SW Blue Sky Company Warehouse

[Rick]

Curt great coloring!!

Jerry

I agree

[Michael Hohn]

Curt,

I really like the appearance of the planks.They appear to have all the knots and irregularities in shades one might expect in an unpainted structure.  Great job.

Mike

[Larry C]

Curt your off to a great start and great coloring on the wood.

[KentuckySouthern]

Nice work on display here.

[elwoodblues]

Excellent colouring on the walls Curt.

[friscomike]

Howdy Curt,

The coloring is excellent.  Did you distress the wood to get the varied grain and knot effect?  It is amazing.

Have fun,
mike

[ACL1504]

Curt,

Love the individual coloring on the boards, well done.

Tom

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

Thank you Jerry, Rick, Mike, Larry, Karl, Ron, and Tom for following along and your very kind remarks.

Mike I use 3 different type of brushes, small brass, small steel, and one that looks like it is intended for pipes. I also did the knot holes, falling apart boards and missing nail holes.

This is a small update. Progress seems to be at a snails pace. The Shelby's barn walls are done. Since the last update I applied the transfer rub off which only about half actually worked. I don't know if it's because the decal was old or I caused it. It is what it is.

The door trim color is blue weathering powder (I don't remember the manufacturer) and the resin doors were first sprayed light gray (didn't like it) then resprayed it a light brown. I then used 3 different shades (powder) with RA followed by a A&I wash and the cracks highlighted. The 2 door handles are flattened solder and painted with aged steel.

[Vietnam Seabee]

Oh boy...looks real good, Curt

terry

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Curt.

Typically, the vertical board joins would be cut to line up with the dwang (blocking) lines so that they can be nailed at the ends.  There would usually be two or three rows of dwangs per story.  Cutting shorter boards at consistent lengths to line up with the dwangs would be more prototypical.  Just a small, painless change you could make moving forward.

Cheers, Mark.

[Rick]

Curt, everything has nice colors.
I think the stencil looks nice and faded.

[Larry C]

Curt looks really good from where I'm sitting and nice coloring on the wood.

[Jerry]

Curt very well done.  And the coloring is perfect.

Jerry

[IWannaRetire]

Looking good, Curt.



Typically, the vertical board joins would be cut to line up with the dwang (blocking) lines so that they can be nailed at the ends.  There would usually be two or three rows of dwangs per story.

Cheers, Mark.

Looking very good Curt and thanks for posting!

Mark, I figured out the term "dwang" from your context but was curious to look it up further and I saw "nogging piece, nogging, noggin or nog" as synonyms.  All fun terms.

I worked for a long time doing 1:1 carpentry in the American Midwest and over the years I observed that different carpenters sometimes have different names for framing pieces, especially from other regions of the country.

I've worked on a lot of older homes dating from "balloon framing" days and the blocking (in the Midwest) is often referred to as "fire blocking or fire stopping".  Post-war platform framing styles changed the need for fire blocking and none of the contemporary tract houses I worked on called for it, although we did sometimes install diagonal wind bracing, depending on the sheathing used.

[elwoodblues]

Curt, the front wall looks great.