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  • CarlB
    Your experience is exactly why one should never post tight close-up photos!
  • kebmokebmo
    with my photography that shouldn't be an issue.
  • Jerry
    No comment!!
  • kebmokebmo
    i braced the rear wall this morning and i'm just gonna let it sit under the iron until the bluewood stain shows up.
  • kebmokebmo
    i lied. i had to do a test fit just to see....
    it all fits

    it all fits.

    here's the plan:
    stain and side the rear wall. when the stain gets here. cliff said it was because of the stain that they had to ship it a slow overland way.
    install windows and doors (they all fit!!)
    design , build and install the main roofs. (i'm going to try to build it so i can lift both the 'north-south' wall and the 'east-west' wall off of the building in one piece (if i do that i won't be able to glue the tops of the balcony posts to the overhand roof)
    design, build and install the balcony roof.
    build a couple of piers for the boats (piers are fun), stairway (stairs are not) down the piers, maybe a deck at the top of the stairs, the diorama base (probably a combo of plywood and construction foam) figuring out the 'waterfront' and starting on that.
    then i think i'll break for dinner......
    in july
  • TomMich
    Coming along nicely Kevin. I've done similar mistakes when not only scratch building, but building a kit. Like Ken said it's how you fix the mistakes that is the sign of a good modeler.
  • vietnamseabeevietnamseabee
    Kevin...in real life there’s a good chance there would be horizontal ‘beam’ running along the top of the balcony columns...either sitting directly on top of the columns or the top of the ‘beam’ would be even with the top of the columns...that would provide rigidity to the columns when the roof is removed...just thinkin’ out loud
    Terry
  • kebmokebmo
    tom: :fingers crossed that it'll all work out okay in the end.
    terry: i've been thinking long and hard on that, and i can't see any other way to do it. i need to figure out a way to improve their "rigity" first.
  • sdrees
    This is coming along just great Kevin.
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Kevin.
    Terry has a good idea so this may work for you. take a 1/4 in thick of strip wood drill holes that line up with the columns slide it down flush with the top of the columns that would keep everything stable.
  • brownbr
    That's looking great. The size is impressive.
  • Robert.GRobert.G
    Was gonna say the same thing. Well done so far.
  • kebmokebmo
    engine909 said:

    It looks kinda "european" to me.

    then i suppose it would be alright to use mk35 figures.

  • Jerry
    Kevin really looking nice.

    Jerry
  • kebmokebmo
    thank you jerry
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Once again, love those porches...and respect the amount of work that's gone into "the beast" already!...Ken
  • kebmokebmo
    thanks ken. i'm still waiting for the bluewood stain so i can start siding the rear wall.
  • kebmokebmo
    builders in scale. i hope it comes today. no meeting tonight so i could get a lot done tonight if it does.
  • CarlB
    Sheesh, what's the deal with the Bluewood stain? Did you get a tracking number from BIS?
  • kebmokebmo
    it arrived today. what a disappointment. it turned the wood green. i can't use it, so i'll just use the silverwood and some black a/i.
  • kebmokebmo
    i'll check it out
  • Joel
    Wow what a huge project. Coming along beautifully.
  • kebmokebmo
    thanks joel. miles to go before i sleep though.... :)
  • kebmokebmo
    since the bluewood stain let me down i decided to chalk the hell out of the boards with black and raw umber for a real dark board. then i'm gonna damp brush em white. after all, it's gonna be a thriving business, so i gotta show some attempt at upkeep, even if it was 40 years ago......
  • kebmokebmo
    yep, basswood versus stirring stick. the bluewood picture on bis site isn't so blue. it's like black/blue, and that what i was after. change of plans anyway...i'm gonna "paint" the rear wall, abeit, it's gonna like really old paint.
  • Jerry
    engine909 said:

    I have BIS Bluewood, which I will experiment with. "SEND IT TO KEVIN" Might I suggest Hunterline? "NO"

    I love the way you fall into these traps!! Good thing I like you!!

    Jerry

  • kebmokebmo
    we all like ed, even if he won't post pics....
  • kebmokebmo
    don't push your luck....
  • kebmokebmo
    started siding the rear wall today. i also cut and stained a new floor for the veranda bar. i couldn't stand those glue spots. picked up a 1/4" x/1/4" stick today so i can use it to stabilize the tops of the balcony posts. gotta do a bit of ciphering for that one.....
  • kebmokebmo
    edited March 2020
    i was moving right along on the siding and i noticed a separation of about 1/32" between the upper clapboard panel and the one making up the second floor on one end of the wall, so.........i had to stop siding it and fix it. i hit along the braces with alcohol first, and then water. let that sit a bit and took a chisel blade and pried them up off of the bottom panel. i also took a saw and carefully cut about 1/16" off of the bottom of two of the braces. then i took a clamp and put it against the top and bottom horizontal bracing, toothpicked in some carpenters glue, clamped the two panels together until the gap disappeared, put the iron on it and i'm gonna let it sit for a while. before all that, i put the walls together and test fit the new floor for the veranda bar. too small. i should have remeasired. oh well...the journey continues.
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