FOS REA Building, kit bash and scratch build.

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Of course, you know I'm following.

Butty curt,

I sure hope so, thank you.

Tom

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I've learned to do the casting details first. With past builds, when I finish a model I'm not in the mood to file, clean and paint the detail casting.

So, I filed off the excess flash, cleaned the casting in warm soapy water and set aside to dry. This afternoon, prior to the rains, I used rattle can auto primer to prime the castings.






For the three smaller chimney pipes, I drilled small hole in the stir stick. I placed the chimneys in the holes to hold them while spray painting.

I started this build with a new cutting mat as well.

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Over several days, I spent quite some time going over the instructions and the parts. I set aside the wood pieces I WILL NOT be using.

I decided to start with the main building. This building is three stories including space for an attic Part of the lower floor houses the office.

I used a #17 Xacto blade to cut the pieces from the carrier sheets.

After the main pieces were removed, I numbered them on the rear. Not that they can get mixed up but it is just something I got in the habit of doing.

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After looking at the width of the main structure, I didn't think it was wide enough for my needs. I wanted it a little wider. In the photo below, you can see how narrow the structure is.

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I needed to cut two new end walls to make it the width I wanted.

I used new Northeastern Lumber scribed siding for the new walls. I opted to go with a random scribed siding as well.

The next photo shows the rear of the old and new wall material.



The new scribed siding wasn't square on the end so I used a metal square and trimmed off the end to make it square.

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The new random scribed siding is on the right and the kit walls on the left in the next photo.



Back in a few. Time for a cold Diet Pepsi.

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I increased the width of the building by 8 HO scale feet. I marked in pencil on the rear of the wall where the doors and windows will be located. I used the old wall for the original kit and then added the other windows.

Referring to the next photo, you can see I added a larger office window on the bottom between the freight door and the office door. I also changed the larger doors on the right and added more windows.

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Fast forward and the new walls now have the new window openings.  The windows and door were also test fit into the openings.

Old wall on right.



I also cut the new freight house end wall.





Done for today.

[nycjeff]

Hello Tom, it's great to see you back on the forum, although I was watching your progress on the other forum as well. Wonderful and informative work as usual.

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Hello Tom, it's great to see you back on the forum, although I was watching your progress on the other forum as well. Wonderful and informative work as usual.

Jeff,

Thank you, much appreciate you following along.

Tom 

[Jim Donovan]

I had forgotten how thoughtful you approach modeling, an area I can learn much. I can't remember the number of times I find myself asking, 'where the h@ll did I put it!' I like the idea of detail work first, I too am not in the mood to work on the parts after getting the structure done. They bring the building alive but require a lot of attention and time.

As usual learning a lot, thanks.

Jim

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I had forgotten how thoughtful you approach modeling, an area I can learn much. I can't remember the number of times I find myself asking, 'where the h@ll did I put it!' I like the idea of detail work first, I too am not in the mood to work on the parts after getting the structure done. They bring the building alive but require a lot of attention and time.

As usual learning a lot, thanks.

Jim

Jim,

Thank you and I'm happy you are enjoying the build.

I'll have more to share as the thread continues.

Tom 

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I thought as long as I was changing the walls, I may as well go ahead and change the walls on the small sub structure on the rear of the building. This way all the walls siding will match.

I used the kit walls as a template and cut the one long and two short walls with the new random siding.



The numbers shown in red are the Tichy Train window stock numbers. I keep the blanks for use when scratch building. This way I can lay out the walls with the blanks to see what size window looks best.

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I then added nail holes using the Micro Mark small ponce wheel. I again test fit the windows to see how they looked with the nail holes.

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I didn't show the photos where I braced the back of all the wall sections. I think everyone has seen wall bracing before.

I used Hunterline Light Gray Mix (A&I) to stain the walls. I applied only one coat of stain. I wanted the weathered look after adding white which I'll show later in the build. By adding a second coat of light gray stain, the wall would be much darker.



I used a soft 1/2" brush to apply the A&I mix. I set all the walls aside and let dry at least 24 hours.