01-15-2009, 08:35 AM
Gary,
Re: roundhouse interior
The photos I have seen (mostly Canadian National, from Ian Wilson's excellent books and the Archive at the Science & Tech Museum, show a whitewashed interior, with the exception that up to about 5 feet is painted black or other dark colour, presumably to mask the grime. Floors are usually wood or concrete, although some photos show what appears to be a dirt floor.
Tools are mostly "oversize" which makes sense considering the size of some of the nuts and bolts on the locos!
If you are tempted to have any "spare parts" lying around, be sure that the method of moving/handling them is also around. I was looking at a picture by Bob Boudreau in a back issue of MR the other day. I really like his work, and it is incredibly detailed, but he had a loco driver leaning on a wooden sawhorse... Don't think that would work in the real world... 
Hope that helps.
Andrew
Re: roundhouse interior
The photos I have seen (mostly Canadian National, from Ian Wilson's excellent books and the Archive at the Science & Tech Museum, show a whitewashed interior, with the exception that up to about 5 feet is painted black or other dark colour, presumably to mask the grime. Floors are usually wood or concrete, although some photos show what appears to be a dirt floor.
Tools are mostly "oversize" which makes sense considering the size of some of the nuts and bolts on the locos!
If you are tempted to have any "spare parts" lying around, be sure that the method of moving/handling them is also around. I was looking at a picture by Bob Boudreau in a back issue of MR the other day. I really like his work, and it is incredibly detailed, but he had a loco driver leaning on a wooden sawhorse... Don't think that would work in the real world... Hope that helps.
Andrew