Remove any flashing and other anomalies from castings. Any warped resin castings can be straightened by heating with a hair dryer. No mold release was used to cast these parts but any parts that appear oily should be washed in warm dish detergent.
Glue the four walls together with super glue. The top outside edges of side walls may extend a bit higher than the lower ends of the front and rear walls. Use a single edge razor blade to scrape the edge of the side walls down to match the height and pitch of the front and rear walls. (I've painted the assembly in the photo below and then scraped the walls down. The unpainted edge shows where I scraped it.)
Paint the brick assembly before going any further. My painting method for this kit is simple but very effective. Paint the whole thing with a quick drying red primer (I like the primer from Rustoleum but any red auto primer spray paint will do. They are all the same color.)Let dry and then spay the walls with an alcohol/black ink mix. I use a heavy mix with the spray bottle set on mist. You want a blotchy application on the bricks. Set the building on it's side and spray the upward facing wall one at a time letting each dry somewhat before moving on to the next. Let everything dry and then use a wide brush to insert hydraulic cement into the mortar grooves. Brush off excess and then wipe with a damp rag. Once you've got the mortar where you want it seal it with dulcote. Work on one wall at a time and don't apply any hydraulic cement while the Dulcote is still tacky (it will stick to wet or tacky Dulcote like glue and it's difficult to remove.) Hydraulic cement comes in a small tub that will give you enough to mortar hundreds of buildings. Some brands are darker in color than others and I've found that the lighter color works best. DAP brand is too dark gray and looks unrealistic. The best brand I've found for our purpose is QUICKRETE anchoring cement No.1245. http://www.quikrete.com/catalog/AnchoringCement.html
Carefully cut the flashing out of windows and test fit them in the openings. It may be necessary to sand a bit of the top and bottom of some windows to get them to fit. Any windows that fit too loose will need a piece of tape wrapped around them to make up the difference. Use a piece of the supplied micro pore tape to wrap around outside edge of window and trim off excess. The tape will be unnoticeable once the window is painted. Keep track of what window fits in what opening to help in installation after painting. Windows can be glazed with clear plastic or a liquid glazing.
Notice that each sprue of hinges has six hinges with six bolts and six hinges with five bolts. The hinges with five bolts are used on the doors and the hinges with six bolts are used on the building. Cut the five bolt hinges short right after the fourth bolt and glue to center of horizontal boards on doors. Position them so that the round part is just slightly beyond the edge of the edge of door. Be sure to sand all flashing off the hinges and round off the ends or you may have trouble operating the doors.
Cut the six bolt hinges to a length of about 5/16". Hold door up to opening and position short hinge on wall plate so that it sits right below long hinge on door. Leave a little space around the top and side of the door. Glue short hinge to plate. Repeat this for all six hinges and then make hinge pins from the .015 wire by cutting it into 1/4" lengths and bending one end 90 degrees. Clicking on photo below will open a much larger picture in a new window.
The doors have some heavy flashing on the bottom that will need to be sanded off and depending on your track height it might be necessary to sand a little more off the bottom of the doors.
Glue the three wooden shop walls together and then glue assembly to rear of building. Use the strip wood as trim as in photo. Position vertical piece first to cover any gaps between brick wall and wooden addition.
Trim roof to fit with about a 1/8" overhang and glue into place. Use supplied micro pore tape for horizontal tarpaper. Glue door and window into openings. A doorknob can be made from a pushpin. Glue styrene window into opening on rear of wood addition. Glue the two roof panels together and position on building with equal overhang on front and rear. Glue round vent into hole in rear brick wall. Glue the four small styrene bars onto top of smoke jack with super glue.
Glue cap to top of bars. Walthers "GOO" is good for this as it lets you reposition it until you get it centered. Glue smoke jack into hole in roof at the height you think looks right.
