FOS' Pub Crawl Build

[ReadingBob]

Looking good Tom!  Very, very good! 

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Tom,


An Irish Pub with a green sign and green roofing.  I wonder if the beer is green year around or only on St. Patty's day.  Love the weathering on that roof, looks prototypic and really makes the roof "pop"!

Jerry,

Hey, I'm all about keeping it green!    The green roof was just an accident with the Irish Pub but I'll happily take the credit for doing it.
Thanks very much for the compliment.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Looks great Tom. Love the pub sign.

Curt,

Thank you for the kind words and for stopping by.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Hi Tom,

Love the look of that green roof.  Looking forward to more updates.   

Mark

Mark,

Much appreciate the compliment on the roof, thank you. I'll have an update later today.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Looking good Tom!  Very, very good! 

Butty Bob,

Thank you, much appreciate the kind support on the build.

Tom 

[Jim Donovan]

Tom;

Looks great as always. Had time today to try and catch up on the many great projects underway. It is interesting that most have switched to the Hunter product for staining the wood from the old Indian Ink. I am still trying different things. Latest is tinted ink with high alcohol content to run through airbrush and attempt to have it essentially dry on contact. However, I still brace.

Looking forward to seeing the progress. Thanks for sharing.

Jim D

[Rail and Tie]

Nice job on the building. The green roof and weathering is quite fetching!

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Tom.

I agree - the green roofing (and the matching sign) look terrific!

Cheers, Mark.

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Tom;

Looks great as always. Had time today to try and catch up on the many great projects underway. It is interesting that most have switched to the Hunter product for staining the wood from the old Indian Ink. I am still trying different things. Latest is tinted ink with high alcohol content to run through airbrush and attempt to have it essentially dry on contact. However, I still brace.

Looking forward to seeing the progress. Thanks for sharing.

Jim D

Jim,

Thanks for stopping by and posting your thoughts. I do like the Hunterline A&Is as I don't have to mix it and they have many different stains to choose from. I like the idea of spraying the A&I, never tried or thought of doing it, but will give it a try.

I wish you well on your upcoming procedure.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Nice job on the building. The green roof and weathering is quite fetching!

Darryl,

Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated.

By the way. I tried to send an order this afternoon but PayPal has apparently changed their way of doing business. They now want to use a CC instead of taking it directly out of checking. I'll try again tomorrow.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Looking good, Tom.

I agree - the green roofing (and the matching sign) look terrific!

Cheers, Mark.

Mark, Cheers,

Thank you, I'm liking the green roof more and more. I'm also looking forward to getting this one finished.

Tom 

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Included in the kit are some paper awning. I've used paper awning in the past but Kenny, KC's Workshop, has more detailed awning for models. I've used these several times and really like the better.



I carefully painted my awning with Floquil G. W. Cream and Model Master Green Zinc Cromate.

They are easier to paint if left on the carrier sheet. I got a little out of the lines but weathering will take care of it.



More in a few.

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While the awning was drying, I moved back to the larger gabled roof. I was going to use Campbell shingles but to save some time I opted for the Northeastern shingles.



i started with an edge row and then moved on the the rest of the roof.



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I applied Elmer's glue to the roof using my finger tip. I placed the shingles on the workbench, upside down, and then pressed the roof down onto the underside of the shingle sheet. When dry, I used a new #11 blade to trim the edges.



The loose shingles at the top will be fixed when the ridge cap pieces are added.

I removed a row of shingles from the sheet and then cut individual pieces as shown below.



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The individual pieces were glued to the ridge as shown.



I used a tweezer to hold the shingle. I bent it up in the middle, added a little glue and then glued it to the ridge.



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