technique looked to spotty on the flat siding, so I "dry sponged" lengthwise and in a few pieces vertically.  Very subtle, it really doesn't show in the pic.  The left wall is not dry sponged, but the other two are. You can see how the stain took up weirdly.  I might cover this with a billboard.  Or a big bush.     While doing this I noticed the red staining caused major warpage, including pulling some of the braces off at the edges.  So I'm now basically rebracing most of the walls.   


Jeff

[deemery]

Jeff, I've seen that problem on siding sheets, too.  I suspect a coat of shellac as the starting point would have helped, but that's "water under the bridge" now.  Streaking some thinned craft barn red craft paint might be the best solution, so you're laying down pigment rather than just a stain. 

Another option might be to apply a light-medium thin coat of grey paint (weathered wood color), and then some red on top of that.  Just some thoughts... 

I always try to weigh down siding sheets after I paint or stain them.

dave

[postalkarl]

Hey Jeff:

I can't say as I've ever had that happen to me. Billboard sounds like A good idea to me.

Karl

[WigWag Workshop]

I will be following along on this build Jeff. I have this kit on my future build list, and I am looking forward to seeing your progress.


-Steven

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

This is one of my favorites from FOS. Reading Bob built this one for the A&S RR.

I'll be following along as well.

Tom

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, for following, gentlemen.  I work 5 of the next 6 days, so not much progress will be made.  Dave, how do you weigh them down?  I worry that the stain and/or paint might not dry correctly if something is sitting on it.  Or it might get stuck. 

Jeff