OK, I'm getting better......last time I took a 1 yr break, this time it was "only" 1/2 a year :oops:
After all that time, I decided that I wanted to do the building in wood instead of styrene, so I painted the shell so I could glue to it and used some scribed siding:
I wanted to use a NP color scheme (tan and brown) but in pics, the brown has a red tint to it.......I will be darkening up a bit:
A ramp for the freight door:
I used Plastruct O-scale "old bricks" for the foundation (luv em).
Next post will be the roof.....
The hinges at the door are an outstanding detail!
faraway Wrote:The hinges at the door are an outstanding detail!
I wish I could take credit for them, but I certainly agree..... they do look nice
I cut the shingles and glued them to the sub-roof. In this pic I just loosely placed it on the house:
Today I received the rest of the scribed siding I ordered, so I guess I will go back to siding the next section of the freight house, and finish that up.
Take care
That's a great looking structure....
It's going to be a terrific addition to your layout...(As if it needed MORE of them...
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Keep us updated...Great to see you back in harness...
The door is fantastic and I like the brown stripe trim on the bottom of the structure. Great looking building!
Hi All;
Steve, you're doing a terrific job on your layout. I just went back and reread the whole thread. Great work!
Cheers,
That's a lot of reading!
Thank you for the kind words Gord
I worked on the dock that is in front of the next section of the freight house. On my coal house I did the trestle deck board by board....I wasn't looking forward to that right now
, so I used some more scribed siding instead:
I still need to do the next roof, make some trim pieces for both of the roof areas.......and glaze the windows..........I hate glazing windows
almost as much as I hate balasting!
Take care
I was doing the shingles on the left section of the freight house and messed up. The right side of the roof butts right up to the house section, and all that was in my mind was to keep the shingles flush to the edge of the roof. Well, I was on the last row of shingles when I realized that I didn't stagger them. I was so mad for being that dumb!!!
I had no more shingles, and not enough sandpaper to to do over again anyway. So, I tried wetting the roof in the hopes of loosening up a few rows of shingles to correct the problem. I managed to get 1 row out and then put back on, but I mangled the roof. Color was running everywhere, shingles were curling and loosening up. I was disgusted with myself, and just left the basement . I came back about an hour later, and realized that If I had planned to make a beat up old roof....I probably couldn't have done a much better job
In fact, I kind of liked it so much, I beat up the other roof!
I have said before that I have done some of my best modeling when I mess up..............go figure
I still need to tweak it some, need to push some shingles back down (I think it is a bit over-done right now) but Like the way it generally looks. The pristine roof was just lacking something:
Maybe I'll get to the glazing tomorrow......