Southern Pacific's Jefferson Branch

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Ok, I tried……..

I started on the mock up for Arcata Plywood but the big building in Siskiyou kept nagging at me.  I did make up a quick outline of the PALCO building I had in the other post with interesting roof line.   It’s too small and I’m not sure if enlarging it will work out proportionally .  I also did a quick cut out of a bow string roof building of the right size to see how that works out.   I’m letting both of them sit for a few days and will I see how I like them….




In the mean time I went back to Siskiyou.     This scene will be based on these two pics:






Now the real building is about 650’ but my version will be reduced to about a scale 350’ or 4’ on the layout.  

With the place holder removed I started work on the mock up.  Being it is so long in length I had to use 2 pieces of foam core to make the main wall.



To fit this on my layout I had to flip the scene on the horizontal and the main building will only have 2 walls modeled.  The second wall going in…….



Here it is  test fitted in place.  The white piece in front is a sheet of JTT HO clapboard siding that is going to be used for the final model.  I like JTT better than Evergreen as it is a little thinner, costs about the same per package but you get 2 sheets in a pack instead of one Evergreen.



Once I was sure it was the right fit I went a head braced it all up. 



Everything got a light prime and a quick shot of dullcoat.   If you look at the pictures you can see the original pic in the background, I think I got the roof line close.





I have spent several days trying to work on good color for it but haven’t worked that out yet.  The issue is in my head, and mislead by the MEDCO building in the previous post, is I am focusing on yellow as what the colors were when really at the the time PALCO is more or a cream or a very muted yellow.

I am also going to see how some chipping looks on the lower sections.  Who knows maybe that will make it to the final model… and this is why I do the mock ups