Southern Pacific's Jefferson Branch

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Now that the blog is caught up posts will start to slow down.

From place holders to mock ups…….

Empty boxes and 2x4s worked fine when I was laying out the basic concept but as the layout develops it needs more.  This is especially true as
I start working out things like the final footprint and some of the basic buildings details in preparations for the final model builds.

One of the things I just realized is that ALL of my structures are going to be either white or yellow.  Vegely De Find and Siead Cement are white.  
Vegely De Find will stay white and Seiad Cement will be a light gray.  I really need to mix things up somehow as they are “next” to each other on the layout.  

SP buildings will be yellow and brown to stay true to the prototype.  Siskiyou Lumber will stay yellow like it’s inspiration, The Pacfic Lumber Co, but I’m
going to try varying the shades of yellow on the different buildings.  Arcata Plywood will not be yellow but the final color has not been determined. 
Maybe a beat up green like this shot from the Roseburg Mill in Weed CA.



All of the structures in the Humboldt yard don’t even have place holders.   Rather than figure that out I cobbled out few mock ups for Humboldt to
get a rough idea of what I’m looking at. First up is the yard office in Eureka.  The mock up isn’t too bad. It needs a foundation and the roof needs a
little more pitch to it.  The building is a cut up cereal box painted rattle can yellow and the roof is “tuxedo black” scrapbook paper I took when the mrs when she wasn’t looking.  
You can see the 1961 pictures of the real thing tacked up behind the mock up.





This small yard office, while not in Eureka, has always caught my eye.  (photo credit to Bruce Petty)



I thought it would work well at the far end of the yard near tunnel #5

It still needs a little work and a foundation still but should work nicely.



The only other structure in Humboldt will be the car shop in Eureka.   This mock up needs a do over.  The roof slope is too low, it’s too wide compared
to the photo and its’ too close to the main.  The building is from a cereal box, the roof is poster board, and the supports are from the wood scrap box. 
Although I’m not happy with it does give proof of concept.   You can see the real car shop in the picture right above the mock up.





Although it’s just bits and pieces, and far from the finished models, it does give it a nicer overall look.   Still, I will probably do the car shop over
before the final model.