FOS REA Building, kit bash and scratch build.

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Hello Tom, you're doing your usual great job on this big kit build. It's looking good and I am looking forward to seeing it on your layout.

Jeff,

Thank you for following along. I'm enjoying your builds also.

Tom

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Tom,

Outstanding modeling!  Your attention to detail shines in this thread, exactly like your others. Thanks for sharing this build.

Jerry,

Your kind and generous comments are appreciated. Thank you.

Tom 

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Tom....referring back to your statement about the time it takes to present a sbs build snd then have little or no response.....no excuse on my part other thsn being complacent ...so much to learn from your and others who present their work
Terry

Terry,

I guess I was complaining but it does require much time to post a detailed thread.

Thank you for the comment and for following along.

Tom 

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Hi Uncle Tommy,
Just wanted to say HI and see how much "Diet Pepsi" was required for such a project.  Doing well here but just buried in household projects these days.  As always, your model and progress are outstanding!

   

Cousin Brucie,

Good to see you my friend. It has required a lot of Diet Pepsi to get this far. As you know, Diet Pepsi is my life's blood on any build.

I'll give you a call in the next few days.

Tom 

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I added several cross braces to support the warehouse flooring. Here is the first one, an 8X8.



Here is how the flooring will look.

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The flooring wasn't wide enough for the span. I decided to have the flooring run across the warehouse instead of length wise.

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I also forgot to add an interior end wall. So that came next.



You can see in the next photo how the flooring runs across and not length wise.

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The gabled end wall was painted to match the other walls.

I also made a final floor test fit prior to staining the floor.

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I set the warehouse to the side and glued the main REA structure walls together.

I used weights and metal squares to ensure the walls were square and held in place as the glue dried.

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The rear side wall was short. This was a measuring mistake on my part but was an easy fix.

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The next photo shows how much I messed up on the wall.



I used an HO scale 8X8 and glued it under the wall and between the two corner posts.

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The main REA building is square and level.





Done for today.

[Vietnam Seabee]

Good save on 8x8 at the wall bottom. No one will ever notice except you and I (and anyone else following along).....my lips are sealed
Terry

[PRR Modeler]

Great progress Tom and good save on the wall.