Warehouse Row - Building 1 - Exterior Brick Finished

I was able to finish getting the rest of the brick paper glued on and the windows and doors cut out. This was on the creek wall and the street wall. I'm not happy with the creek wall right now. Somewhere an error crept into the measurements and the buttresses are not centered correctly, that is going to bother me a lot. Hopefully I can disguise it a bit with some exterior details and weathering. On top of that it looks like the buttresses are not straight up and down. I have checked it with my square and measured the gap between them (9' in HO scale) and that measurement is the same all the way up and down. Right now I'm chalking that up to a perspective issue. On a positive note the creek wall cannot be viewed straight on, it will be angled away from the viewer so whatever mistake has crept in shouldn't not be noticeable to the casual viewer.

Creek wall before cutting out the windows. Looks pretty good here.

Creek wall after cutting out the windows. This is where it starts to look out of kilter.

Street side wall ready for some decoration.

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Warehouse Row - Building #1 - More Brickwork - progress

Lots going on around here and I haven't found a lot of time to work on Building #1. This is the accumulation of more than a few short build sessions.

There is still an awful lot to do and I'm trying not to rush to the finish so some of the little things that have cropped up aren't as frustrating as they could be. First off running out of blades, this thing is eating blades so I broke down and bought a big pack of #11 blades, it should be enough to see me through this build.

Here are where things stand a the moment:

Rail side wall. Needs sills, lintels and a concrete band,

Alley wall, just needs the lower brickwork, stonework and a door.

Alley wall from the inside.

Inside of the street wall, cuts are pretty rough at this point. My blades were starting to get dull. Not to concerned since viewing the inside will be tough.

All four walls, in this shot I'm gluing the buttresses on the creek side wall.

Looking at the street side wall before the windows were cut.

The rail side with everything cut out at this point.

A sanity check that everything is still fitting together.

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Warehouse Row - Building #1 - Railside Windows #2

Its been a couple of weeks and progress came to a complete halt over the holiday season. I finally found some time to cut out the window and door openings and fold the brick paper to the sides to form the brick edge. Overall it looks pretty good but variations in cuts in the PVC didn't give that really nice straight edge that I was hoping for. The flaws are pretty evident to me at this point. I'll reserve judgement till the building is finished. Here are a couple of pics just to show that progress is being made.