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Acme Pawn & Eastside Mower Repair Shop Craig's 2023 MIK

The MIK - Annual Build Challenge
#81

I remembered I did a cinder block building before. This was the first building I was making for T&D Feeds. I ended up destroying it over the years with various moves and now don’t have room for the building (it’s across the street from the main store).

I used .250x.250 styrene cut into blocks and glued them up. Made a mold and cast a bunch of wall sections. I bet I still have the mold, although it’s probably pretty worn out and I don’t have any casting resin on hand. And I didn’t really like the connection pieces I tried to make.

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#82

Your building is big but then again a place like that would be.
I have always used plexi glass with my builds. It is easy to score and snap

#83

Todd,
Seems small to me, but then again the big feed mill that I have is 6’ x 7’!

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#84

Formulating some ideas for a shingled roof that hopefully will last longer than the antiskid tape.

.020 strips 1’ wide, with notches cut every 1’. Glue on roof with 6" spacing. Then skim a coat of the concrete repair stuff on top, would fill in some of the bigger gaps but still retain the texture of the shingles. I’ll build a slightly bigger test piece and skim coat it tonight and see.

#85

Build is looking good, Craig. Interested in seeing how your shingles turn out. I wish I was that far along.

#86

A quick test with the concrete skim on top proved that’s not going to work. Probably just paint black and go from there.

#87

Craig, what about adding sand to the paint to give the shingles some texture?

#88

Dan aka manimal suggested just grey paint flicked around. I think sand might be too course.

#89

That may be true. I am not sure what is available on the west coast, but I can get beach sand that is literally fine as sugar. Not sure what that scales out to :grin:

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#90

I’m sure I could find something that would work, but my thoughts are the less “layers” on top of the paint, the better it might last in our rain. If that makes sense?

#91

Yep, makes perfect sense.

#92

I might have a method. It involves a lot of 1’ wide strips of .020 styrene.

If this method holds long term or at least longer than the failure of the antiskid tape, I might take a friend of mine up on cutting these next time with his Cricut. That would be a way faster method!

#93

This is a great idea and I have a cricut so This will have to be investigated for sure.

#94

I did a coach a couple years back and sprayed some black paint then while wet dusted with sand then painted over it. Looks very plausible on the texture.

#95

I’m definitely starting to see the value in a Cricut or similar machine. Cutting shingles like this would be a snap. Since they are glued to the rest of the styrene structure I’m guessing they will hold up better than the previous methods.

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#96

Rustoleum has textured paintI have used on building roofs, that may be a way to get texture on the cut plastic.

#97

Pete,
That’s an option I’m thinking about exploring. Trying to keep the cost down. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

#98

Half of one side done?

#99

Looking good Craig. Those shingles are tedious but they are looking great.

#100

Not as tedious as cutting individual wood ones for sure. But projects like this are certainly making me think I need to start saving for a Cricut or other machine. I’ve actually found quite a few locally for resale.

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