After not touching this project for the last week or so, as soon as I got home tonite, I sat down at the project table and started working on this effort again. Finished all the shingling of the front and rear main roofs, shingled the two dormers (front/rear) and glued them on. Added rolled tar paper for the roofs of the front/rear clerestory things, and glued the rear one on (I think I glued … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2018
Build of Shipyard Brewery – 5 of 6
January 21, 2018 By
Worked on shingling the main roof tonight. Also, built the dormer (both front and rear), as well as the two clerestory things. You can see the front dormer and the front clerestory here on the shingled front roof. Still have to shingle the rear main roof, then glue on the rear dormer and rear clerestory. Both dormers and both clerestory’s need tarpaper roofing material added to them - or maybe the … [Read more...]
Build of Shipyard Brewery – 4 of 6
January 17, 2018 By
Added the roofs and tarpapered them, for the two extensions, and for the two enclosed exterior staircases. Still need to weather them. Added a middle vertical “plank” to each end to cover up the seams that were created when I joined the front half to the rear half. Shouldn’t point this out, while it looks a ton better than the seam, it also now shows a flaw with my weathering - you can see some... … [Read more...]
Build of Shipyard Brewery – 3 of 6
January 15, 2018 By
Getting there. Glued on the barn doors (and funky windows) to both of the “extensions”, then glued on the two extensions to the building itself (one in front, one on left side). Glued on the two exterior enclosed staircases (one in front, the other on right side). Not happy with the back of the side staircase back wall - need to really weather that up a bit (too dark). The roof is just mocked on, … [Read more...]
Build of Shipyard Brewery – 2 of 6
January 14, 2018 By
Weathered the rest of the walls tonight, painted, then stained and then glued on the windows (all 22 of them), glued one side/end wall to the front wall, and one side/end wall to the rear/back wall. Now need to glue each “L” section to each other, forming the building rectangle. The roof is just mocked on - not glued on yet - need to put on the shingles or tar paper before gluing them on. Need … [Read more...]
Build of Shipyard Brewery – 1 of 6
January 13, 2018 By
This is “Shipyard Brewery”. Started this today, and got a lot done with it. This particular model kit is what’s called a “false front” building. The kit is designed to build only the front half of the building, and there would be no “back” to it - with the intention of placing it ag...ainst a wall on your model railroad “layout”. If it’s against a wall, your visitors wouldn’t be able to see its … [Read more...]
Two or three (once again, profound) thoughts of the day.
January 7, 2018 By
I’ve written ~6 long winded blog posts (including this particular one) since receiving my new typewriter style keyboard in the mail last week - all of which (including this one), have been typed via the glass iPad screen. Methinks I need to move the new typewriter keyboard to the end table of my couch/lazyboy. (life, sometimes, can be, so very hard, for me.) (man, was that a Christopher Walken … [Read more...]
Canals in Saint Clair Shores
January 7, 2018 By
(note: need to further edit this story since it’s not flowing the way it should. need to add the pictures that go with this) (boy, this was just going to be a post about some stupid canals in SCS, but, wow.) ====== Starting around 1966/67, my mom went back to work (having started working during WWII until ~1956 when she became pregnant with her first child, my brother), making the Williams … [Read more...]
Two (very profound) thoughts for today
January 6, 2018 By
After a few yrs of saying “I love working downtown”, let me tell you, it sucks to walk three blocks from the bus stop to the office at 8am, in minus 15 degree weather (not including windchill), for several days in a row. Boy, I just still love my Amazon Prime Now (grocery delivery service), especially in January, here in MN. The selection of things still is somewhat limited in my opinion, but … [Read more...]
Movies – Molly’s Game
January 6, 2018 By
Went to see “I, Tonya” at the Uptown Theater, getting there ten minutes before the movie started - thinking it would be pretty easy to get in. Holy Crowd, Batman! It was sold out! Fortunately, the Lagoon Theater is just a block away, and had a choice of seeing Star Wars, “Three Billboards”, or something called “Molly’s Game”. Didn’t know a thing about the 2nd or 3rd movies, but noticed that … [Read more...]
Twittering, Mental Stability, and, like, really smart
January 6, 2018 By
A lot of you know I like to share my life (and experiences) with all of you, by FB blogging. Today, I’ve decided to start twittering as well. Here is my very first Twit: ... Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. 📱🍔🚀 😱🙄😉🤓 (years from now, I'm going to wonder what this post was all about - the above tweet was actually … [Read more...]
Am I Happy – Friendships
January 6, 2018 By
There are times when I question my life, etc. Am I happy, etc.? Most times I just don’t think about stuff like that. And, if I do think of stuff like that, I just try to fluff it off, and just trudge on. I don’t have a lot of (excessive) drama (a good thing) in my life. I’ve have had a great career, and somehow was able to achieve some ordinary (but, significant for me) goals I set for myself long … [Read more...]
