02-25-2011, 10:06 AM
Good Day, and Happy Friday!
I've begun construction of a CPR Engine House to place on my layout. It will be a two stall Engine House with a Machine Shop that will exist "off layout". Tracks into the Engine House will be accessible via a # 6 Wye. The Engine House is being built off plans based in the early 1900's. A bit dated however after looking at several different plans I decided to go with this design, as it seems to fit the real estate in the area where plan to put it at the very front of the layout. As a result of its location I've decided as an added challenge that I'm leaving the Engine House on the edge of the layout open, allowing the viewer to look inside. This will give me the opprotunity to detail the interior and watch the engines as they pull in for servicing.
The viewer will be looking in from the machine shop side area which will essentially be an extension off of the topmost loco area as shown in the plans. When I get to it, I may shorten the over all length of the machine shop from the front just to give some added wall structure on aisle side of the model, but not so much as to obstruct the view of the interior.
The plans posted are from a fairly large pdf file, so some of the detail may be lost however the screen caps should give you the rough the idea.
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I have so far cut the wall panels needed and started construction on the doors for the front panels. The doors are very interesting to look at in my opinion and so far a challenge to build. Materials for this build will be mainly card stock and strip wood with window and doors provided by Grandt Line. They are a good approximate size for what I need and it will save me the nightmare of having to scratch build the 10 roundhouse windows needed for the model.
hock:
I'll do some more work on the front panels and doors and post up some progress pictures tonight.
I do have one question I'd like to throw out there. The plans themselves do not indicate whether the interior walls were sheathed or if the studs were left exposed. I was hoping if anyone could tell me from experience or knowledge if either or was done.
Comments, opinions or help is always appreciated. Thanks!
Shane
I've begun construction of a CPR Engine House to place on my layout. It will be a two stall Engine House with a Machine Shop that will exist "off layout". Tracks into the Engine House will be accessible via a # 6 Wye. The Engine House is being built off plans based in the early 1900's. A bit dated however after looking at several different plans I decided to go with this design, as it seems to fit the real estate in the area where plan to put it at the very front of the layout. As a result of its location I've decided as an added challenge that I'm leaving the Engine House on the edge of the layout open, allowing the viewer to look inside. This will give me the opprotunity to detail the interior and watch the engines as they pull in for servicing.
The viewer will be looking in from the machine shop side area which will essentially be an extension off of the topmost loco area as shown in the plans. When I get to it, I may shorten the over all length of the machine shop from the front just to give some added wall structure on aisle side of the model, but not so much as to obstruct the view of the interior. The plans posted are from a fairly large pdf file, so some of the detail may be lost however the screen caps should give you the rough the idea.
[album]3585[/album]
[album]3586[/album]
I have so far cut the wall panels needed and started construction on the doors for the front panels. The doors are very interesting to look at in my opinion and so far a challenge to build. Materials for this build will be mainly card stock and strip wood with window and doors provided by Grandt Line. They are a good approximate size for what I need and it will save me the nightmare of having to scratch build the 10 roundhouse windows needed for the model.
hock:I'll do some more work on the front panels and doors and post up some progress pictures tonight.
I do have one question I'd like to throw out there. The plans themselves do not indicate whether the interior walls were sheathed or if the studs were left exposed. I was hoping if anyone could tell me from experience or knowledge if either or was done.
Comments, opinions or help is always appreciated. Thanks!
Shane