Fos Execution Rocks

[madharry]

So here goes..................

[madharry]

First up I needed to check I have all the parts. The kit comes with wall plans for the buildings. The walls are not all in one bag, the same bag or on one sheet. Parts of the buildings have different siding so I have identified all the walls and marked them with their part number on the reverse and also checked off the plans as I went. Two of the buildings are made from card or lazer board.

I will probably start with the support buildings first as I am very interested how much "real estate" these will take up on my module.

[madharry]

Continuing...........I have braced all the walls and glued together the beginning of the Mansard roof on the main building. Some of the walls on the sailmakers have to be joined together and it is worth taking your time by studying the pictures to get the walls the correct way around.

I have braced the walls for the other two larger buildings and have taken the trouble to match up the windows supplied with the kit.


I have placed the braced walls and windows for the three larger buildings into three carcboard trays to aid locating parts during construction.

[madharry]

Continuing...........

The assembly of Baroody Fresnel Glass..........

Here are all the walls braced ready for staining with alcohol and ink before painting..................

I have stuck all the plastic windows for this structure to double sided tape inside a cardboard tray prior to spraying with primer white  paint.

The three darker larger windows on the top left were the missing windows from wall B5!

I have used the sponge method suggested by Doug F. Using a small sponge I dabbed sploshs of diluted white acrylic paint onto the walls. Once dry they will look a lot whiter than they do now. Only one wall B6 is a little warped. I have dry fitted this into the slots meant for it in wall B3.

While this is drying I will paint the trim pieces for the walls and front door area white.

[madharry]

Here are the walls almost dry. Next I will start distressing them by running a blade along them. Then I will add board lengths and nail holes.

The trim has been painted. I used the sponge to add some antique white to the white windows. Next I will glaze the windows with canopy glue.

Here are the walls which have dried overnight. I will need to distress them by running a blade along each board.

Next up glazing the windows with Canopy Glue.

[madharry]

I have dunked the white painted trim for the walls into a tank of alcohol and ink. My tank is makeshift and is the cover off an old printer cartridge. Never throw anything away as it might come in handy. After their dunk I let the wood dry on newspaper and I poured the A&I back into it's bottle so it did not evaporate.

Here are the lazer board doors. I have glued them together with white glue. Warning: make sure the two halves of the door are the right way up - wonder how I know that! I am going to leave them their natural lazer burnt selves as they look good without painting them.

[Bntrainmaster]

Nice looking build so far. I like the A/I dispenser. I'll be watching and thanks for sharing.

[madharry]

Thanks Bart.

The signage for Execution Rocks comes on semi-gloss coated paper. I always photcopy the signs in kits as it is a good safeguard just in case you spoil the sign in the weathering process. Also I prefer to work with matt paper and by photocopying the colours tend to become a little duller.

Here you can see the difference - the lower set of signs are the originals.

[madharry]

I have added a little grain to the walls by scribing horizontal lines with a blade. Also I have added board ends with the nail holes to a few boards. I will only do a maximum of four boards per wall otherwise it will get too busy.

I have cut out the sign and aplied a thick coat of white glue.

Once the sign is affixed to the wall I brush on a coat of A&I and let it dry. Once dry I scribe in the boards using the reverse side (dull) of a blade. Afterwards I distress the sign with sandpaper to age it.

[cuse]

So glad you're here. This is the thread I've been waiting for. I wanted to cheer you on but I can't login to the other place.


Great build, mate!


John

[madharry]

I have added the windows which are now dry to the walls. Here is an overview of the parts before I start gluing the structure together.

The front wall needs trim cut to fit around the main doors.

[madharry]

Thanks for watching John.

Here is the sign on the rear of the building. I have distressed this with some sandpaper and then given it a brush of A&I. It looks old and as if it was painted on the building rather than just a paper sign.

Here are the doors for the front of the building. Tip I just apply a small amount of "alphatic glue" to the rear of each part with a toothpick before attaching this to a sheet of acrylic. If there is too much glue and it smudges a pane, I just pick up the part and reapply it to a fresh area on the sheet. I then cut out the part from the acrylic sheet - perfect everytime.

[madharry]

Here is the front of the building with the doors fitted. FOS suggest leaving them slightly open. I have done this on the smaller door as it is too narrow for the door frame and there would be gap if it were closed!

Here are the parts for the clerestory. Next up I painted the edge of the roofing cards with my trim colour - white.

Then I used double sided tape to add strips of rolled roofing.

[madharry]

The kit uses the "corrugated" metal strips from Northeastern. I still like the original Campbell's metal strips, but I grant you they are lot more work.

I sprayed the strips with a primer grey and then affixed them to the smaller roof using double sided tape.

Almost there. A small pulley should be fitted above the attic door. I will leave this until later as it is fragile and may suffer some damage.

Next up the second building Millatt's Coffee Shop................

[madharry]

First the black matboard is glued over the lazerboard tiled front and then the windows are added........... I have also located the sign and cut it out for later.