FOS M. D. Garage Build

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Hello Tom, the stucco looks great, thanks for the SBS explanation.

Jeff, Hello,

Than you as well. And, you are welcome.

Tom 

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I forgot to mention something I did with the stucco on the upper right front wall. I'll mention it when I get to the painting.

I wanted to clear the lot where the garage will be located and I did that late this morning.



I carefully removed the trees and under growth bushes.

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I placed the garage on the lot to see how large I needed to make the concrete slab.

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I decided the slab needed to be 7 inches deep and 5 inches wide. In HO scale feet ii is 35 X 50 feet.



I  was also able to save the trees and undergrowth.

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I cut a piece of 2 ply cardboard to those measurements.

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It was then time to removed the ground cover.

I used a spray bottle and sprayed the area with warm tap water.

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After a few minutes you could see the white matte medium showing through the grown cover.

Showing white on the right where wet and dry on the left.



I used a putty knife to remove the scenery gook.



Back in a few, Diet Pepsi time.

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I sprayed more warm water on the lot.

While that was soaking in, I spray painted the outside of the garage. I used Tamiya US Navy Insignia White. Not really white and not cream colored, more like an aged white. This, I believe, will weather nicely.





This is what I forgot to mention in yesterday's post. On the upper right corner of the front wall, I added more stucco and while drying, smoothed it out.

I've seen old stucco on buildings where the stucco had water intrusion behind it and looks very loose and ready to fall off the wall. This is the effect, right or wrong, I was going for and can probably pull it off once weathered.

[PRR Modeler]

I look forward to seeing it on the layout.

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The grown cover was soft enough to be removed.



Fast forward and done.



Concrete slab test fitted.



Done for today.

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I look forward to seeing it on the layout.

Curt,

I do as well. Thanks for stopping by.

Tom

[elwoodblues]

well Tom, I see you have been busy 

There seem to be as much prep work as there is building the structure.  Will you be going for an overgrown look?

[Rick]

Tom, nice job clearing the lot.
That water intrusion weathering on the stucco will be interesting to see.

[Pennman]

Tom,
Wow, you are already up to p.6, and viewing your last post of the stucco walls,
I almost thought the building was a plaster kit. I should have started reading
from the beginning of your thread, so I went back.
The tab fix was a good tip and the repair is like I build too. I love using the Tamiya primer paint.
Your construction methods and attention to details is working well so far and thanks
for sharing the tips and build sbs's. I will be following along with your future progress.

Rich

[Jerry]

Tom that really does look like stucco!

I like the way the lawn mower cut the grass & shrubbery!! 

Your usual on how to do things the right way.

Jerry