Saloon 2 Boogaloo
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About the Project
Another installment of my Building the Old West project.
Related Game: Fistful Of Lead
Related Company: Wiley Games
Related Genre: Western
Related Contest: TerrainFest 2025
This Project is Active
Assembly
I used Elmer’s white glue (a brand of PVA glue) for assembly. I used an X-acto knive and files to clear out the holes of excess paint and sanded the tabs and widen the slots were it was too tight.
First floor. I built the four walls first then then added the supports for the upper deck. 
Interior of the first floor. The PVA glue is still drying here. 
Here I’m starting to add the railings to the deck. I had to clamp them in place to keep them from falling over. I used the adjustable wrench as a weight to make sure the upper deck fit snugly onto the supports. Test Fit/Mockup
I did a bit of a test fit and mockup to find out where the issues are. I’ll need to do a bit of drilling and filing to clear off the accumulated paint.
Ground floor and board walk.
Interior of first floor. The back wall still needs to be painted. The stairs are in their approximate final position. 
Partially assembled upper floor showing the relation of the stairs to the upper floor. Windows, Billboards and Assistants
The brown above the masking tape is the reverse side of the billboard. The doors have also been masked for the next step. 
Window sills installed, door frames pending. I’ll need to paint the individual frames next. 
George, my assistant. So Much Green
Upper floor interior. The area that’s above the masking tape is the back of the sign and will be painted as natural wood. 
Interior bedroom walls. 
First floor interior walls. Several Coats Later
Painting yellow over a grey primer will require multiple coats. This is after the first coat. 
I lost track of how many coats but I think this is around 4 or 5. If I were to do this again, I might’ve primed white on the front of the building and gray on the sides and back. Still, I rather like the slightly transparent look as I was going for a paint job you’d see on a boom town building, gaudy and hurriedly applied.
Front & Rear
I decided to repaint the rear storerooms in more of a buff color. 
I masked off the front doors and used masking tape to hold the sign frame in place. Everything in the frame will be painted black. The horizontal piece of tape marks the edge of the frame. 
Everything painted and the masking tape removed. Storage
There’s a pair of small store rooms at the back of the saloon and I wanted to paint them differently so I test fit the walls in place and masked off the area to be painted.
Here’s what the storerooms look like when partially assembled. 
Here are the storeroom walls after the masking tape was removed. The walls are painted a mix of yellow, white and Burt umber all mixed together. I may try a different color and repaint them. Stairs
I glued the stair steps into the risers on one side. 
Once the stairs were glued into place on one side, I press fit the other side into place and then glued the stairs to the other riser. 
