FSM Jeffries Point Build

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

The build is really coming together nicely. It will be a great addition to your layout.

Tom

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Tom.  Your build is as well.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I rigged up a way to put the rafter tails on the other side of the roof.  If there isn't enough glue on them they pop off when you use the clippers, so I had to replace a few, then put one on backwards (!).  Anyway, on to the tarpaper roofs. 

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

There's a sheet included to paint for the tarpaper roof.  I usually spray the paper with black, tan and grey spray paint to make it not look so homogonous.  As I'm out of grey paint, I looked through my "roofing" drawer and found these Paper Creek sheets. They look better than anything I'm going to paint, so we'll use them here.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

In the instructions and on the model, George has the paper "hung" perpendicular to how I've done it.  Both roofs slope front to back, so that's how I did it.  Time for the second roof and then more rafter tails.  

Jeff

[deemery]

I loved the Paper Creek products.  To get an even better look from them, cut the individual pieces out and then color the white edges with a marker.

dave

[Zephyrus52246]

Dave, I found a Prismacolor Grey marker that was very close to the color of the "tar" on the roof.  I used this on the edges, and did use some individual pieces.  

Jeff

[deemery]

The result looks really good!  There's some depth to those tarpaper pieces when you shade the edges.  I think I still have a sheet or two of this in my stash.  (We used it on the kit project I did with Clint Hyde about 20 years ago.)

dave