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the test fit of the final (almost final) (now where did i leave the damn chimneys).
drum roll please dtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!
the balcony roof fits. nothing is glued yet cuz i still have a little trimming to do, but it does fit. amen and amen again. holy shit where's the tylenol?
when that's glued in i have alot of little glue ups to do just some stuff that's come loose with all the handling, and get the ridge cap installed. by next weekend norton's fish camp will be open for business.
'cept it won't be on the water for a while.....
yeah there's alot ot tickytack regluing to do, but overall i'm happy.
phil,
it is kinda momentous for me. i thought i'd never get to this point.
emery,
yeah, i suppose i am kinda proud of this build.
alco,
i can hear her practicing scales.....
thanks for looking everyone.
Nice job on the build. It has been a long and winding road, but you sure stuck with it and worked through the problems and are going to come up with a great looking scene/
Mike S.
after wetting the plaster didn't work i tried brushing glue on the plaster and that was a trainwreck too so i cut a piece of 1/2"x1/2" the right length and primed it a dark gray (turned out i didn't need to), and tried gluing the stones to it. it worked but it lookead real stupid, so i tried something else and i think it's gonna work. i put some spackle in cup, added a glob of charcoal gray acrylic paint and some water to thin in out and stirred the heck out of it. then i used a scupting knife to spread about a 1/32" or so on about an inch of the wood and started placing stones. it was very time consuming, but i think it's gonna work out okay.
tomorrow morning we're taking a ride down to chicago to deliver some holiday baked goods to family but when we get back i'm gonna start gluing the fish camp to the foundation walls and attach the front walkway/balcony posts and this thing will be complete.
i doesn't look as good as the side walls do, but i'll be able to mask most of it with scenery materials. i'm gonna call the foundation walls done.
what a relief.
brett, the last 10% is kicking my ass because the list keeps growing. i just realized that i have to build at least 4 2-step stairs. i just finished replacing 48 boards on the walkway after making a significant repair to the walkway framing. all the little tickytack stuff that when you were working on that section you said yourself, "i'll have to remember to fix that when i'm wrapping it up". i'm finding stuff i forgot about a year ago.
i've also made some cosmetic repairs in the past couple of days. i still have a few of those to do. and there's always the ridge cap.
the first picture is the rear of the structure. it's sitting on a 1/2"x1/2" frame that will sit on the base in its place while i'm daubing sculptamold all over the entire base.
i just wanted to post a pic that showed the stone foundation. i'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. i still have to hit rear wall with some A/I.
i also have to take some paint to the "copper" flashing. you can see a white spot at the bottom of the valley.
i have a propane tank for the back of the building, and some garbage cans. the propane tank will have a pipe coming out it and making a 90 degree turn toward the building and into a predrilled hole. i'm pretty sure i have some other details that i can put back there too.
the yellow building is a bar mills structure. hinkle's package store. (built in three days start to finish, just a couple hours a night) the next picture will be an overview of that end of the layout. there's a road sloppily drawn in just to give an idea of where the parking lot is going to be. the outhouse will be across the parking lot and there will be a power/telephone pole back there feeding norton's and hinkle's. i'm considering making the road that hinkle's is facing a sloped road. i don't want the whole thing to be one flat level.
this is my first time doing something like this and i feel i'm a bit out over my skis.
i'm taking the beast back to the bench to install the walkway/balcony and do the ridge cap.
i have also ordered a small depot from bar mills, because norton's is 'rail served'.
i have a half built depot that ed sent me that just too damn big and i can't use it. i still owe ed $100 for it, but if any of you guys might want it for a layout, please let me know. it's a cool looking depot. i think there's a picture of it in this thread [edit: page 50]. i would simply ask for the hundred and a few bones for shipping. please let me know cuz it's taking up valuable space.