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I hear you Mark. I'm leaving off the canopy.

Got a lot done today. I finished the last elevator framing, glued the front to the rest of the structure, finished the flooring and mounted the loading dock. Took more status pictures.

I had to add ledges to both sides of the front flooring areas. I used a surface gauge to get the correct height and transfer this to the front wall. I glued the front ledges on while the front was still separate from the building. I also added addition ledges for the ends of the ricks. I realize I hadn't designed this as well as I could since I wasn't sure about how much floor I was going to install until the building was nearly finished. If I build another it will be a different experience.

Also before gluing on the front I added another layer of sole plates to the front lower edge so it would more perfectly match the loading dock height. After these two add-ons I glued on the front using Aleen's. I added some strategic spring clamps to hold until it set.

RH Gluing Front on

To ensure that the front was plumb, I used a angle block and secured the left end with a brace that was pinned to the base. For this I used CA and accelerator to glue it. The arrows are pointing out the floor ledges, but the next image shows them more clearly.

RH Corner Brace

This view shows the ledges more clearly.

RH Floor Ledges

Because my ricks are not completely parallel with the base, I had to hand-cut each floor board since they varied in length quite a bit. Even so, I did all the flooring in about an hour. One of the changes I would make would be to interlace the new flooring with the existing.

RH Floor Complete

Lastly, I glued the loading dock to the building. Before any of this, I made sure the front face of the foundation was reasonably flat to accept the loading dock. To get the glue to set nicely I used gravity clamps. Also not that I painted the outside stairs with Tamiya rattle can Real Metal, which looks pretty much like galvanized steel.

RH Gluing on Loading Dock

Here's a few more views of the almost-finished Rick House. The clamps come off tomorrow and then I'll try it on in the layout. Next up: Site completion.

RH Almost Complete 1RH Almost Done 2RH Almost Done 3RH Almost Done 4

To sum up, the build so far has been 3 month elapsed time not counting the ridiculous amount of hours drawing it in SketchUp.

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  • RH Floor Ledges
  • RH Gluing Front on
  • RH Corner Brace
  • RH Floor Complete
  • RH Gluing on Loading Dock
  • RH Almost Complete 1
  • RH Almost Done 2
  • RH Almost Done 3
  • RH Almost Done 4
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