I just had an epefin.........epifin..........ephinon..........uhh....a sudden good idea.

[LUKE'57]

I just ripped the whole front off the almost ready to sand paint museum building because it just came to me how I wanted to do it.

I had gotten some of the shelf dividers that are used with big cans of spray paint when they replaced some of the "test surfaces" on the paint rack at a friend's store. I figured they would come in handy for something and I think I just figured out what.

This is one side and not quite half of the front of the building. I'm planning on a section of glass frontage on either side of double doors for the entrance. I'll paint the whole thing with sand paint to give it a prestressed concrete look with some assorted signage on the building and the parking lot walls to dress things up a little and give it a racing flavor.

When I get the front windows and entry doors cut out I may add a covered entryway I'll know more whether I've hit the look I'm after. There'll be a different roof treatment and the foundation will probably have gravel border and some boxing for shrubbery.

I'm planning on using the gravel and curbing surround on the building to make it removable for easier storage, After all, it's gonna be sitting on a scale 96 foot by 180 foot walled in lot with landscaping.

It's two stories with a movie theatre upstairs continuously showing vintage short subjects, documentaries and movies like "Redline 7000", "Thunder in Carolina" and, of course, "Thunder Road".

Keep a close eye on this forum for updates and to see if you get invited to the grand opening so you can be ready. Rent a tux? Of course not. So you can make sure you've got a Wynn's Friction Proofing warmup jacket and a pair of white paints and Wellingtons or penny loafers. RC and moon pies anyone?

Edited November 29, 2009 by LUKE'57

[Tony T]

I'll be watching!!

[Modelmartin]

Epiphany?

e⋅piph⋅a⋅ny  /ɪˈpɪfəni/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [i-pif-uh-nee] Show IPA

–noun, plural -nies. 1. (initial capital letter) a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.

2. an appearance or manifestation, esp. of a deity.

3. a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

4. a literary work or section of a work presenting, usually symbolically, such a moment of revelation and insight.

I would guess #3!!

[Eshaver]

Jerry , I would say that you have been looking at Tilt wall construction common to builders in both Houston and Dallas Texas . Least thats what that picture says to me at least ......... Ed Shaver

[ronr]

Can`t wait to see the progress on this one Jerry!!!!!!!

[LUKE'57]

Jerry , I would say that you have been looking at Tilt wall construction common to builders in both Houston and Dallas Texas . Least thats what that picture says to me at least ......... Ed Shaver

Hey Ed, if you mean that it's leaning then well....uhh......no. That's just an optical delusion, yeah that's what it is, yeah. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. LOL

Actually, I just double side taped the sheets on to the original structure and with part of it turning loose and some other parts unsupported where I cut some of the back structure out when I removed the original door/lobby area it just looks like that. The finished product will be much better aligned and squared up. At least I ferverntly hope it will be.

[LUKE'57]

Ed, I am SO glad you said something. I went back and compared those darn plastic panels and they aren't the same size! The pieces for the side are about 1/4 shorter than the piece I'm gonna use for the front. I might have gotten way far along before I noticed that and would have had a time getting it straightened out, if even I could have.

That will indirectly solve another problem I was having with the bottom of the walls though. I'll just measure down to where the taper begins on the bottom of the short sides and cut both them and the long side off the same length and cap the ends with a balsa strip so they will match and have a better transition from the ridges to the foundation. Thanks ol' buddy. You know if it don't have roll bars and numbers that I'm just a chuckle headed rookie at this stuff.

Edited December 1, 2009 by LUKE'57