P5se Camelback's 2010 Summer Structure Challenge GERN Plant

[P5se Camelback]

With so many structures involved in the Lehighton, Pennsylvania GERN facility, in order to meet the build out schedule they must all be under construction “to oncet,” (say “won-st”) as is sometimes heard in both upstate Pennsylvania Coal Country as well as in the “Dutchy” areas out in Lancaster county.

So … we now address the Administration Building, where the General Manager will receive the Upper Management from “up North” when they come down to visit the new facility. All Management offices will be housed here, as well as the Finance Department, Materials Procurement and Personnel. The Sales Organization will also headquartered here.

As with all the buildings in this project, the interior side of all the walls was painted flat black to minimize the obviously empty interiors. Selected windows may offer a view of a shadow-box room, but that would be at some point in the future. Here we have the beginnings sof the Admininstration Building on the left and the first couple of walls of the Power Generation Building on the right.


The concrete entryway steps are nicely molded parts, but the “dimples” caused by the mold’s ejection pins are “unprototypical details” and therefore not acceptable … they received a screed of Squadron White putty and initial filing with a small flat jeweler’s file. The final wet sanding is on the schedule at some point prior to when paint is applied.




The steps then get a test fit and are retired to the sidelines until needed …


The next step is the back side of the wall parapets … they are cut from the runners and test fit prior to “welding” …


The roof sides of the decorative parapets are then “welded” on. Copious amounts of Plastruct Plastic Weld are “floated” onto both mating surfaces to soften them. The parts are then joined together with some medium pressure, permitting some soft styrene to ooze at the edges. When totally hardened (i.e., by the time I get back to this building again) the mortar lines on the sides of the parapets will be scribed through the undetailed edges.


That about does it for this installment. Now we’ll move on to the Machine Shop’s new roof and then finish shingling the Packaged Product Shipping Building’s roof.

T.T.F.N.!