Play-Doh's Scratchbuild Challenge

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Allright folks...im a little late getting this official thread started...but I was a day into this project when I made a fatal cut that cost me the whole project...so I had to start again. But enough with the excuses....lets get to the scratchbuilding.

The place im going to model is called "Bucks Stove Palace" which is a really neat lookin building I found here in Portland OR. The structure itself interested me, with its large store front, awning, and roof lines. As well as the sheer size of the building.

Here are a few pics of the building.

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Front of building

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Side of the building

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One more.

So I began with the front entryway...and cut it as one single piece.
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The I modified a couple of Grandt Line doors to match the doors on the building. I then combined them with the window panes I made from scale lumber. Finally...after some painting, I added them to my front piece.

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I used right angle pieces for the molding of the building.

Finally I cut the other three pieces of the primary structure and fastened them together making sure to include roof lines.

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And now begins my tedious "Masking tape shingles" technique. Its tedious,....but I love the results.

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Thats about all ive accomplished today....its lookin ruff now...but the end product should be great!
 
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That kicks butt so far! I cannot wait to see how you do the shingles, I want to make my own too. Does the Miracle Mat come in handy?
 
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Chad said:
That kicks butt so far! I cannot wait to see how you do the shingles, I want to make my own too. Does the Miracle Mat come in handy?
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The Miracle Mat is a lifesaver...its one of the best things I ever bought for my scratchbuilding.


More to come tonight...hopefully. I just found out I mis-cut the roof! Whoops! sign1
 
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Allright...a quck update.

Finally got the roof in place.....the color scheme for the shingles isnt wokin quite yet...but thats an easy fix.

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After the shingled roof was in place I moved on to the flat portion of the roof. Not being able to see it, im assuming it is a tar roof. I first cut a piece of cardstock to fit, then cut a piece of sandpaper to the same size, and painted it a flat black.

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After attatching the flat portion of the roof

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I went to work on the awning piece. I built it out of cardstock, and then went about shingling it in the same fashion as with my roof.

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Here it is attatched to the structure

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And finally I cut matchsticks (painted to match the building) as the supports for the awning and glued them in place after adding the the "crocrete" to the entryway.

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Finally, (although this picture does not show it well) I applied a sheet of clear plastic on the inside to simulate the glass.

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More to come soon!
 
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Making progress....heck, im almost done!

I found a little time this last weekend so I built the rear structure. The miscut roof from the main building came in handy and fit this piece like a glove. I then trimmed out the whole building with 3/32" styrene angle pieces.

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And my wagon wheels came in yesterday! So after a paint job I added them to the store front. I also recreated the signs in the front to match the photo and printed them out on painted cardstock. I will not be duplicating the neon sign for obvious era related reasons. Before I added these, I built up the concrete/brick entryway using taskboard and styrene brick.

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Looks pretty close the original!

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Comming soon, roof details and touch up work!
 
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