Southern Pacific's Jefferson Branch

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@ Mike - THANKS! it's HO

I had bought several sheets of foam core but haven’t used even a full sheet yet.  Since I am on a mock up building roll I went ahead and did a quick mock up for the middle miscellaneous mill building
that use to be a chunk a of 2x 4.    Besides wanting to get rid of the 2x4 I wanted to play with varying colors between the buildings.    

When I did the new Siskiyou building I actually gave it a quick coat of a cheap primer first.  When I did the middle building I was in such a rush I skipped over that step.  I went to give this one the first
shot of color and the paper cover of the foam core wrinkled.   I’m guessing the paint is “wetter” and the primer dries faster.   It will get a do over as well in time but will do for now.
The dusty yellow was too light by itself so I played with the two yellows….if I messed it up it was going to be replaced anyway right.





Although it looks rough and basic I like the over all scheme that is coming together.





The next mock up I’m going to tackle is the Arcata Plywood mill in Jefferson.  With only one photo for inspiration It’s going to be hard to replicate it in any form… but then again
I can take some liberties too.  It doesn’t look to be a bow string truss roof and it looks like it has several pitches.



 I was looking for current photos of the new Siskiyou building, see previous post,  and found this one on Google Earth street view.



While there I saw another interesting old PALCO building with a what appears to be a similar roof to the Arcata mill roof line.  The only issue I have is the Arcata Mill may be be too
wide in it’s space to have that profile..   I’ll have to spend a few days playing around with it............