FOS M. D. Garage Build

[Rick]

Tom, I see more nice painting, weathering and assembly.
Looking good.

[Philip]

It's gonna be grand Tom! 

[Vietnam Seabee]

Lookin' good, Tom

terry

[ACL1504]

Tom, I see more nice painting, weathering and assembly.
Looking good.

Rick,

Thank you, much appreciated.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

It's gonna be grand Tom! 

Philip,

Thank you for the kind comment.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Lookin' good, Tom

terry

Terry,

Thanks Butty for the compliment and stopping by.

Tom

[cuse]

Nice work Tom...I especially like the stucco over block effect

The toothpick tip alone makes this thread worth the price of admission 

[ACL1504]

Nice work Tom...I especially like the stucco over block effect

The toothpick tip alone makes this thread worth the price of admission 

Butty John,

Thank you for the nice compliment on the build and stucco. You are very welcome for the tip.

Happy to have you along on the journey.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Yesterday I glued the roof panels on the garage and this morning I added the 3M Transfer Tape.

[ACL1504]

I'll fast forward here and save some typing. The rolled roofing papers were cut and placed on the transfer tape.

This is the first stage in the roof weathering process.



My plan was to do a little more sanding on the rolled roofing paper and I didn't want them to tear when sanded.

Where the roofing overlapped, I added a little glue to the end tab to hold it in place.



I set the garage to the side and next worked on the site plan.

[ACL1504]

When the scenery was wet and softened by the warm water, the dye in the scenery material leached into my white sandy road.



With the slab in place, you can see the white road needs to be fixed and lowered just a little.

[ACL1504]

The road was wet with warm water and after about 50 minutes I was able to remove most of the green colored sand. At the top of the next photo you can see some of the green. This will be blended with white sand and weeds.



I have a supply of the sand used for the original road.

The sand is courtesy of Daytona Beach when Pam and I were beach lizards. That was way back in 1996! 

[ACL1504]

I decided to glue the slab in place. I used white glue for gluing in on the pink foam.

This next explanation will answer the question about why I added glue to the bottom of the slab board.

The dried white glue on the bottom of the slab will meld with the white glue on the foam. When dry, it will all become one and held securely in place.





The weights will be left on the slab for two to three days to ensure the cardboard slab stays level through the drying process. Because the glue won't be air drying. The drying time is necessary. I know this from past mistakes. 



Done for today and probably until Saturday afternoon.

[Jerry]

Tom is that sand sifted or just right from the beach???

Good tip on how long to keep those weights on to dry.

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

Great progress Tom. I look forward to seeing how the entrance road is weathered.