With the arrival of a couple of care packages, direct from the "factories", I have all the windows and doors that I need. For this first building I wanted to try brick printed paper for the walls. I decided to try the brick paper from Micro Mark because I could also get sheets of pre-printed arched windows and such. After receiving the brick paper I was not happy with it. Although its described as aged factory brick, it actually looks pretty pristine and that's not going to work. Hopefully, I'll be able to use it on different project. Thinking quickly I managed to convince my wife that we really needed a color printer and I was able to purchase I higher end inkjet printer. And then it was off to the Clever Model site to pick out some textures. I'm pleased with the resulting prints so the light is green to continue!
With parts in hands I started to build the basic shell. I'm using 2mm foamed PVC sheets and this really isn't thick enough so I'm laminating two sheets together to get the proper thickness. As I getting ready to cut things out I figured that I could make assembly a little easier by making a rabbet at each edge. In theory this should make everything a little easier to line up when I assembly the walls...we shall see.
I used a really thin layer of Gorilla Glue to laminate the pieces together. Other than super glue this was the only glue I had on hand that would work on foamed PVC. I have discovered that the foamed PVC I had on hand was really soft and dents really easy. Next time I order some I'll be sure to get the Sintra brand which is not quite so soft.
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| I made sure I use plenty of weight on the walls to make sure they stayed stuck together! |
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| Time for a little dry fitting. These are the rail side, street side and ally side walls being held in place with my 1-2-3 blocks and some smaller 90 degree blocks that I have hanging around. I need to determine how long the angled wall needed to be so I could laminate it together. |
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| Sanity check with a handy boxcar. Proportions look pretty good. |
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| Here I'm measuring both the length needed and determining the proper angle to cut the edges at. This side will be facing the creek (i.e. Creek side). |
