Fos Execution Rocks

[madharry]

I fitted the little piece at the end of the building...........

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing..........

Here are the annex walls and the boiler house walls glued to the main building.

The roofs shown are to be covered in double sided tape and then rolled roofing is to be applied........

Mike

[madharry]

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

The roofs suitably covered in rolled roofing are added.......

Mike

[madharry]

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

The Hoist Loft is built from card covered in 2x10's board by board. I used double sided tape to secure the planks which had been weathered in A&I first. These were then dry-brushed with white paint. I decided to use a grey tar paper for the roof as a contrast to the other roofs. I will add the hoist pulley casting above the door later.

Mike Carter

[madharry]

Continuing....

Next up the roof top shed. The parts of the square shed are to be covered in  rolled roofing and battens. The triangular pieces are for the stair access and are to be covered in board by board 10x2's.

[madharry]

Continuing......... I decided to paint the shed flat black to save covering it with rolled roofing paper. The stair access parts are covered in double sided tape and I have painted the edges of the roofs black..........

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing.. the shed and the stair access are complete now I have to cover the shed roof in rolled roofing.

[madharry]

Continuing.... When constructing the stairwell I added an extra piece of bracing inside otherwise I found the structure was a little fragile.

[madharry]

Continuing.... here are the completed shed and stair access ready for some weathering before being placed on the roof of Peckham's Sail.

Mike

[madharry]

Here is the little shed completed. I will not fit it to the main roof yet as I have to decide where the roof sign will go first.

Next up the staircase and landings for the side of the building. These are made from lazerboard and need to be coloured black. I find instead of paint a black felt tip marker works better for me on this material.

Mike

[madharry]

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

At this stage the instructions call for a foundation to be fitted to the entire building. I had less wood than I needed in the kit and while I did not have the right size in my scrap box I carefully trimmed down some wood to fit. The footprint of the building requires a scale 280 ft. so I had to find an extra scale 40 ft. No big deal!

I painted the foundation a concrete colour.

Mike

[madharry]

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

So I was trying to figure out where the staircase went and more importantly why the third landing did NOT line up with the third door. It was not even close!

Normally it is easy to know which way is up on a clapboard wall. But the lower walls on the structure are scribed walls and look the same either way.

So guess what I glued wall P2 upside down!

So it is a good job I only use wood glue to assemble my walls and not CA. I decided to carefully unassemble the wall and start again. Time for a beer I think!

Mike 

[bparrish]

Mike....

If you ever need to get a yellow or white glue joint apart again....

Try this....

Wet the area with 70% cheap rubbing alcohol.   This should weaken the glue.  Then cover the wet panel with a paper towel and weight it down until dry to prevent warping.

See ya
Bob

[Zephyrus52246]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who puts things on upside down/backwards.     The build is looking great.

Jeff

[madharry]

Thanks Bob I will use your advice next time as I am sure there will be a next time!

Thanks Jeff I appreciate it.

Mike