I really like how that siding turned out. The doors are sharp, too.
Ray, for a straight cut with a saber saw, clamp a guide (like a straight piece of wood or metal) to the piece to be cut and force the saber saw along that guide.
If you want to try acrylic, Russ Miller at Tap Plastics will cut the pieces to the dimensions you want. I did that for Matheson Textiles.
Hi all,
We have been gone for about a week so things got a little behind, but we are catching up slowly.
Bill, Yes, I think that is what I am doing. Hope to talk to you Saturday and get some pointers.
Richard, I know what your saying about “rough cut” lumber. Built a few buildings (1 to 1) using that type material in my younger days. Thanks, I think the doors turned out rather well myself.
Gary, Thanks buddy!!
Ray, Thanks guy. Hope to get the opportunity to visit your beautiful railroad someday.
Bruce, Thanks.
Maybe an update, if I have the pictures loaded. After checking with the pet stores etc. for a usable gravel for the fireplace stones I decided to go out to the gravel pile (concrete mix) and dig out a supply of suitable stones. I glued them to the base form with E6000 then grouted them with grout mix and sprayed them with Krylon Matte Fixative.
Here is a test fit against the end of the hotel building to see how it will look finished up.
More later. Thanks for taking a look. Rick
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Looks like the fireplace on our cabin!
Gary Armitstead said:
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Looks like the fireplace on our cabin!
Where’s the fireplace?
Look closer, next to the front door.
Sorry…
(thanks Jon)
Jon Radder said:Thank you Jon.
Look closer, next to the front door.
What is hardscape?
Ron
Hi all,
Ron, What I call “hardscape” is the stucco mix base that I use for all the scenery and ground effects on the tabletops. A couple more pictures of the progress. This is the shed at the fireplace end of the saloon/hotel building. The framework is acrylic as is the “concrete slab” base. The roofing is rubber floor mat that has been painted but not yet weathered.
More later Rick
Ron Hill said:Clint Eastwood movie?
What is hardscape? Ron
Always with the funnies Rooster…
Sorry
That’s looking good Rick
David Russell said:Aaawww, Rooster, don't chicken out. You shoulda just told him, "Make my day."
Sorry
Hi all, A few more progress shots. The completed fireplace mounted to the hotel wall. The roof flashings are in place in the masonary to go out over the roofing when installed. The flue liner ( copper tubing) is in place but needs to be painted a terra cotta and black.
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A couple of shots of the wood/junk shed in place on the end of the hotel building.
More to come stay tuned Rick
Rick,
Just leave the copper tubing alone, it will weather nicely to the colors nature would have provided on the terra cotta tile.
Bob C.
A little more progress. Starting to apply the split wood shakes to the store building roof. These are split from Red Cedar, someone gave them to me, and they work pretty well in the 1:20 scale. The “to the weather” exposure is a little too much but because these are not tapered you can’t lay them with the correct laps or they stick up in the air too much, at least in my opinion. In the real world all those white colored ones would not be used as that is sap wood and rots much to quickly.
Here the roof is finished and the stain applied to the shakes. The masking tape you see on the porches is for the layout of the porch support posts. I have found that the way to make the strongest connection on something like this (for me) is to drill a hole through the porch deck and insert the post rather than try to make some kind of surface connection.
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Another view of the finished roof. You can see the metal ridge flashing and the bare wood finish on the back side of the false front. I passed on modeling the “wall to roof” flashing between the two buildings as it would be out of the normal line of sight and most people wouldn’t even know something like that existed.
Thanks for taking a look
Rick
Looking very good Rick! What I did when I shingled roofs on a few structures was start with a bevelled strip of cedar just to get the first course of shingles tilted up abit and then I could lay the next courses at a more realistic exposure.
Rick, totally beautiful… 
