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Jims kit bash challenge - jim currie - 03-17-2022 well got started on the bash and boy its a challenge all right the original builder must have used 1/2 a tube of cement on it as you can see its in sad shape got it striped down to what I will save front wall is gone will be replaced with a freight door , all the other windows and doors will be replaced with Tichy ones second story will be for road agent to live . jim RE: Jims kit bash challenge - ezdays - 03-17-2022 It's always a challenge to dismantle something someone else put together, especially removing glue. Good luck, looks like you have a plan... RE: Jims kit bash challenge - nachoman - 03-17-2022 Sounds like fun - and a real challenge!! RE: Jims kit bash challenge - jim currie - 03-21-2022 well got to work on this a bit the first thing was to make a new wall for train side (front) with second story add on its three separate pieces of styrene the bottom is .080 shiplap the top is .060 v groove with a piece of ho scale 4 by 6 . photo is not the best but shows it well enough. jim RE: Jims kit bash challenge - Tyson Rayles - 03-22-2022 Rebuilding something someone else already built is always a challenge. RE: Jims kit bash challenge - ezdays - 03-22-2022 (03-22-2022, 09:12 AM)Tyson Rayles Wrote: Rebuilding something someone else already built is always a challenge. That's why the call this a "challenge".... A whole tube of glue to make sure the roof stays on. RE: Jims kit bash challenge - ngauger - 03-23-2022 That roof looks like the type that you would find on a haunted mansion RE: Jims kit bash challenge - jim currie - 03-25-2022 slight hold up on this waiting for a package from Tichy . Jim RE: Jims kit bash challenge - jim currie - 03-30-2022 ok got the doors , the ground floor is complete , windows and doors are just taped in as i need to paint wall and add windows in second story Jim RE: Jims kit bash challenge - Tyson Rayles - 03-30-2022 Good to see progress. RE: Jims kit bash challenge - tompm - 03-30-2022 Nice job! RE: Jims kit bash challenge - jim currie - 04-01-2022 worked on the rest of the second floor and thought I'd share the way I layout for windows . i use a fine tipped mechanical pencell to mark the bottom of sash and on vertical siding I just count out the spaces and mark then drill 5 holes inside the marks , using a #11 blade i make a cut between the holes , then finish out with small file . the bottom mark assures that all the windows will line up. Jim RE: Jims kit bash challenge - ezdays - 04-02-2022 Getting windows square and level isn't always an easy task. That reference line is a good idea. RE: Jims kit bash challenge - jim currie - 04-05-2022 on with the challenge , the basic building is now complete without windows need to paint walls a rich brown oxide with trim being lead white will add corrugated tin to canopy and a deck to back side for second story access . once painted you wouldn't know that part of it is the old station . Jim RE: Jims kit bash challenge - Tyson Rayles - 04-09-2022 Looking good! |