FOS Red Bird Taxi -2022 Build Challenge

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Using a metal straight edge/ruler and a new #11 Xacto blade, I carefully cut the new roof pieces.



I forgot to photo to gluing of the roof pieces but I did follow Doug's instructions. Nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn the other night. 

I used two weights to hold the roof together until the glue dried. I left it until the next morning.



More in a few.

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This next addition isn't called for in the instructions but it is prototypical. I painted a piece of 1X6 and glued it to the top of all four exterior walls.




It really won't show unless you get level with the building, but I know it's there.



Diet Pepsi time, back in a few.

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After the roof panels were glued together and dry, I noticed a little  bit of a ridge on two corners as shown below.



I used the light side of an Emory board and carefully and slowly sanded/filed the corners smooth. This will give me a better looking roof when the tarpaper is added.

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[Raymo]

Tom, I'm liking the colors use chose for this part of the build. I also forgot about how some of Doug's earlier kits had the FSM influence in them with the printed cards.

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Tom, I'm liking the colors use chose for this part of the build. I also forgot about how some of Doug's earlier kits had the FSM influence in them with the printed cards.

Dan,

Thanks very much. The colors do look correct on this small structure. And, i agree this one main building does have the FSM look along with the printed cards.

Tom 

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I used the kit template to build the outside/open air garage wall.

I didn't make the 2X6 boards tight to each other and added some spare wood as this is a cheap taxi company.



On the inside of the wall, I didn't glue in the firestops level. I wanted the look of an older outside wall that had seen a lot of use. The firestops are the eight horizontal pieces between the vertical studs.

I added a 2X8 header at the top for stability in building the wall. I used a 2X8 on both sides at the top.



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To further weather the horizontal boards, I used an Emory board to lightly sand the boards to give them a lighter color.



This outside/open air wall sits directly on the ground. The bottom had a 2X4 base. I removed this and added a 4X4 base to the wall. When testing this with the corrugated roof attached to the main office, the corrugated roof was pretty flat with little slope.



The easiest way to fix this was to remove the 4X4 and glue on a 2X4 base. I; however, went in another direction.

I removed the top plate/header and four scale inches at the top as shown in the following photo.

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I removed the little stubs, cleaned the header and glued it back on top. I then glued the two 2X8s back in place at the top.




More tomorrow evening.

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent job on the wall so far Tom.

[postalkarl]

Hey Tom:

Wow it's looking just great so far.

Karl

[S&S RR]

Tom


Some very fine modeling here, my friend. I also like the colors.

[Oldguy]

Looking good.  And as always, a bunch of learnin' thrown in for good measure.

[deemery]

A pair of 2x8 headers sure sounds prototypical to me! 


dave

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Tom.

Firestops.  I've never heard them called that before.  Even here in New Zealand (population of 5,000,000) we have two different terms for them.  North Islanders call them noggins while South Islanders call them dwangs.

Cheers, Mark.