01-30-2009, 01:22 PM
Thanks Andrew, and sorry it took me so long to reply. I've used your info about the painting of the walls to guide me in building interior walls for the Walthers kit. The kit has no provision for interior walls. I've also searched thru a lot of my books and mags looking for interior photos, I found only 3, and they do not show much. One that was interesting and I plan to use was clipboards hanging from the columns at the rear of the roundhouse, the end where the front of the loco would be. The other end, the front, is very narrow so there would not be anything there, clearance is tight. I note that the rails reach almost all the way to the rear wall. I was speaking to a friend who had rummaged around the Erie's roundhouse in Port Jervis while it was out of service and prior to the fire which destroyed it, and he told me the rails there also reached nearly to the rear wall. In another thread about machine equipment Val posted a link to some belt driven tools I thought would be useful. It seems though that lathes etc were not directly in the roundhouse but more often in an addition on one side. One photo I saw showed a steel cabinet against one of the side walls, nothing else.
I'm posting a few pics of the roundhouse so far. This one was taken from an angle and distance that will be the best view of the interior once it is in place on the layout. You can actually see in better than I thought from the front. I just have paper where the roof will be to block the light, so when the actual roof is in place, it should be darker yet. I'm thinking a couple carts with tools and parts kept between the columns where they are not in the way when not in use would be appropriate. Not sure what else but will be happy if anyone can offer info. The rear walls on the left three stalls are just sub walls waiting for delivery of styrene cinder block sheet to laminate onto them. I have Tichy windows that fit the openings. The installation of these painted walls should darken the interior further. I'm not sure about adding lighting, then the interior detailing will be more important and I'm thinking less is better at this point, having little info.
I'm posting a few pics of the roundhouse so far. This one was taken from an angle and distance that will be the best view of the interior once it is in place on the layout. You can actually see in better than I thought from the front. I just have paper where the roof will be to block the light, so when the actual roof is in place, it should be darker yet. I'm thinking a couple carts with tools and parts kept between the columns where they are not in the way when not in use would be appropriate. Not sure what else but will be happy if anyone can offer info. The rear walls on the left three stalls are just sub walls waiting for delivery of styrene cinder block sheet to laminate onto them. I have Tichy windows that fit the openings. The installation of these painted walls should darken the interior further. I'm not sure about adding lighting, then the interior detailing will be more important and I'm thinking less is better at this point, having little info.