B.T.S. Prichard's Barn Build

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Count me in Tom!

Curt,

Okay, Butty, you are counted in for the journey.

Tom

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Got my popcorn and cool drink ready for this one.

Butty Bob,

I see you are also on the front row. I guess the cold drink isn't a Diet Pepsi. 

I appreciate you following along here.

Tom

[Larry C]

Well this is a different kind of build....a barn. My Grand Pappy would be thrilled so I'll be checking in on your progress.

[Jim Donovan]

Hi Tom;

I am looking forward to seeing you do your usual magic on this kit. Looks good!

Jim

[EricQuebec]

I will follow your effort on it for sure 
Eric QUébec

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Well this is a different kind of build....a barn. My Grand Pappy would be thrilled so I'll be checking in on your progress.

Larry,

Yepper, a barn. And, my great Uncle Dan would love this one as well.

Thanks for following along.

Tom

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Hi Tom;

I am looking forward to seeing you do your usual magic on this kit. Looks good!

Jim

Butty Jim,

Thanks for looking in on the build. There won't be a lot of magic here. I'll not spend much time on this one. The rear and east side of the barn won't be seen by visitors. I'll explain further in the build my thoughts on this.

Tom

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I will follow your effort on it for sure
Eric QUébec

Eric,

Thanks my friend, appreciate the looking in and following along.

Tom 

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I try not to be to critical of a kit manufacturer but I think when writing the instructions, they should be clear and unambiguous.

Although the experienced modeler should have no problem with building the barn. I do want to point out a possible problem a novice may have. The instructions call for the rafters, two parts A-5 and four parts A-6 to be glued to the A-7 parts. Refer to the photo below.



Do the tabs on the rafters go on top of A7  or do they fit inside the sides of A7? The written instructions don't specify.

However, the tabs on the rafters are to be glued to inside the slots of parts A7 as shown below.



Back in a few.

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The instructions call for the modeler to glue the rafters to one of the A7 parts. Then glue the other rafters ends to the other part A7. While doing this, you are to keep the rafters perpendicular to the side frames.

Good luck with that!

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Here is what I did to get the rafters perfectly centered and perpendicular to the sides.

I held part A7 to the inside of the interior wall frame. I fit a scale 4X6 against the end wall and the did the same on the other end. This was a perfect fit. I then glued part A7 to the inside of each side wall and flush with the top.

[Vietnam Seabee]

Always something to learn from you, Tom

terry

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I used clothes pins to hold each end in place while the glue dried.

I also added a little weight to hold the entire structure down as the glue dried. Since the glue is water based, I didn't want it to pull on the end creating a problem.



I also added metal squares on opposite corners to keep it square while the glue dried.

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Always something to learn from you, Tom

terry

Terry,

Thank you, hope you find this helpful in your future builds.

Tom

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Once the glue dried, I began to fit the six rafters into the slots.

I found the tabs on the bottom or the rafters were to long.



I trimmed a little off each tab and fit each rafter in the slots until I had a nice flush fit. By "flush", I mean I wanted the bottoms of the rafter to fit flush with the top of the side wall headers.

After fitting and then gluing a rafter onto the framed structure, I used a metal square to ensure that the rafter was perpendicular to the end rafters.

I did this with all six of the rafters. The structure was set aside to let the glued parts thoroughly dry.



Done for today.