FOS Yard Office Three Build

[ReadingBob]

It's time for a new build thread.  This one will be the small FOS Yard Office No. 3 which is a combination of both a wood structure and a masonry structure. 

The (kind of dumb) reason I elected to build this one is that it was sitting on top of my work bench, but I couldn't figure out how to squeeze it back in the drawers that were already stuff full of unbuilt kits.   

I actually received this one for X-Mas a year or two back and hadn't even taken the shrink wrap off the box.  The price on the box doesn't match the current price, $67.50, shown on the FOS website.

 

There's a lot of pictures of FOS kits on the cover of the box.  This particular model is pictured in the bottom row, the second one in.



The back of that cover sheet on the box contains a lot of signs.  A nice touch. 



Opening the box for the first time to see what's inside.   



Walls (wood and hydrocal), strip wood, laser cut details, cast metal parts, etc.



Instructions and templates.



More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Time to get started.  I started by cleaning up the castings.  There are a couple of 55-gallon drums included in the kit.  These have a rather thick sprue at the bottom that's a little thick for my sprue cutter, so I use an old flush cut rail nipper to remove them from the sprue.





Then I smooth the cut out by gently sliding them back and forth over an emery board.





The regular sprue cutter works great for the rest of the plastic castings.





I use a file to clean up the metal castings.





The laser cut doors, windows, etc. were removed from the carrier sheet using a single edge razor blade.  I almost always start off a new build with a fresh razor blade and new #11 blade in my X-Acto.





After removing the clapboard walls from the carrier sheet, I sanded the edges with an emery board to square them up.





More in a moment....

[ReadingBob]

I braced the clapboard walls, per the templates, by running a bead of glue (Canopy Glue in the case) along the strip wood matching roughly the height of the wall.



Then I smooth the glue out with my fingertip (wiping off my fingertip after doing that so I don't transfer glue to something else by mistake).



The bracing material is positioned where it needs to go.  If it's against and edge I used a metal angle to make sure the bracing doesn't extend beyond the edge of the wall.



Then the bracing gets weighed down for a few minutes until the glue starts to grab.



The bracing is then trimmed to match the height of the wall using a single edged razor blade.




I used a tool I picked up at Home Depot, to distress the wood.  I think this is a steel brush used to clean up pipes but it's great for imparting some grain into the walls and strip wood.   



More in a moment...

[ReadingBob]

Oops...only one more picture for today. 

I stained the strip wood and clapboard walls with Hunterline Light Gray Weathering Mix.



That's it for today!  Thanks for following alone!

[ACL1504]

Bob,

I'm caught up now and will check your progress in a couple of weeks. You should have this one and one other finished by then. 

Tom

[PRR Modeler]

I'll be following Bob.

[tom.boyd.125]

Bob,
Will follow along.
Enjoy your photo updates on your builds.
Tommy

[Zephyrus52246]

Always love a Bob Build. 


Jeff

[deemery]

What's the masonry material?  Plaster? 

Looks like a nice structure, I'm sure you'll do your usual great job documenting it.

dave

[cuse]

Good start Bob...I'll be following


John

[Jerry]

Your starting off with your usual great tutorial.


Looking forward to another great build by you.


Jerry

[Opa George]

I just jumped on board, too. Looks like fun.
--Opa George

[GPdemayo]

I'll be looking in Bob.....

[ReadingBob]

Bob,

I'm caught up now and will check your progress in a couple of weeks. You should have this one and one other finished by then. 

Tom

Thanks Tom!  I hope I have it finished by then and I sure hope I can bring it down to show it off sooner, rather than later.  Praying for a full and speedy recovery.

[ReadingBob]

I'll be following Bob.

Thanks Curt!  Happy to have you along for the ride.