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The boy has the Green Apple two step Ed will explain.
(couldn't resist....)
i'm still miles from the finish line. i decided i would add doors and windows to the rear wall, so that's a whole other issue. that's the only wall left to do, but before i go any further i'm gonna grain and stain 5 packages of 1x8s (120 of 'em) and damp brush (my new favorite technique) em with acrylic white wash. today was a milestone for me because this is a point in the build that i considered to be a benchmark in the progress.
so i guess tomorrow night i'll lay out a few windows and a door in the rear wall (and maybe a stairway up to a second story door...i don't know yet), place an order with don tichy (cuz grandt line screwed the pooch), and cut the openings out and brace the thing.
(obviously it'll take me longer than tomorrow night carl, sheesh)
i ordered 3 packs of venetian blinds from builders in scale last night, along with a few other details. i'd like to get the rear wall openings cut out before they arrive.
when the back wall is done, the roof starts. oh boy, that's gonna be a headscratcher....
i got about a quarter of the wood needed for the back wall siding grained, lots of knotholes (they used the crappier wood in the back) command decision here: since it was built in 1863, and they were likely short of supplies; like paint for instance, i've decided not to paint the real wall boards. (the rear of the prototype is a real hodgepodge, depending on what era you find and it was bare wood) i ordered "bluewood stain" from bis, and i'm just gonna stain it and glue it on the clapboard like that. i might do the same on the front side gable. i've seen pics of it with bare wood. no wonder the kits for this structure are so expensive....
i think i will add a staircase in the rear to a 2nd floor door. still on the fence about that though.
but then again, do i really want to know?
the kit price is $169.95. i haven't even gotten to the roof yet....
honestly, i've been drooling over this kit for around 12-13 years, going back to my n scale days. soon i'll finally have an idaho hotel of my own....
last night i finished all the wood for the rear wall (120 boards), including putting knots in almost half of them. i'm just waiting for the bluewood stain and the windows and then i can get started on it and glue the walls together so i can do roof prep. i take that back...my son (the little drummer boy) is an ace on adobe illustrator and he's going to be making up a bunch of signs for me that will need to be added to the walls before i glue them up. he had to order more ram for his computer and it should be here tuesday or wednesday.
it forced me to clean off the work bench and move the glass top over about 16", (my glass work space went from 44" down to 26") add enough washers under the glass to level out both sides of the glass (both sides of the annoying metal strip that runs down the middle of the desk. stupidest design ever) and do some rearranging. not the end of the world but it did end up wasting an afternoon. i got all the wood prepped for the staircase up to the 2nd floor door. (door opening has been cut out and door fitted) i broke out the template from o'neill's and had to add 1/2" to the height of the stairs. fortunately i had some o scale stringers left over from a different project, and i'll have a chance wednesday night to get back to the bench. i have a meeting tonight, and tomorrow night a fella from feldco is going to come by to measure our windows and give us a proposal for replacing them.
I've always gone with a 2'x3' cutting mat on a drawing table with about a 12"x18" cutting board. It would be nice to have the whole thing glass, but it works.
Mike S.