Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

[Rick]

Tom, quick progress for sure.
Glad you were able to fix those two errors.
That's a handy sander you have.

[GPdemayo]

I'll be looking on this one Tom, looking forward to seeing it on the layout. 

[ACL1504]

Howdy Tom,

Nice work on the corners.  The last photo shares your secret.  Horwood Bro is progressing well.  Persist!

and Have fun,
mike

Mike, Howdy,

Thank you. Yes, the motorized sanding disc does come in handy for uses such as that one. Usually thought, I use the sanding stick for less repetitive jobs.

Still having fun.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, quick progress for sure.
Glad you were able to fix those two errors.
That's a handy sander you have.

Rick,

Yes, faster than I planned. The cold weather has kept me from starting the brass loco painting.

Hopefully, I won't be making any more mistakes. Or, at least one I can't fix. The sander has been used for a few projects. I forgot I had it until all the fascia trim on this kit needed to be angled. Then I remembered. 

Tom

[ACL1504]

I'll be looking on this one Tom, looking forward to seeing it on the layout. 

Greg Butty,

Thanks for following along my friend. I think it will be a fantastic looking addition to the Summit Level.

Tom

[ACL1504]

After finishing the fascia and front wall trim, I started the canopy build. Dario mentions in the directions to glue the four short walls together.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 9 below, you can see the square box on the left.



The instructions say to build the box first. Once built, mark on the inside of the box lines where the 12X12s (1/8") and the 6X6s (1/16") braces are to be glued.

This made no sense to me. I made it easy on myself and marked the lines on the four box pieces, glued the bracing on and then glued the box together.

The next photo shows the box, looking down on the top.



This next photo shows the bottom side of the box.

[ACL1504]

There is a scribed piece of wood that serves as the canopy soffit.



This piece fits in the bottom of the box and against the 6X6s.

[ACL1504]

I used a quick grip to hold the canopy in place and then glued all the fascia trim in place. The trim needs to match the main structure trim.

[ACL1504]

A small angled awning fits on the front of the canopy. This will be installed much later in the build.



And, of course, I want it to be level when the canopy is added.

[ACL1504]

I decided to test fit the sidewalks against the main service station.

I realized that some wood can vary from kit to kit as well as changes due to humidity. However, I found the three sidewalk sections were a bit off. Not sure humidity can change them this much.

Since these are laser cut, I know some of the gaps can be attributed to the laser cutting at an angle. This angle is referred to as a kerf. When two laser cut pieces are put side by side, there is a gap.

In the photo below you can see the corner piece is thicker than the front piece of the sidewalk.



The piece shown below will need to be trimmed.



The long sidewalk section will also need to be trimmed to fit. All easy fixes.



I'll be taking a short break from the build (structures) and working on the location where it will be placed on the layout.

I will show this in this thread.

Done for today.

[Jerry]

Everything lined up perfectly!
Just really like following your threads on how to do these kits.

Jerry

[Rick]

Tom, definitely made sense to do the bracing before glueing the walls together.
Another good fix on the sidewalk.

[PRR Modeler]

Very exacting modeling Tom.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Tom.

I sometimes add bracing after gluing the walls together - because I forgot...

Cheers, Mark.

[ReadingBob]

I've been following along on this one. I like the location you selected for it and think it'll look great there.