About Me
- Mr. Ed
- I'm 70 years old and have lived in the Akron-Tallmadge, Ohio area all of my life. For 10-years (1957-1967) I lived most summers at our home in Cook Forest, Pa. I'm a U.S. Army veteran (1971-1973). I collect many things such as: antique cars, antique firearms, movies, movie props, old newspapers and posters, Wyatt Earp items, Civil War items, John Wayne items, items from the old west including Native American items, just about anything historical. I've been married for 47-years. My wife and I have a son and a daughter and three granddaughters and two great grandchildren.
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Floor is cut out and dividers are drawn.
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Doors and windows are drawn onto the front wall.
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End wall is drawn out.
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Walls are stood up.
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Other end wall is drawn.
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All of the outter walls are cut.
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Large window pane dividers are glued in.
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Other window framing is glued in.
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More dividers are added.
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I didn't begin takiing pictures untill I had the walls up. I cut out the floor, walls, windows and doors first. Then glued the outter walls in place.
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Stained glass sections are painted in the window glass.
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I got all of the window framings glued in.
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Next, I glued in the roof supports all the way around.
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The inner walls are cut and placed in to check the fit. They are not glued yet.
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I start the flooring in the Hardware Store.
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Flooring is finished.
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Hardware Store window frames are stained.
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Window glass is glued in. The tops of the large windows are painted stained glass.
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Window frames in the Toy Store and Bakery are painted.
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Flooring to the bakery is begun.
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Tounge depressors are cut into small sections to use as tiles for the floor.
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Three quarters of the way back is a raised floor. This will be the bakery's kitchen area when completed.
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Window display box for toy store.
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The walls are painted in the toy store.
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The toy store window frames are painted first, then glued in place.
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Framing fro the toy store windows.
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The same is done with the bakery window frames.
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Bakery door frame.
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Divider walls to the toy store are painted.
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The walls in the bakery kitchen are paneled.
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Lawyer's office paneling.
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Plank flooring in the lawyer's office.
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Chair rail for the bakery is cut and fitted.
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Chair rails are painted.
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Chair rail in the bakery.
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Lanolium flooring in the toy store.
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Scalloped upper trim in the toy store.
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Scalloped trim is painted and cut first before installing.
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Divider walls are glued in and clamped in the lawyer's office and the toy store.
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Divider wall between the bakery and harware store is glued in.
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Paneling and window and door frames are in the hardware store.
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The rear wall is cut out and glued in place.
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The rest of the scolloped design is glued in the toy store.
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Plank siding on the hardware store.
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Board siding on the bakery.
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Wood shank siding on the toy store.
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Facade over the hardware store is glued on.
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Siding is finished on the side wall of the hardware store.
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Siding is finished.
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Framing for boardwalk is started.
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A lot of supports are glued under the boardwalk. It needs a lot of support since it will be an extention of the buildings.
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Support legs are glued under the entire building to bring it up to the level of the boardwalk.
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Next the bakery is painted and it's facade is glued on.
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Then the toy store is painted.
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The boardwalk planking is glued. Some of the planks should be warped.
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The molding strips are installed in the hardware store.
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At the same time, the back bar behind the counter is glued in.
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Molding is painted and glued into the bakery as well.
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Doors are cut out and painted for the bakery.
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Door for hardware store.
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Boardwalk roof supports are made.
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Boardwark roof supports are glued in place.
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I didn't want the hardware store painted. I wanted it to appear a "newer" building. However, it needed to be weathered as bare wood would be. So I decided to stain it "Golden Oak". I use this shade a lot for unpainted weathered wood. The interior of the hardware store will remain "new" wood.
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Hardware store and boardwalk staining is finished.
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The boardwalk roofing is begun.
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I got the boardwalk roof stained.
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I wanted to do something a little differant with the facade to the toy store, so I found one of my steel chisels that had a weird tip and I used it as a punch for a diamond design.
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The facade is glued in place.
Ghost Street ~
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The back door to the hardware store is installed.
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Then the hardware store's front door is added.
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Next, the double doors are put into the bakery.
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Then the door is added to the toy store.
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The lawyer's office is small. (He's a new lawyer right out of law school). This building will represent a newly sided building that has not been painted yet. The siding will be hap-hazard because this lawyer has not made a lot of money yet. So he's doing the best he can.
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The inside of the lawyer's office is small and has only a few small touches of being fancy such as the roundings in the upper moldings on the window and door.
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The sign is carved and mounted on the lawyer's office. The lawyer's name is "Bradley Swindell". Get it? Drop off the last "L" and you have "Swindel."
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Hardware Store sign is glued together.
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Sign stand is sanded at an angle.
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Sign stand is glued to boardwalk roof.
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Sign is ready.
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Sign is glued into place.
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Door is hung on lawyer's office.
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Sign is made for the toy store.
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Staining the facade on the hardware store.
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