FSM Jeffries Point Build

[Zephyrus52246]

Hi, Rick.  I'm enjoying following your and Star's travels.  Thanks for the compliment. 

Jeff

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

Very nice weathering on the windows and doors on the end shown above.

Rick and Star do get around.

Tom

[Zephyrus52246]

Thank you, Tom. 

The chimneys/stacks were all painted and these two ladders were stick built.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

All the roof items were placed, except two billboards which I haven't gotten to in the instructions.  Making sure all these items stayed straight and square required some Rube Goldberg contraptions.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

While waiting for each of them to cure, the next step is to make the side platform.  It's a piece of wood which I spray painted with some texture paint.  I didn't notice until it was in the paint booth that it wasn't straight.  A few passes with a razor saw in a miter box fixed that.  There are some stone castings which need some further paint that make up the side.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Next the instructions say to make a plywood base for the diorama.  I'm using Gatorboard for this.  I sized a piece and cut it on the table saw.  Painted the building area black (in case you look through the windows, you don't want to see a white floor), and the surrounding area an earth color.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

I then attached the structure to the Gatorfoam.  Good time to do this as handling the building putting on the roof pieces I knocked off one of the doors and one of the tiny windows.  I also replaced ANOTHER missing rafter.  Then I used some chalks on the roof to break up the black of the raised rib roofing and add some soot stains around the chimneys.  

Jeff

[deemery]

All the roof items were placed, except two billboards which I haven't gotten to in the instructions.  Making sure all these items stayed straight and square required some Rube Goldberg contraptions. 

Jeff

VERY nice!

dave

[Jerry]

Wonderful job Jeff!

Jerry

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks Dave and Jerry, getting the roofs done and the structure attached to the base is a huge step in the process.  

Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Doh!  Now I realize why the wood piece was not cut square.  The building has no 90 degree corner.  The next step is to add a wooden loading dock on the side.  Now there's a gap.  A saw and some sanding and it's close enough.  I can cover a small gap with a trash can or something.  I still think the angle on the wood piece was originally was a bit larger, maybe that's what threw me off.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  

Jeff

[ReadingBob]

 This is coming along nicely.  It was more than 20 years ago that I built this one.  I forgot all the little challenges with the odd shape of the structure and the roof details.  Keep up the good work.  It's going to be focal point on your empire!

[friscomike]

Howdy Jeff,

The build is most excellent, but the roof details are amazing.  Nice work.

Have fun,
mike

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

Nice save one the corner dock. I'm very fortunate in that I had Reading Bob's build on the Atlantic and Southern RR. It is one of the businesses in Tahope.

Tom 

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent modeling Jeff.