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[Guest]

Love watching this come together, again! Nice work :thumb2:

Thanks Mark.

Good evening John,

Very impressive building work, love those joists, very realistic.
The whole building and street look superb, top stuff sir :smiling4:

Thank Si, hope all went well for Rochelle last Monday.

[Si Benson]

Thank Si, hope all went well for Rochelle last Monday.
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Yes all was good, all staples extracted successfully :smiling4:
I’d send a pic but it would put you off you dinner:flushed:

[Guest]

Brilliant. Bring on the flame ☺
Jim

Not too long Jim:smiling3: Thanks for the comment.

World-class craftsmanship there John ! Absolutely love it !!

Very kind of you to say Ron. :thumb2:

At last [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]FIRE!!!!!!!![/COLOR]

At last, a chance to learn from the master!!!

In case you're in need any assistance I've got some stores you could make use of.....

[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]In terms of accelerants I've got IPA, white spirit and enamel thinners and even some highly flammable wood knot sealant!!!

in terms of ignition sources I've got matches, a lighter and one of those BBQ flame lighter thingies.

if you want a bit of a bang, I've got some of the 220g butane gas cannisters for standalone camping stoves and if you want to really a big bang, somewhere around 1/3 to a half of a gas BBQ canister that came with 7kg of gas!!!

in all seriousness though John, that building really is looking very good indeed. It really does look so very realistic. It might even be the best I've personally seen you do. :thumb2: :thumb2: :thumb2:

keep up the great work.

Andrew[/COLOR]

Thank you Andrew, I'm very please with roof , spent some time working it out. Think I shall use very little accelerant as need to keep the fire in two places and not everywhere. Thanks for the offer :nerd:.


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This afternoon I spent some time on the roof again, I'g stained the timbers and facia the night before, so now fully dry they would adhere.



Barge board, will need to fade this out slightly.




You can just see the soffit board under the front and the white line of the facia. That will be painted tomorrow after I return from my gardening job, with a wash.

The start of the laths, glad I made a few extra as the distancing was just down by eye and a lot more were needed.





Roof timbers completed, just need to apply the top .Still unsure of what roofing material to use, might well had to be corrugated , oh and I need to do the guttering. Plenty of time for Rick to get back:smiling3:

Thank for looking in.

[Guest]

Thank Si, hope all went well for Rochelle last Monday.

Yes all was good, all staples extracted successfully :smiling4:
I’d send a pic but it would put you off you dinner:flushed:
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Please that it went ok Si, give her our love.

[Guest]

Excellent.

Sorry missed you there Paul, thank you for following.:thumb2:

[adt70hk]

John

Good is coming on beautifully. A real work of art. Almost seems a shame to set it on fire.

ATB.

Andrew

[Guest]

John

Good is coming on beautifully. A real work of art. Almost seems a shame to set it on fire.

ATB.

Andrew

Christine said the same Andrew, but most of the roof will be intact, just the central area will have burnt timbers, along with the load bed. So nearly 90%will be visible and undamaged.

[Mickc1440]

More great work JR that roof looks superb

[Isitme]

John,
Love the building and its construction.
But why oh why do you have to go out and panic buy all that Flora pro active....
Hippity hop outa here....
Mike.

[minitnkr]

Might be slate. Cut up heavy foil should work.:smiling:Be like your favorite tracks.:smiling2:

[Guest]

More great work JR that roof looks superb

Thank you Mick.

John,
Love the building and its construction.
But why oh why do you have to go out and panic buy all that Flora pro active....
Hippity hop outa here....
Mike.

Thank you Oh Wise One , Its taken years to collect this many.


Why spend out on containers when these are prefect, proper recycling :smiling3::nerd:.

Might be slate. Cut up heavy foil should work.:smiling:Be like your favorite tracks.:smiling2:

Mmm the thought is enough Paul.:smiling3: Decided corrugated sheet would have been the choice for an industrial type building.

[Steve Jones]

The second picture took me back to my days of putting up barge boards and soffits, felt and battening roofs. Superb work to scale. A real joy to see Mr Race.

[scottie3158]

John,
That building is the nuts mate.

[Guest]

The second picture took me back to my days of putting up barge boards and soffits, felt and battening roofs. Superb work to scale. A real joy to see Mr Race.

Thanks Steve, glad you like it.

John,
That building is the nuts mate.

Thank you Paul, coming from a fellow diorama builder that means a lot. Brown paper envelope is on its way.:smiling3:

[Guest]

Hi all been slowly doing the guttering, tried the brkts on the down pipes first in some old PE straight bits, were just the right width bot trying to stick them and keep tight proved a no no.

In the end after having to remove them I resorted to pewter, some what easier , but still fiddly trying to to slide them into place with the down pipe glued .

Still looks the part now, then I moved on to the corrugated sheeting, painted quire and few newly made sheets, think I have the colour right, didn't want the whole thing in rust .

Pre bent ready for the internal fire, going to wait until Rick returns form his journey as asked.:smiling3:



Guttering .



Slight staining to the lower wall and pavement, many Russian building allowed their water from the roof to go across the pavement. Also rubbed a pencil across the top of the drain cover.

Roof.



Please with the result, a lot of work not to be seen , but with out it not as much fun :smiling3:

Thank for looking in, comments welcome.

Dzhon.