Bushwick Terminal

[cnw1961]

Mike, sounds like a really low budget start of this railroad :mrgreen: .

No progress on the layout itself, but I got my new flatcars yesterday and I need lumber loads for my centerbeams. So that is what I did today.



After doing the graphics I printed them out and cut out 43.5 mm wrappers for the lumber bundles in the middle and 60 mm long wrappers for the ends.



I used 8 mm thick balsa wood for the bundles and cut it to 13 x 254 mm pieces.



I glued two thin cardboard strips to the balsa, because I wanted the bundles a bit thicker than 8 mm (8.7 mm) and then I cut grooves into two sides of the strips (front and bottom) to simulate individual lumber bundles.



Then I glued the wrappers to the front of my balsa strips.



Next I wrapped them around the top and the ends and cut the paper to fit.



I pressed the paper into the grooves in the balsa strips using the sharp side of my blade.



These are the 13 x 1 mm pieces that go between the stacks.



I glued them to the bottom of three of the balsa strips.



Final assembly.



If anyone wants to give it a try, here is a PDF-file of my graphics: http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/weyerhae...erbeam.pdf