First attempt at scratch building.

[Russ Bellinis]

A down spout from the roof and a tall tree or shrub like an Italian Cypress is the first thought that comes to my mind for hiding the corner.

[Lester Perry]

Those are good ideas. I will try it and get back with you on that. In fact I could use 2 downspouts.

[MasonJar]

You might try scoring some matching mortar lines into the wall using a razor saw, or a blade. I can't see exactly how the mortar lines are formed in the rest of the wall, but you'd need to pick a method that would give you a matching pattern.

Another alternative is to make pilasters with the mitred corner to cover.

Andrew

[tetters]

That is looking pretty sweet. I like those bendable stands, where did you pick them up?

[ocalicreek]

I second Andrew's suggestion. Take a look at the little freebie practice brick shed from scalescenes.com for an example.

Galen

[Lester Perry]

Well Gentlemen, I Am getting closer. I have tried several things to fix my corners and decided to let them go as they are for now. here are a few pics.


The white piece you see here will not be visible when it is in place



The rail will be coming down the left side. Trucks will back up to the right side.



I don't have a piece of evergreen big enough for the roof. Looks like a trip to LHS.
Also some detail things should be in later this week

[Trucklover]

Les thats looking pretty cool!!

[ocalicreek]

I don't have a piece of evergreen big enough for the roof. Looks like a trip to LHS.
Also some detail things should be in later this week

Not to keep you from your LHS, but what about bracing or making a multi-ply cardstock roof? Two-plys of cerealbox board with alternating grain makes a pretty strong and stable sheet, especially if you add bracing beneath.

The progress looks great! It has a nice feel to it, good proportions.

Galen

[Lester Perry]

I thought about using 2 pieces , but my LHS is about a mile down the road. I also need to go there for other stuff.
Les

[Lester Perry]

Here is the latest progress on my project. It is just sitting in place.







I am looking for suggestions. and opinions. I will start with a question.
Is the roof to high with the box car?

[jglfan]

Hi Les, the building is looking good. I think the idea offered about pillasters for the corners is a good one. You can buy (if you don't already have) brick sheet by a couple different manufacturers, I've used N Scale Architects (they make HO too) You would just cut a strip, fold a 90 degree bend in it, and scribe the edges to get mortor lines on the edges as well. Line up the courses with those on the wall and glue in place.

I don't think your roof is too high.

Regarding the question you asked earlier (just cam eback to the thread now, sorry) the way I made the rows of windows even on the Quinn Ball Bearing plant was to not cut teh windows out from a sheet of styrene, but rather to cut vertical and horizontal pieces from .060 styrene sized as to leave the desired window opening when they were edge glued together. They were cut on a small table saw to ensure same dimensions. I used a square and straight edge to edge glue them together, then brick sheet as I mentioned above was laminated to the subwall. An exacto knife then was used to cut out the openings for teh windows in the brick sheet from behind, using the subwall openings as a guide.

Gary

[MadModeler]

Looking great there guys.

I've learned just to experiment. I generally use scrap material that's laying around (due to either being cheap or broke) and have had some varied results.

I built a couple of outhouses using scrap wood from a tangerine box (one had the door working and the other was not as successful), I've used plastic to build a boat trailer, scraps of balsa wood to make a waterline boat etc. I also used some scrap wood to make a picnic table for the cottage model I have. The cottage model was a high school assignment and I never got around to pitching it. Of course, this particular model is being retired after a replacement is made. The replacement is going to be HO (like the items I made) and should have more improvements on it. The current cottage model is 1:100.

Good luck and above all, have fun!