Builders in Scale Getz Gas

[SteveCuster]

Hello everyone

Next in line is Builders in Scale Getz Gas. I enjoyed building Pitkin City Hall so much I decided to build another BIS kit. This will sit in the foreground area on the layout in front of city hall.


First step was sorting the castings. As with the Pitkin City Hall kit the castings are all excellent. Very little flash and very little cleanup. I sorted everything either wood or metal. Wood will get a Khaki colored primer and the metal will be blackened.


All the wood components laid out.


I roughed up the siding with a wire brush and gave it a base color of A&I.

These cast pieces will represent the legs for the decking.

The decking consists of this piece of scribed siding.

I cut the decking down into 3 sections for the 3 individual docks.

This is the decking template. All the BIS kits I have include these excellent blueprint type templates.

This is the skirting that does around the base of the building.

I stained the decking material and used double sided tape to attach it to the template face down.

I glued the skirting to the bottom of the decking first. I used a piece of wood to keep the skirting at a 90 degree angle. I painted the skirting with Apple Barrel Tuscan Teal. That's the color I will be using for all the trim. Next I glued the joists and then finally the metal supports.

Same with this little dock.

The walls are painted Apple Barrel Granite Gray. I coated them in Mineral Spirits before I painted this coat on.

I used a wire brush to pull up the paint. The thinner keeps the paint from really adhering to the wall so this technique works well.

Same thing with the rest of the walls.

The rest of the skirting is a tiny bit taller than the skirting that goes under the decking. It all gets glued to the bottom "floor".

Here it is with all the loading docks and skirting attached.

The loading dock doors are built from scribed siding. I primed with A&I, colored with Granite Gray and weathered with another coat of A&I.

These are the door handles. I bent then with a small pair of needle nose pliers.

Here they are installed in the door.

All 4 doors are done.

I painted all the doors, windows and added the trim pieces.

The walls were weathered with A&I.

Added some signage.

I started to glue the walls together.


All the walls are together and I tried to make sure all the corners were true.

I glued the walls onto the first floor assembly.



Thanks for checking in. Next step is the roofing and some details.

[Janbouli]

Another nice structure on the way .

[Dennis Bourey]

I agree!!!!!! Perfect.......Dennis

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice Steve.

[richbeau]

I have this on my to-do list so your build is quite timely. I'll be following along.
--Rich

[Oldguy]

Ya done great.  Charlie would be proud.

[ACL1504]

Steve,

I built this little gem several years ago and now it sits on a friends layout. I like what you've done, very nice.

Tom

[dick green]

I really love this one And I have a new color scheme in the notebook

Dick

[MAP]

Looking good so far!  Keep those progress pics coming.

[JimF]

Really love the wall finish, interesting technique with the oil.

Overall look is great.

Jim

[postalkarl]

Hey Steve:

It looking just beautiful so far.  Love al the signs. Keep the pic coming.

Karl

[Opa George]

I agree--beautiful project so far and I love the wall colors.
--George

[SteveCuster]

Good morning everyone.

Small update today..


I added the roof cards.


These supports are a neat little detail.




I started adding the tarpaper.

Tarpaper is installed.

I painted over the paper with dark red, added some weathering washes and it really came out terrible. This definitely wasn't going to work.

I pulled the roof cards off and threw them away.

I remade the roof cards with some chipboard.

This time I went with the standard gray. I use Apple Barrel Pavement.

After some light dry-brushing.

I weathered and cut out the main sign for the roof.

I built a frame out of 2x4s and added the sign to the main roof.

I placed the structure on the base it will go to get a feel for how it will tie together. The diner is from FSM Roadside Delights. I built it a few years ago.


Thanks for checking in.

Next step is adding some concrete under the building and diner. After that I can start detailing.

[PRR Modeler]

Looking good.

[postalkarl]

Hey Steve:

Looking just beautiful. Keep the pic flowing.

Karl