FOS Marshall's Boat and Gas

[ReadingBob]

Looking great Bob!  Always enjoy your builds, full of pictures and techniques.

Thanks Mark!  Glad to have you following along and really appreciate your taking the time to post.   

[Jim Donovan]

Bob;

As always it is a treat following along. I always learn and bookmark your kit builds to reference in my own efforts. I love the easy to understand direction you give.

Thanks;

Jim D

[TomW]

Bob I will try the Anitas galvanized metal paint. I must have 10 bottles of paint trying to find the "right color" I will give it a try. Thanks Tom Wilson

[ACL1504]

I'm ahead of the thread but I saw this little gem on Saturday. So I won't spoil  Bob's thread.

Tom 

[ReadingBob]

Bob;

As always it is a treat following along. I always learn and bookmark your kit builds to reference in my own efforts. I love the easy to understand direction you give.

Thanks;

Jim D

Thanks Jim!  I'm glad you find my threads useful.  I know I've learned a lot from the forums so I try to give back. 

[ReadingBob]

Bob I will try the Anitas galvanized metal paint. I must have 10 bottles of paint trying to find the "right color" I will give it a try. Thanks Tom Wilson

Tom - I like it.  I've been trying for a long time to find a color that I liked for this purpose.  To me, this is the one I like the most.  I'm still working on different ways to get that partially rusted look to the panels.  That's kind of a fun challenge though. 

[ReadingBob]

I'm ahead of the thread but I saw this little gem on Saturday. So I won't spoil  Bob's thread.

Tom 

Yep.  Between vacation and other things I've been really remiss in getting the photo's uploaded to the forum so I can finish the thread.     I really, really need to do that.    

[Jerry]

Another great little build Bob. Looking forward to seeing this finished.


Whoever does your laundry sure knows how to keep a shirt from 2012 in top condition!!


Jerry

[ReadingBob]

Another great little build Bob. Looking forward to seeing this finished.


Whoever does your laundry sure knows how to keep a shirt from 2012 in top condition!!


Jerry

Thanks Jerry!  That would be my way better half that keeps my shirts in top condition.  Ironically, though, she just had be buy a bunch of new ones while we were on vacation and 'retired' several of my old favorites.      

[Keep It Rusty]

Great little kit. Always enjoy your build threads (the pictures, oh the pictures!). Will keep on following along.

[ReadingBob]

Great little kit. Always enjoy your build threads (the pictures, oh the pictures!). Will keep on following along.

Thanks Craig!  It's a pleasure to have you following along.   

[ReadingBob]

Okay....and now for the rest of the story.  Barring interruptions.   

I added some blinds to the windows by painting some plain printer paper.  I typically use either green or tan for my blinds.  Then I cut the paper into strips wider than the window openings and then lop off little bits at a time to glue to the inside of the wall.


A little glue around the window opening is all that's needed to hold the blinds in place.


Placing the blinds requires a little caution to avoid smearing the glue on the inside of the window.  I try to vary how much the blinds are pulled down from window to window.  No need for consistency here.


And this is what the blinds look like in place.


Time to glue the walls together.  This is a small structure so I'll just use a square and hold things together with my fingers until the glue sets.


More in a moment....

[ReadingBob]

I took all the roof pieces and painted the underside and edge with my trim color.  Then I started applying 3M Transfer Tape to the top side.


I trimmed the transfer tape with a pair of Friskar Micro Shears.  Handy little tool to have on the workbench. 


When possible I like to make my roof removable so I can access the lights/wiring.  If I can't make the roof removable I'll try to make the structure removable from the base so I can get at the lights/wiring.  In this case the roof was made removable by gluing bracing to it at just the right spot so it was a snug fit.


Peel off the backing of the 3M transfer tape and what you're left with is a roof that has a sticky surface.


Adding the roofing material, corrugated panels in this instance, to the sticky stuff on the roof is easy and not messy at all.


The panels have been added and only a little touch up is needed in a few spots. 


More in a moment... 

[ReadingBob]

The edge of the dock that the structure sits on is lined with strip wood.  This step took a few minutes but was relatively easy. I just glued it on longer than needed and trimmed it to fit.


Same with the planking.  Glue it on lined up on one end and then trim it to fit as needed.


I used a fine tooth razor saw and miter box to cut the pilings to length.  I put a piece of painters tape in the miter box to use as a stop so all the pilings would be the same length.


I screwed up here.  I added these pieces to the underside of the pier but I had the overhand on the wrong end.     No problem.  I removed them glued them back the right way once I realized my mistake.


For the lower roof the corrugated panels had to be cut shorter.  I cut one to fit and then used it as a guide to cut the rest.  I've grown accustomed to whatever this material is that these corrugated panels are made out of.  It's easier to cut with a sharp X-Acto than the aluminum corrugated panels and less prone to having paint ship off.  It's just a little thicker.


After marking them I cut them using a square to, well, keep things square.   


More in a moment....

[ReadingBob]

Hard to see here but the signs have braces/supports attached to them.  I used a square keep things a neat and true as possible when gluing them in place.


The boats!  OMG the boats!  I almost gave up on these.  The instructions say to glue them together this way and then bend the front in on both sides and glue it together.  Yeah.  That didn't work for me. 


What did work was to take the sides and roll them over a pencil until the front was curved.  That made it a lot easier to glue them together.  Less cussing was involved.   


So everything is kind of done.  Sort of.


But I haven't added any lights.  At least not yet.   


I don't know how well these pictures will show what I'm doing but I'm going to make a goose neck lamp for the front.  The first step is to cut a piece of .018 outside diameter tubing.  I roll it under a razor blade until it's scored enough to snap a piece off (about 1 inch long).


More in a moment....