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Ponderosa Moulding Co. Warehouse - mountaingoatgreg - 07-22-2010 So... I bought a Walthers structure with intentions to use it as a foreground warehouse. I then put it in place and decided it was too short. So i figured I would raise the structure up a little bit with a loading dock. I then turned the walls to to face the edge of the layout and realized...they suck. No interior detailing big ugly ejector marks etc. etc. So then I thought I could glue some corrugated metal to the inside...but then the walls are 2 feet wide. Well then I found some great photos of the interior of some different sawmills and decided that I guess I will be scratchbuilding this structure. So I grabbed my small collection of campbells siding and decided I will need to make a trip to the LHS to pick up some scale lumber. Now you can follow me attempt to scratchbuild the Ponderosa Moulding company warehouse. Re: Ponderosa Moulding - mountaingoatgreg - 07-22-2010 So here are a few snap shots of the prototype... It was recently was painted blue and had just been bare metal before. I will be modeling it as it was in the mid 60's Re: Ponderosa Moulding - Ralph - 07-23-2010 For a warehouse its an interesting looking structure with the roof angles and the covered bay over the track. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it! Ralph Re: Ponderosa Moulding Co. Warehouse - mountaingoatgreg - 07-24-2010 Thanks Ralph!! Here is the "look" I would like to obtain on the interior of the building. Being as this will only be a partial structure and be pretty prominent I think it will be neat to include all the interior trusses and what not. All photos from the Bowman Museum Collection Digitized Collection http://ponderosapinecapital.org/index.html The indside of the warehouse will mostly just stacked lumber ready to be loaded into railcars. I will proabbly have a fork lift with a load of lumber parked in theforground and some employees "looking busy" standing around. Any guesses on how far apart I should put the horizontal runners that support the metal siding? I was thinking of every 2 feet being as the metal usually is in two foot increments and would allow for a sturdy backing for the siding. Now to make a jig for the walls.... Re: Ponderosa Moulding Co. Warehouse - Gary S - 07-24-2010 Loking at the interior photo, I would guess 2 feet apart on the horizontal members is about right. That is actually much closer together than metal buildings I have worked in. The spacing was closer to four feet apart horizontally. Anyway, nice structure to model. Now, let's see some progress! Re: Ponderosa Moulding Co. Warehouse - mountaingoatgreg - 07-24-2010 Well I will be buying up all the HO scale 2X4 from NESL and maybe some sheet styrene....hmmmm Still think I am going to have to make some sort of jig. Maybe I will have time this eveing to work up so drawings... Re: Ponderosa Moulding Co. Warehouse - mountaingoatgreg - 07-27-2010 I have been working on the drawings for this structure and I am pretty happy with what I have come up with so far. Although it will not be a huge building I think the fully detailed interior will really catch people's eyes. Ok DRAWINGS ARE DONE!! [imghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TSEaMgO8iA0/TFIkNFlTMkI/AAAAAAAAAcY/ZDDTB9X29OU/s1600/Drawing+Side.jpg[/img] Re: Ponderosa Moulding Co. Warehouse - mountaingoatgreg - 07-29-2010 As you can see all the drawings are done... I went to the LHS and was thouroughly dissapointed :x All they had was one package of 2x4 So I guess I will be spending my evening order stripwood...what fun Re: Ponderosa Moulding Co. Warehouse - ocalicreek - 07-30-2010 Very, VERY nice drawings. Looks like a good candidate for a scratchbuild, and the extra work to model the interior bracing shouldn't be too hard...perhaps tedious is all. Looking forward to the build! Galen