Siding done, and cracking open the San Fran box.
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Figuring out what the staircase looks like, and installing a (matboard) door, pin-hinged:
I found on sale some of that acrylic gel stuff that one mixes with paint to make it look like stain, and have been trying it out on the stair treads and railing newel posts; so far it looks OK, though I mixed it with a dark paint to get this (what I consider to be) medium color.
Siding done! :thumbup: And side trim (matboard strips) affixed.
I have to get some paint now! Also you can see that I did make smaller (circumferentially) tapered posts for the porch; I like this look much better.
Finally breaking open that San Fran 555 box (special request build for a family member). I had been thinking that this was an MDF model like the 557 that I built several years ago (which was not my favorite building experience by a long shot), but havanaholly set me straight about it on a San Fran thread, so now I am much more excited about getting into this kit. Here are all the pieces after sorting:
You probably can't tell but that instruction booklet is pretty thick! A dozen pages at least. This is an old kit off eBay, but everything looks to be all present and accounted for. I do like that brick powder and template-- it was in the San Fran 557 kit as well (probably the only thing I did like about that particular build 
).
Edit: I should say that the SF555 is not MDF, but it is die-cut 1/8" plywood with pieces of milled siding that one slides together for the exterior. It still has all that uncut trim to saw, and the windows will still be difficult, but at least it is not MDF! 
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