FSM Jeffries Point Build

[friscomike]

Howdy Jeff, the structure looks amazing.  The view blocks are clever.  Have fun, mike

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Tom, Phillip, Rick and Greg.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thank you, Frisco Mike.  Good to see you've found your way back to the forum. 

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I didn't do much after the holidays, really wasn't into it.  I did add the two next roofs, one of which wasn't even, so I had to pull it off, sand off the glue, repaint it and reinstall it.  The first roof sides were parallel to the wall so I made on rafter and cut the rest on the Chopper.  This went pretty well.  I forgot to remark the places where the rafter tails went on, but didn't want to remove it again.  The roof edges aren't parallel to the wall.  I don't know why.  So each rafter tail had to be measured and cut.  I couldn't use the cutters as the tar paper overhangs the roof.  I tried to eye ball the distance, but that didn't work.  I made a card strip the width between the rafters, but I had to wait for each to dry before installing the next one.  On the other side I used paint on a piece of wire to mark the positions, this one went a little bit faster.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

One major decision was what to use on the last roof.  I didn't want to use the Campbell shingles, so I picked Northeastern Scale Lumber shingles.  Here's the sheet sitting on the roof to compare colors.  I did tone down the tarpaper with some black oil wash.   Next up, cut the shingle sheet to fit the roof. 

Jeff

[deemery]

I like the NESL shingles (but the sheets are usually too small for my buildings.)  I've found they look better if you tone them down a bit, I'm using Pan Pastel Neutral Grey Shade, applied with a make-up wedge sponge:


dave

[PRR Modeler]

 Everything looks very good. The shingles will be a good addition. I also like the subtle color variations on the tar paper Jeff.

[Zephyrus52246]

I like the idea of the Pan Pastels to tone them down, Dave.  

Unfortunately, I hadn't noticed that the edges of the roof are not parallel and are not perpendicular to the ends.  I think the shingles will look odd if I "follow the lines" with individual strips of shingles.  Looking at pictures of finished models, as the Campbell shingles are irregular, this is more easily covered up with them.  My other thought would be a standing seam metal roof.  The seams wouldn't be perpendicular to the edge, however.  Hmmm....

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Scrap of standing seam roof cut to fit.  I think it looks OK.  I'll let it sit for awhile and see how I feel about it later.  Of course, that means I need to pick a color for it.  

Jeff

[deemery]

I'd cut the shingles "square" and not worry about the oblong/offset overhang with the building underneath.

dave

[Zephyrus52246]

I made a copy of the shingles and I think you're right, Dave.  It looks OK this way as well.

Also, for a background building, I think the copy would look fine. 

Time to go shovel the drive again (pushed about 6 inches this morning, looks like another 2 or 3 and it's still snowing). 

Jeff

[Mr. Critter]

What a cantankerous-looking building!  And I mean that in a good way!

[deemery]

I wonder about cutting the shingles "stepped/staggered" along that diagonal edge.  If you have a small piece of leftover shingle material, try that and see if you like the result. 

dave

[Philip]

Beautiful kit.

[PRR Modeler]

Jeff I was wondering can you cut a new sub-roof so that it's square?