You guys are hard on Ric!
I started work on the roof. that means I have to finish painting the chimney so I dont slobber paint all over the shingles! The chimney is cedar, sawn lightly horixontally with my band saw then carved vertically to represent bricks. I painted it with spray paint, a brick colored red primer. then today I brushed on a wash or light gray and wiped it off leaving the mortar lines showing.
I spent half an hour or so cutting cedar shingles on my band saw then started gluing them on. I put a tapered strip of cedar along the bottom edge as a starter course for the shingles. I have seen a cedar clapboard used on real roofs.
about 3 hours work so far.
man I love the talent of some of the people on here. It gives me something to aspire to in my building.
Eric,
Most excellent as usual.
Eric you are planning on copper flashing around the chimney with 1/4" reveal/exposure? …Right? …just say yes!
David Russell said:
Eric you are planning on copper flashing around the chimney with 1/4" reveal/exposure? …Right? …just say yes!
That would be a nice touch. Maybe a copper ridge cap?
Aw man! (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)I was hoping you wouldn’t notice that Mr Rooster Sir… I guess I do have so suitable copper for the job. Thank you for pointing it out! (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
You did a great job on the building!
Eric Schade said: Mr Rooster Sir…
That’s funny!!! (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)
Mr Rooster Sir…
Awesome!!!
Eric, you cut your cedar shakes on a band saw??? Why didn’t you use a froe and mallet? I did. Well, it was a pocket knife and a jeweler’s hammer, but the technique was the same. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Very nice General Store. I like it ! 
I built one a few years back. And like “Dave Taylor” . . . . I prefer to “play” in 12inches to the foot scale.
You can see my general store project here . . . .
Eric,
Great work! Thanks for sharing.
Ric . . . glad you like it. The construction was really not very expensive. I had fun building it gradually over about 5 months . . . . then the next winter I did the interior . . . expenses were only about $ 2,000 for the whole thing. Windows and door were salvaged at no cost.
It has been very useful for filming . . . it is a very basic old west false front building. And so has been utilized ( with just change of signs ) for a store, bank, telegraph office, etc. The side has been used for an alley scene and the rear has been used twice a the back door of a building.
Narrow Gauge Lover said:
…It has been very useful for filming . . . it is a very basic old west false front building. And so has been utilized ( with just change of signs ) for a store, bank, telegraph office, etc. The side has been used for an alley scene and the rear has been used twice a the back door of a building.
i love that!
to have ones own wild-west town… that sure beats N-scale!
Good work on the chimney, very realistic. I never tried that in wood; I’ll have to give it a shot soon.
Nice wood working Eric. You might need some gutters with down spouts now(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-innocent.gif)
Chimmney is awesome, your project is quite the accomplishment!
It has been a while since I posted on this project the last time.
here is how the shingles are made…by the bucket load…;
I clamp a block onto my band saw as a guide for the cedar:
I cut a bunch of strips of the side of the block
then I cut them into individual shingles…I stack the strips like a deck of cards then saw the deck rather than doing each shingle individually.
here is a close up of gluing the shingles in place:
I still have about a third of the roof to cover…it takes a while!
**Eric Schade said:**I have seen a cedar clapboard used on real roofs.
No kiddin? That is something I gotta look up, don’t recall hearing about that before. Learn something new here, again.
Narrow Gauge Lover said:
You can see my general store project here . . . . http://www.drburkholter.com/cf13.html
Somewhere in historical photos, I have seen a false front building which had reverse of false front above roof sided with boards angled to roof pitch.