Dollar Drugs on Sullivan Ave Part II

I've been working on the foundation of the adjacent Western Auto Parts store. The materials and technique are the same as what I used on the drug store.

 The combined building foundation/sidewalk is different from what I did for the drug store because I didn't have enough material for a solid block. However I didn't need a solid block anyway, the slope of the road combined with the shorter frontage did not require the deeper sidewalk.

Here is the foundation during the test fitting. The smoothing and painting of the concrete surface is next.

The two foundations fit well. Finishing and weathering will blend them together even more.

The business signs have been temporarily removed so that I can install additional details on the structures. The window awnings on both buildings can be seen in this view.

Before I installed the awnings on the corner building, I created two roof drains from styrene.

In addition to the window awnings (2 of which are on the back side), I added a door awning, three electric meters with conduit and a AT&T connection.

The Western Auto building received some additional detail also. I blanked out three windows, added an awning (opposite side), and electric meter with AT&T connection and a basketball backboard. The round object to the left of the backboard is an old security bell from a previous tenant.

The roads still have to be brought up to the final elevation among other things. I also need to install a storm grate uphill and left of the curve in the sidewalk. Then install a railing on the sidewalk to keep pedestrians from falling into the street. Oh and re-install the business signs.

Dollar Drugs on Sullivan Ave

It has been way to long since I have posted anything. But I have been working on modules belonging to other people and I don't post that stuff here. Maybe someday I'll make another blog for when I work on peoples models.

This is an old image but it gets us back to where I am currently working. I have the Dollar Drug store on the street corner with a Western Auto Parts store to it's left. I am going to have to come up with a name for the connecting street...

The sidewalk base for the drug store is a thick piece of basswood seen here set into the foam landscape. I had to cut all the way down to the wood deck of the module to get a flat surface for the base. The roads are in the foreground and you can see how Sullivan Ave drops down grade after crossing the railroad as it approaches the front edge of the module. I will use some strip basswood to create a foundation for the building on this sidewalk base.

After constructing and test fitting the foundation, I used Elmers wood filler as a skim coat in the sidewalk base and building foundation.

The wood filler is applied very thin. I like to use a wet finger to spread it around. The wood filler literally fills in the wood grain.

Once I have sanded the base I painted it using Testors Light Aircraft Gray out of a rattle can. The expansion joints and cracks are drawn with a 3mm pencil. Then it is sealed so the pencil work isn't smudged during weathering.

Next will be the sidewalk base and foundation for the Western Auto Parts store.