Nothing to see here..just some background buildings...

[nycjeff]

Hello Rollin, that will be quite an impressive town when done. That big FOS kit will take some work, but the end result will be worth all the effort.

[MartyO]

Yup, this impressive and done the right way.

[Rollin]

Axle Road has a total of 9 and a half buildings, the half is a fenced-in storage yard between two structures. My intended footprint includes all but one of these structures. The instructions take you thru these one by one, starting with some of the smaller, simpler builds. I'm usually working on two of these at once, so I can have assemblies or paint drying while I work on another section. For simplicity and continuity, let me present these one at a time.


The first one we'll look at is Krug Auto Collision. Here's the cardboard mockup next to the actual walls:




With bracing applied:

[Rollin]

Now we'll do a quick application of A&I wash:



After sponge painting the walls, I used my magnetic jig to keep things square:

[Rollin]

It can be a little tricky when you have an inside corner to glue that leaves a section hanging out:



This little wing where the front door is located had no bracing and really wanted to curl up before it was attached to the small side wall.

[nycjeff]

Hello Rollin, you're off to a great start. Don't you love the magnetic jig ? I use mine all the time and can't believe how I used to assemble walls before I got it.

[Rollin]

More positioning in the magnetic jig gets all the walls:



You can see how the little extension joins the main building with a tab into a slot on the wall

[Rollin]

The windows in the back are plastic, but the front is made of layers of chipboard, as is the big door.  Add some signage and the whole effect is pretty good. ( The roof has not been glued in place yet.)

[Rollin]

The next building up is the Dixie Cafe. It's a very simple wedge shape. Here are the walls




There's a vey big painted sign to put on one wall, and the roof has a lot of interesting detail. The vent is a casting, and the Air conditioner is a 3D printed part. Also a 3D sign which mounts on some thin frames. Just like Jeff and his gas station signs, I'm going to set that aside for installation much later.

[Rollin]

The flat roof only overhangs the wall by a fraction, and it just felt too thin. So when I was adding bracing to keep it nice and flat, I decided to add some extra trim along the edge.



I really like how this gives some definition to the edge of the roof. Also, the sign on the side of the building looks about right after I treated it with a light wash of white paint. Just faded enough!

[Jim Donovan]

Came out great. Love the roof and the wall signs.

Jim

[GPdemayo]

Well done Rollin.....is the HVAC package unit for the roof from a manufacturer or did you do it yourself? 

[Rollin]

Well done Rollin.....is the HVAC package unit for the roof from a manufacturer or did you do it yourself? 

There is one small box in the Axle Road kit that contains all the 3D printed parts, from a very large roof assembly to very fine detail parts. The AC unit is one of these.

[Rollin]

Time to catch up a bit...

On these small structures, I'm usually working on two at once, just so I can keep going while paint or glue dries...

The next ones are Warren Radio and Bergen Glass. They form a block with the Krug building.




Bergen is a simple structure. I did use a two tone paint scheme to give it more interest

[Rollin]

Warren Radio is much more interesting. It has a stucco portion, plus a wing that may have been added later that has brick walls. So we get to try some different techniques with this build, which is one of the reasons a mega kit like this is both a challenge, and a delight.

There is a powder provided by FOS that will create the stucco texture. (I have seen on the forum where some people have achieved this using water putty.) Mix this powder with just enough water to create a slurry. Too much water and the texture will be runny. Apply this to the composite board which is the base, and it looks like this: