FOS REA Building, kit bash and scratch build.

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Well done Tom, another great project completed.....

Thanks Butty!

Tom

[ReadingBob]

A real gem for sure!  A large kit with extensive modifications.  It's going to be a real eye catcher in its new home.  Of course, it's also at eye level so that makes it more subject to scrutiny, but it'll easily pass with flying colors!  Well done indeed.

[ACL1504]

A real gem for sure!  A large kit with extensive modifications.  It's going to be a real eye catcher in its new home.  Of course, it's also at eye level so that makes it more subject to scrutiny, but it'll easily pass with flying colors!  Well done indeed.

Bob,

Thank you Butty, appreciate you stopping by. I'm very happy to have this one finished and I like where it will sit to be viewed at eye level.

Tom

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I decided to light the main structure and didn't want light showing through all the windows.

I built a shadow box and fit it to the window/s I plan on lighting. The box covers the front door and office window.

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I installed an warm white LED in the top of the shadow box as shown below.



Here is how it looks glued in place.

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I built a smaller light box for one of the windows on the second story.

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The next light will be in the small loading dock area.

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I glued the fake wall to the main building.



I drilled two holes in the upper portion and installed an LED for the dock area interior.

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The loading dock office was then glued in place up and against the fake wall.



Done for today.

[Jim Donovan]

Well done Tom;

I like the shadow box idea for the lighting, makes the building more realistic. I'm going to try that on next structure I make. the building looks fantastic and I always pick up ideas from your build threads, thanks

Jim

[nycjeff]

Hello Tom, the lighting on your build looks great. Guys like you and Reading Bob make lighting seem so simple, when I know that it's not. Good job !

[ACL1504]

Well done Tom;

I like the shadow box idea for the lighting, makes the building more realistic. I'm going to try that on next structure I make. the building looks fantastic and I always pick up ideas from your build threads, thanks

Jim

Jim,

Sorry for the late response. I haven't been following this thread but I need to finish it.

Thank you for the kind compliment and I'm happy you get a few tips along the way.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Hello Tom, the lighting on your build looks great. Guys like you and Reading Bob make lighting seem so simple, when I know that it's not. Good job !

Jeff,

Thank you very much for the kind comment and compliment on the lighting. Bob is much better than I am but AI keep plugging away.

Tom 

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I finished this build several months ago but need to update the build thread. No real excuse other than life in general. I'm also writing a book about growing up in Central Florida in the late 1940s to present. However, that's another story.

Since I enlarged the main REA structure, a new roof needed to be measured and cut to fit the new building size.

Here is a look a the original roof card.



I took a new piece of 1 ply cardstock and cut a new roof panel.

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I placed the building on the new cardstock and measured where I needed to cut.



The cut was made and the roof did fit the first time.