South River Modelworks 370 - Tucker and Cook Cotton Yarn Mil

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Jamie.

Those Prismcolor markers work well - they are now on my wish list.  Pleased to see the valley flashing going on before the shingles.  Those little things make a big difference.

Cheers, Mark.

[Jerry]

Jaime ....

You're deflating me ! ! ! !  Here I thought you were some sort of hero or something.

It really is a cool building none the less..

thanx
Bob

:-)

I'm afraid they don't make super hero suits in my size.

Jaime

They should then.  A most excellent job.

Jerry

[NEMMRRC]

Howdy.

Here come the dormer windows.

There is nothing too special about how the dormer windows go on. They fit perfectly and I glued them in with Pacer Formula 560 canopy glue.

I did want to point out one thing.

First take a look at how a dormer looks without its window.



Now take a peek after adding the dormer window.



Did you see that?

The mansard roof form (chipboard) shows through the window. It is not a big deal. But, it was bugging me. So, I blacked out the chipboard behind the window.



And now see if you can tell the difference.



It is really not necessary to do what I just showed you. But I wanted to do it and it did not take long to do so I did it.

Here is an overall look.



Did I mention already there are 80 windows?

Coming up - finishing up the main roof.

Jaime
www.myyehudaexperience.com

[S&S RR]

Jaime


I think painting the clapboard was a good move - it's all about the details. This build is looking great.

[NEMMRRC]

Howdy.

Here is how I finished up the main roof.

At this point all that's left is to put in a ridge on the peaks of the roof. To do so one takes a strip of the grey roofing template 1/8 " in width and fold it in half. I did not use the grey roofing template. I used a strip of the shingle paper since I already had cut out some strips when trimming the shingle sheets. Those strips where handy and well, I'm lazy like that.

Here you see how I folded one of those 1/8" strips in half.



And here you see how it all ends up in the end.



In the past I've taken an envelope and cut the bottom off of it since there is already a nice folded crease there. But then you have to paint that cut out strip from the envelope. Either way, this step is not difficult but it does take patience folding such a narrow strip of paper in half.

I thought I'd mention how I try to keep track of all the little bits and bobs needed during the build. I try to find a small container where I can store all the small parts that are needed as the instructions call for them. I also throw in the small container any extra pieces of stripwood and the like in case I can use them later in the build as shims or bracing or what-have-you. It is very important not to throw away any of the spare shingling as you never know when you will need it.





Thanks for tagging along.

Coming up - the tower.

Jaime
www.myyehudaexperience.com

[Jerry]

Just a pleasure following along with you.

Jerry

[NEMMRRC]

What's up doc?


So I am reading ahead in the instructions book to determine how big of a diorama I'll end up with. South River suggests a diorama 24inches square. That's huge!


What have I gotten myself into?!


Jaime

[railroaded]

Jaime
South rivers dioramas are always  huge, at 24" He likes to be able to photo them without having the edge show. With this one you could eliminate the backside rock work, the trolley trackwork and the road in front, and end up with something like 16" square. If its your first south river kit, I would build it just as he describes, because you will learn so much.
ed

[NEMMRRC]

Jaime
South rivers dioramas are always  huge, at 24" He likes to be able to photo them without having the edge show. With this one you could eliminate the backside rock work, the trolley trackwork and the road in front, and end up with something like 16" square. If its your first south river kit, I would build it just as he describes, because you will learn so much.
ed

Ed,

This is my second South River kit. My first was Ware Knitters (which I almost finished):
http://kitforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7744

I'm going to build Tucker and Cook like the instructions suggest.

Thanks for the comments.

Jaime

[NEMMRRC]

Howdy.

Here comes the tower.

The tower is made up of 4 walls. These walls are shingled with the slate shingles. These shingles are all the basic color.

The 4 walls are laser-cut chipboard forms. To the chipboard one glues the shingles as in previous steps. So, I used my chopper once again to chop me up some shingling.



The roof of the tower is a solid resin casting. The casting has sharp detail and needs to be painted a medium green color. I spray painted my casting with cheap grey spray paint and then painted with Apple Barrel Indian Green acrylic craft paint.



The instructions did not specify a green color to use. The instructions did suggest using a medium green with more blue than yellow. Well, I'm artistically challenged so I cannot tell if a green is more blue than yellow (yellow and blue make green). As luck would have it the green I chose was more yellow than blue. Oh well, it's just toy trains.

The 4 walls are trimmed with stripwood painted turquoise. There is one more architectural trim casting that goes between the tower and the roof and it gets painted turquoise as well.



And here is the tower all ready to be mounted to the building.



By the way, Tucker has made an appearance and will be supervising the build going forward. Tucker is ready to start generating some revenue as the new year approaches. Somehow, Tucker did not get the memo that I am lazy. He will need the patience of a saint.

And here we see how the tower fits on the building.





The main building is almost done. There is only one more step to go.

Coming up - tar paper roofing.

Jaime
www.myyehudaexperience.com

[Dave K.]

Great work, Jaime, and an excellent thread as always.

[deemery]

Could the cupola roof be weathered copper?  The green you chose looks a bit like zinc chromate, which may well be correct for a metal roof repainted in the 50s or so.


dave

[gnatshop]

Tucker looks like a certain accountant around here tryin' to make a dime off of anything he can
get his fingers in!! 

Oh, chit - time to get seruss!!
You be doin' GOOD - this build looks fantastic!
Never knew that you were a professional roofer!   

[NEMMRRC]

Could the cupola roof be weathered copper?  The green you chose looks a bit like zinc chromate, which may well be correct for a metal roof repainted in the 50s or so.


dave

The pilot model from South River does show off the tower's roof as copper with a nice patina on it. I considered buying patina paint. I seem to recall seeing it at the craft store once.


Anyway, once everything is in place I'll see about weathering the tower's roof accordingly.


Jaime

[ranny9]

I don't like that green with the turquoise...