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  • TomMich
    Great work!
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Art, Bryan, and Tom, I am trying.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Really coming together Randy. Detail finish and placement look great!
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Ken, for your encouraging words and support.
  • randyprandyp
    The last two nights I installed the ridge board, the trusses, and half of the perlans. To make things work and have an overhang on the front and back of the roof I sanded off the notch on each end of the truss. This allowed the truss to fit down between the front and back walls. I glued the trusses to the ridge board.IMG_1677resized
    I then glued 1/16 inch square basswood to the top of the trusses to create an overhang.IMG_1678resized
    I then added the first perlan to the rafter ends.IMG_1679resized
    Using a scale 2X4 for a spacer I added the rest of the perlans for the back side of the roof. I added an second perlan at the peak of the roof because the spacing did not come out just right and there would have been a gap. IMG_1680resized
    The open space is where I will build the frame for the rear roof vent hatch. I think tonight I will add the perlans to the front of the roof and build the frames for the vent hatches. Thanks for looking and as always all comments and suggestions are welcomed. Randy
  • kebmokebmo
    lookin' good! i love the gray tone you got.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Great progress Randy. fun stage of the build where things really begin to look like something!
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Kevin are you talking about the siding or the perlans? The perlans are actually brownish. I used 408.5 chalk with a very little 408.3. I agree Ken It is nice to see it lookin g like a building as opposed just a bunch of sticks. Thanks, Randy
  • brownbr
    I like it.
  • kebmokebmo
    the perlins. they look pretty gray on my screen (which means nothing i guess).
  • adminadmin
    Great update Randy! Purlins look wonderful.
  • MuddyCreekRRMuddyCreekRR
    Looking great Randy....digging the roof substructure....
  • randyprandyp
    Kevin, I guess the lighter wood with a few streaks of the darker brown may give that impression. Bryan and Brett, thanks, got the other side finished last night.,Art, I had to do it that way otherwise the intermediate trusses would have been higher than the gable ends. The 1/16's added on top provided nice rafter ends for the overhang. Randy
  • randyprandyp
    As I stated in the above post I got the other side of the roof's purlins installed The other night.IMG_1682resized
    Randy
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Now that looks the part!
  • MuddyCreekRRMuddyCreekRR
    Doing shingles, or board and batten.....or slate perchance...
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Ken, That is what I was trying for. Art it will be shake shingles on purlins. I will have pictures later on tonight. Randy
  • randyprandyp
    Here are the first and second rows of shingles.IMG_1686resized
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    The colors look more uniform in the picture than the do in real life. Do you think the ends of the shingles are to uneven? Thanks for your comments. Randy
  • MuddyCreekRRMuddyCreekRR
    I think the look is perfect...
  • kebmokebmo
    me too
  • adminadmin
    Love it, be sure to clean the cut, exposed edges up a bit. Uneven is good but some of the edges look like they were cut with a dull blade or not cut all the way thru and are frayed a bit too much.
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Art and Kevin. Ok Brett I wil go back and use a hobby knife wo trim off most of the small splinters. Thanks for the comments. Randy
  • Joel
    Great colouring on all the wood. The shingles are great!
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    As usual, I'll agree with Brett,
    I usually rub my fingertip along the 'broken' edge to remove any overly large splinters but still leave the rough edge.
    There's usually one oversized 'splinter' at the break of each, but it takes no time to rub them off as you are laying.
    Looking great so far.
  • MuddyCreekRRMuddyCreekRR
    I need to read and look at the photos with my glasses on more often...I didn't initially see the splinters...Karl has a great method of partly cutting thru with the blade then snapping up to get a rough edge. Shingles in real life are sliced off with a bit of a slope....the thicker dimension on the bottom as the shingle is applied...we can't do that with stripwood.....and that edge is crisp from the saw when new....as they age and weather...they "breakdown" to a rough texture....Backwoods cut shingles as Brett refers to may have uneven cuts...I normally apply my shingles a bit "weathered"...then work them once glued down and cured a bit with a #11 blade....or an pointy dental tool to "rough" up the edges....then finish with a brass brush a bit more to texture the shingle's further...remember to touch up with some chalk and alcohol to avoid tone differences....
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Look forward to seeing the roof work progress Randy. Has that backwoods feel already!
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Joel, Karl, Art, and Ken. Art I did use Karls method of holding the wood down with the chopper blade and breaking the wood upward. I have goon back and used the back of a #11 blade to scrape off most of the fuzzies. IMG_1688resized
    Looks like I need to go back with the #11 blade and do a little more work. The stove was a relative recent addition to the repair shed. So I used the back side of some shingles to note a new addition.IMG_1689resized
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  • KKarnsKKarns
    Coming along great Randy. Nice detail on the less weathered shakes at the recent stove addition.
  • randyprandyp
    Looks like I hit the wrong button again and posted before I was finished. The final picture is of this side of the "finished" roof. IMG_1693resized
    A question of the forum. Should I add another course of shorter shingles to the top before I add the metal ridge cap? I am thinking that that last row of shingles is a little to big. Yes I do plan to use a metal ridge cap. The two pieces are left over from the truck repair kit. As always any comments and suggestions are welcomed. Thanks, Randy
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Ken, I got that Idea from Karl. So nice to have input from the fantastic modelers on this forum. Randy
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