FOS Red Bird Taxi -2022 Build Challenge

[ACL1504]

Hey Tom:

You're moving right along. Keep the photos flowing.

Karl

Karl,

Thanks, more on the way.

Tom 

[postalkarl]

Tom:

It's coming right along.

Karl

[ACL1504]

The kit comes with a resin concrete base. I used an Xacto #11 blade and knife to clean the resin flash. It wasn't level on the top so I sanded it on some 180 grit sandpaper. I held the base secure and lightly moved it across the sandpaper in a circular motion.



The bottom of the base was worse than the top. I repeated the sanding process on the bottom but used a little more pressure.



Diet Pepsi time, back in a few.

[ACL1504]

Tom:

It's coming right along.

Karl

Karl,

This will be a quick build. Quick for me that is. 

Tom 

[ACL1504]

I placed the office on the concrete base to check the fit. At first glance and thought, I was concerned my office got somehow out of square.



I then checked the concrete base and found the resin base was out of square. I used my wife's hair dryer on hot, and slowly reshaped the base. I held it in place as it cooled. I had to repeat this process three times as the resin base wanted to revert back to being out of square.

I glued the office steps in place. A few chunks of concrete were cut off and the base was scored to represent some cracking. The steps and base were then stained with Hunterline Light Gray A&I. The cracks and steps were highlighted with Hunterline Medium Brown.



More in a few.

[ACL1504]

[ACL1504]

In the above photo, the open air garage roof ledger can be seen at the top of the wall. This supports the corrugated roof of the garage.




More tomorrow.

[PRR Modeler]

Great modeling Tom and thanks for the hair dryer tip.

[ReadingBob]

She's coming along nicely Tom.    

I've used a heat gun to take the curve out of a resin boat hull casting.  I also use it to speed up the curing time when I prime castings.  Works fine for metal castings.  Not so much for plastic doors and windows.    

[MAP]

Looking good Tom!

[ACL1504]

Great modeling Tom and thanks for the hair dryer tip.

Curt,

Thanks very much. Always happy to pass on a tip or two.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

She's coming along nicely Tom.    

I've used a heat gun to take the curve out of a resin boat hull casting.  I also use it to speed up the curing time when I prime castings.  Works fine for metal castings.  Not so much for plastic doors and windows.   

Thank you Butty! The hair dryer has saved me a lot of aggravation over the years. Pam asked if she should get me a hair dryer. I told her no, I can dry all 12 of my hairs with a towel but I'll still use hers. Oh, the look one gets at times.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Looking good Tom!

Mark,


Thank you my friend, much appreciated.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

I mentioned earlier I wanted to kit bash the office building at a later time. So, I didn't want to use the kit template for this one. I'll use it for a guide for the next build.



I copied the template in a 1:1 format.



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I cut out the paper template for the three roof sections.



While working at the State's Attorney Office, I collected a nice supply of cardboard from the back of all the legal pads left in file 13.

I used one the same thickness as the kit and glued the paper template to the cardboard.



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