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I have several boxes and drums to add. Plus two workers working on the shed.
Gas pump seems to be coming along nicely too !
Oh well, Live and learn.
Maybe a clear plastic drinking straw is slightly smaller, that is on my "to try" list.
Or, just glue the rods to the outside of the tube, also on my "to try" list, next time I do one of these pumps.
Oil bottle looks great as does the glass dis-colouration on the pump.
I also added chalk to the yellow wheel and the cans to dull them down. I added two springs by the blue tank. The barrels, boxes of junk and, and tools finish this corner. The other corner is almost finished. I may add another box or two and a few bunches of grass.
I also added rust chalk to the springto blend them together better. The final picture is from the end of the shed and includes the rafters. If you look closely at the base of the barrel by the worker cutting the board you can see the end of the board he just cut off the board.
This is the just about the end of the details on the outside of the building. I may add a barrel or box here or there but for the most part the outside is finished. Now it is time to start on the trusses and purlins for the roof. As always any comments or suggestions will be appreciated. thanks, Randy
I just knew you would notice (and adjust) them after posting the previous pics... you have the 'eye' now.
The small extras you add (such as the offcut piece of wood) are the small things that add a big difference to a scene and make it natural.
I enjoy looking for them in your pictures.
Did you paint the checked shirt on the guy with the hammer ?
Paint chips on the rods look right.
I then started adding the trusses. Here I deviated from the instructions. I did not spot glue the trusses to the cross braces, but I did glue the trusses to the ridge board. Sence I was not using the cardboard sub roof the ridge board need to be part of the trusses from the start. I pit some tape over the top of the ridge board to hold it in place as I positioned the trusses. Here are all the trusses in glued in place.
The purlins were glued to the seven center trusses, but not to the end walls. I then did the purlins at the roof peak and finely I centered the last two purlins between the peak and eves.
I think the corrugated metal roofing is the last thing I need to do in this build. Here is the roofing material with two coats of Dark brown, mahogany brown, and dark rust.
As usual any comments or suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, Randy
Suggestions... double the price you agreed to for building this.
That way I had the marks along the side for the end overhang and the marks along the bottom to space the corrugated sheets. I added the first sheet of roofing following the marks using regular wood glue as stated in Brett's instructions.
Because I could not lay this roof flat and put weights on it until the glue dried I came up with another method. I used my metal scale ruler and clamped it with small clamps. At the eave each corrugated piece could be clamped but that would not be possible on the second course of corrugated metal.
After the first row of roofing was in place I had to figure out how to align the top course of corrugated roofing. I cut the sub roof in half at the peak. I then used the scribed lines to mark the spacing of the roofing pieces on the purlins.
I then finished the top course of roofing clamping with the ruler and clamps at the ends of the roof.
The other side is not finished yet. But from this angle that is not apparent.
Today I plan to finish the other side of the roof. Weather and place the peak caps on the top of the roof. Again, any comments or suggestions are always appreciated. Thanks, Randy
Here is how I clamped the upper course of corrugated roofing. Thge next picture shows the roof with the peak cap in place
The back of the building
The left end of the building
And the last picture is of the right end of the building. The rust spots on the shed roof are real rust. They came from the weight I had the shed roof under to keep it flat.
Now I need to figure out how to wire the lights to the circuit board. Again any comments or suggestion are appreciated. Thanks Randy
Ken, Thank you, but I can not take credit for that figure. It came painted from Allen Pollick at Fun and Games. Thanks, Randy