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The project began from a simple photo, and a
quick measurement of the area that would house the new shed.
No drawings to scale, no plans.
Using my measurements I drew, then cut the four walls out of
.040 sheet styrene. Using the photo as a guide I cut the
roof pitch out of the front and rear walls.
Its always good to make the side walls just slightly shorter
than than where the roof pitch meets the front and rear
walls. This can be done simply by placing a scratch
piece of the .040 under the front and back walls as you glue
the side to them.
I do this so that I don't run the risk of your roof sticking
up slightly and leaving a gap along the side walls.
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I reinforced the four corners with small
sections of styrene square tubing.
This was followed by the concrete foundation which was
traced out using the four walls as the guide. Your
foundation should sit nicely within the front and rear walls
because you used the shim earlier as you glued the walls
together. The front and rear walls will appear to be sitting
on the foundation while the side walls will cover the
foundation. Again this is just something that helps it
all fit together nicely.
This structure was to have a large sliding door made from
the same material as the walls. I also wanted the door
to be partially open. Using a RIX aluminum roll up
door as a guide I removed part of the door opening.
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Using the structure as a guide I traced out
the two sections of roof onto Evergreen's tin roofing
styrene. I will not be using the KingMill product for
the roof. Once traced onto the styrene I marked a new
set of lines slightly bigger on the sides and one end to
allow the roof to overhang.
This is a good time to go ahead and spray paint your roof.
For this projects primer gray used. |
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While the roof was drying I began cutting
out the metal sides. Using a sharp pair of scissors cut
enough out to get you going. Peeling off the back of the
sticky paper I applied the material, beginning at the bottom
as instructed and then worked my way around the structure.
In this case I covered right over the doorway. The material
has a real good glue base but yet it is forgiving enough to
allow you to readjust if need be. |
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Continue to work around the structure one
row at a time. Each time overlapping the material. The
instructions called for a an eighth of an inch overlap. I
would suggest that you eyeball or even measure the height of
the walls versus the height of one row of the material.
You may find that you need to overlap the material a little
more to make your rows look correct as you apply the last
row. Using an exacto knife you can trim, and or fold over
the excess. |
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Before installing the roof, a quick coat of
concrete paint was added to the floor, along with a coat of
gray for the interior walls near the sliding door.
After the roof sections were glued into place a tiny strip
of sheet styrene was used to seal any gaps in the roof
joint. These tiny strips come with the tin roof sheet
styrene.
The mount for the sliding door was cut out of sheet styrene,
painted then glued into place. Once again using the
RIX aluminum roll up door as a guide I traced out the
sliding door for this structure onto .010 sheet styrene. The
sliding door was then covered with the metal looking
material from KingMill, and then glued into position.
Using a small metal rod I bent a door handle into shape,
then glued it into position. The two holes were
predrilled using a tiny dentist drill bit. |
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To finish off the structure some weathering
was applied to the roof, lower walls, and the door.
For this I used black, gray and rust colored pastel chalks.
This structure will end up sitting next to the S.W. General
Store on the Southern Exchange layout. The building
will house various bags of fertilizer, grass seeds etc. |
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