Following Tetters' exemple, I built my QRL&PCo Beaupré station from a Cheerios cereal box (and some leftovers from a oatmeal box too).

The most important step was to brace firmly the cardboard to a stiff backing. I used 1/16 artist cardboard I kept from my architecture school days.

Here's a picture of the original building as it stood back in 1954. It was built in 1889, with eleborate gingerbread ornements. Most of them were removed in early 50s. I have no date for the destruction of this very station, but many on the line were torn down by CNR circa 1978. It probably had the same fate.



Clapboard texture was done by scribbing the cardboard with an X-acto blade then spread the lines with a needle. Glossing printed side of the box was also sanded to ensure better bond when gluing.

I exclusively used carpenter yellow glue. It dry fast and doesn't warp material (most of the time). I also used it to give more strenght to corners and other fragile parts.

As you can see, I glued backing almost everywhre. Next time I build a cardboard structure, I'll make a solid core that I will clad with finishes.

A few "trusses" were made to support the roof. As you can see, the roof have the caracteristic French Canadian curved line near the soffit. This is a traditionnal feature of the area, that historically, traces back it's root to orientalism brought back in the area by a British Governor that served in South Eastern Asia in late 1700s. In some unusual way, it evolved and quickly spread in rural areas where it was very popular until 1900. Nowadays, this feature is a staple of traditionnal architecture, old folks called it "maison canadienne". Modern version are always clumsy, lack proportion and elegance. Grand Trunk / Intercolonial built several stations in this style back in 1856 when it was very fashionable. La Pocatière and St-Pascal stations still stand today. La Pocatière Station from Wikipedia:



Habitually, the pitch of these roof is much more steeper, but in this case, they put it on a more "English" design, which is quite rare. Because of that, I couldn't curve the heavy cardboard and had to make a strong structure then glue a lighter curved sheet on it. As you will see later, this decision led to a warped roof near the gable. Next time, I'll make the roof in one strong part!!!











More to come later.

Matt

Excellent work.

I have a large stock pile of reclaimed card stock(cereal and other dry food boxes) Not only do they make disposable work surfaces but with a bit of effort they can be used as modeling material for structures and in my case rolling stock.

Ingenious ! Shades of Robin Matthyro . Nice work

T

Matt, very nice building projects! Looks very nice!

The bay-window was made by splicing together Tichy windows. Most of them were cut and shortened to fit the prototype.



Styrene rod was cemented to windows to fill the gap then filed down.





Finally, the bay-window was completed with cereal box clapboard. Corner plank are made from an office folder. Strong yet relatively thin material.



The roof was made with cereal box and lightly curved. It was then glued on the roof structure.





I made a template to make sure everything aligned well. That would help later by minimizing custom cuts of material.



Matt

Here you can see the roof and its substructure in black cardboard. The small gap is intended to glue the fascia later.



Before adding any fascia, I scribbed and installed "wood" soffit under the roof structure.





Fascias were then added. I found that many commercial kits fail to represent credible roof (fascia and soffite). These small details bring life to a building and make roofs look more than just a thick slab (which they aren't).





The station nearing completion. Only the small gable roof to be done.





The model is now ready to be primed and painted. More to come later.

Matt

That's excellent Matt! Inspiring work!

Excellent model.

I don't think that the actual roof structure is curved. You can just fold a crease into the roof instead of fussing with getting an exact radius.

The rafters meet at an angle. So do the roof planking.

The shingles laid over the angle appear to curve as they overlap each other over the angle.

The curved appearance is enhanced by the application of a curved fascia board.

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Excellent work Matt Certainly captures the prototype.

I'll look forward to seeing it painted.

Cheers,

Kev

TinGoat Wrote:Excellent model.

I don't think that the actual roof structure is curved. You can just fold a crease into the roof instead of fussing with getting an exact radius.

The rafters meet at an angle. So do the roof planking.

The shingles laid over the angle appear to curve as they overlap each other over the angle.

The curved appearance is enhanced by the application of a curved fascia board.

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On this very station, the roof structure was actually curved. It's very common in my area.

My house (1875) follow the traditional way these roof were done. Curved wood structural members were added on top of rafter to get this shape.



I must admit, the La Pocatière station is indeed done like you said.

Matt

Next, the building was primed with Krylon white primer. It shown rought spots that were sanded down.



It was then painted with enamel paint. I decided to use it after acrylic was altered the cardbox. As you can see, the paint made the scribbing less visible.



When paint was dry, I use a point to resharpen the scribbing.







Roofing was made with laser printer paper. This station ws tin roofed in a typical fashion called "à la canadienne". This roofing technic is another traditional feature of the area. It may looks like the more familiar diamond-shaped tin roof, but altogether is a very different beast.



At first, I thought using motif scissors to get the angular pattern, but it prove to be wrong. Getting regular shape with theses scissors isn't as easy as it seems. Also, it give the diamond-shaped pattern, not "à la canadienne" pattern. I used it on some structure in the past.







I finally removed all the work I did and tried another method. BTW, paper was glued in place with diluted carpenter glue.

Matt

Finally, I decided to draw row of "single" in AutoCAD and print them to scale. Then, I scribbed every shingle to get the motif texture. This way, I would get the exact "à la canadienne" pattern.





Then, all rows of shingle were cut into long strips.



The starting row is always horizontal, others are placed at an angle near to 30 degrees.









I also placed flashing in the right place to get a prototypical look.









And the final touch, including a Tichy chimney.





Finally, the roof got a generous layer of good old aluminium paint, as it should!!!







Matt

Next step was to make roof curved brackets. I used layered strips of .5mm styrene to make them and get smooth curved. Holes were filled with automotive putty.

The parts:



The template:











Then I installed and trimmed the brackets. I glued them with CA.







Then, Tichy windows were modified from 8 panes to 4 panes line the prototype:



They were then primed and painted white. I masked the window itself to paint the framing another color. I used unthinned acrylic paint while painting the frame. That way, I avoided paint to run under the tape and mess the job.



At this point, station received its last coat of paint before assembling the windows.





Matt

I decided to add a few curtains and shades in the windows. Prototype pictures showns a lot of them on the second floor, in the freight room too. Curtains were made from a folder. Drawn with colored pencils.







and voilà!



Before installing once for all the bay-window, I drawn its locations then painted it in black to give more depth.







Plastic chimney was randomly painted with acrylics: brown, red, dark brown, orange and tan.

I then coated it with a layer of oil paint: white + ocre + black. This paint was then removed with a cloth, leaving paint in the mortar lines. Working with oil gives better result than acrylics who just smear the surface and make a mess most of the time. Finally, using colored pencils of various shade of brown, burgundy, orange and tan, I touched up the brickwork randomly to give it more realism.





The final result:



Matt