Nachoman's summer 2010 enginehouse challenge.

[nachoman]

I've started sawing some HO scale 12x12s out of the paint stirring sticks. I figure timbers of that size would look appropriate for framing of a small enginehouse. I can cut smaller sizes, but I haven't come up with a "framing blueprint" yet. I'm not an engineer, so I am not quite sure how something like this would have been built 100 years ago. I have decided a wood plank floor with an inspection pit in one stall will look cool.

Here is a photo of my lumber. I don't know what the paint sticks are made of, but when ripped down to this size they are very flexible - almost too flexible. The wood is plenty strong, but soft. Once it is glued together it should work fine.