Winter Challenge 2024 - Flat Iron Corner Building - Tom Langford.

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Was able to enjoy catching up on your build tonight Tom, really enjoyable watching you work and seeing your methods. Not sure I would have the patience to make stringers though!

Jim

Jim,

Happy to have you following along and very happy to hear you are enjoying the build.

Since I'm scratch building all I can for the flat iron, I figured the stringers would be a good one to do. However, as I mentioned above in other posts, I've now had my fun and this will be the last set of stringers I cut.

Tom 

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So I'm betting that many "Diet Pepsi's" where consumed while cutting out those stair stringers.  Good thing we don't include that cost in with our modeling work...

   

Cousin Brucie,

Good to see you again. I'm not sure how many were consumed during the stair stringer cutting, but many have been consumed for the entire build.

I get my Diet Pepsi from Winn Dixie. They have sales on Fridays, 5 six packs for $15. Can't beat that deal. That makes it 50 cents per 16.9 Fl Oz. per bottle. Just saying.

Tom

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I glued the right side storefront wall the the front. This was a bit "tricksie" as I needed to get the angle correct. To do this required a little filing and sanding here and there.

I also glued the front wall to the top of the storefront. Notice that I removed the frieze boards. I'll add them later in the build.



I decided to add lighting to the storefront interior to show off the stained glass. Once the walls are all together, the stained glass won't show like it does now with the four walls together.

Lighting the lower storefront interior will also require a floor pattern.

I found on line a tile floor pattern I liked.

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I printed 10 copies of the pattern and sized them to look normal on the floor. I also lightened the black squares so they didn't look so stark black.

Since the base is wood and the floor pattern is paper, I didn't want to use a water based glue. Instead, I used 3M double sided transfer tape.

I applied the tape to the floor and then cut out the tile pattern to be place on the floor.

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The floor pattern I sized turned out to be the same width as the transfer tape.



Time for a cold Diet Pepsi. I'll get one for Cousin Brucie as well.

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I applied the pattern to the base and then trimmed it to the size of the structure.

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Here is how it looks looking through the front windows.



A rear view.

[elwoodblues]

Tom,

Great progress on the build, I like the floor tile pattern, it fits the era of the building.

I love 3m's double sided transfer tape, I use it all the time to add the roofing to my buildings.

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While test fitting the left side wall, I noticed it was warped.



I used HO scale 8 X 8s for the interior bracing but obviously they weren't strong enough.

I removed the offending braces and sanded the area clean. It was only necessary to remove the two outside braces.

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Tom,

Great progress on the build, I like the floor tile pattern, it fits the era of the building.

I love 3m's double sided transfer tape, I use it all the time to add the roofing to my buildings.

Ron,

Thank you and I agree. When saw this pattern I knew it was the correct one for the Victorian Flat Iron.

3M transfer tape sure is a life saver in more ways than one. 

Tom 

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I used HO scale 12 X 12s and glued them in place.

I weighed them down and let sit over night for the glue to dry and cure.

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I removed the weights and trimmed the excess 12 X 12s.

Now the wall is straight.



Done for today.

[Mr. Critter]

The tiles are wonderful.  As for the warpage, see problem, solve problem.

Great thread.  I'm learning.

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The tiles are wonderful.  As for the warpage, see problem, solve problem.

Great thread.  I'm learning.

Critter,

Thank you and I'm happy to have you follow along on the build. I'm still learning things as well.

Tom

[Bruce Oberleitner]

So I'm betting that many "Diet Pepsi's" where consumed while cutting out those stair stringers.  Good thing we don't include that cost in with our modeling work...

   

Cousin Brucie,

Good to see you again. I'm not sure how many were consumed during the stair stringer cutting, but many have been consumed for the entire build.

I get my Diet Pepsi from Winn Dixie. They have sales on Fridays, 5 six packs for $15. Can't beat that deal. That makes it 50 cents per 16.9 Fl Oz. per bottle. Just saying.

Tom

Wow, I wish we had Winn Dixie stores out here in Idaho.  That's a great price.  My best price is for 2 LTR bottles at around $2 apiece.