Layouts and layout building

This is the tape i'm talking about

you can find it in the medical section of a drug store

Here's a couple of photos of the finished upper roof

Thanks for the medical tape product and at 3/4" wide that would be about 5.4' HO scale, so with a 2.5' scale overlap it could approximate a 3' wide roof roll material.

I would bet some grimy black paint would give it the tar paper color too!

The total area in square inches that I need is around 288, so 2 rolls of this stuff would do it!

I just love scratchbuilding modeling techniques, they are hot, fast, and cheap!

Thanks again,

Ryan

Yes the overlap works out perfect and the texture will show the lines

very nicely

If you use it I think you'll like the effect

I made a boiler out of the top of a super glue bottle
and extended it to hold a AA battery to power the lights

and a smoke stack out of the body of a pen

Running the wires up the smoke stack to the rafters
will help keep them hidden

Once I get a low voltage transformer I'll by pass the battery

Here's a photo of the old engine house

and the new

That's about all i can do till the rest of my windows and doors show up at the LHS

It's really looking good Terry.  This is the kind of stuff I wish MRR would do every once in a while.

I'm assuming since you have a power source (steam engine) that you have machining abilities on site.

Might I humbly suggest these:

http://66.241.223.134/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=jaks&Category_Code=SS9000

http://66.241.223.134/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SS9101&Category_Code=SS9000&Product_Count=0

I have assembled the complete Machine shop kit.  I can send you pictures if you like.

http://66.241.223.134/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SS7226&Category_Code=SS7000&Product_Count=25

It includes the milling machine, drill press, bandsaw, overhead drive wheels, and lathe.

The quality of the metal casting is okay.  They each needed some trimming of flash with a really sharp XActo.....

Terry, I've really enjoyed following the progress on the scratchbuilt engine house. It is really taking shape.

Don, thanks for the links to the machine shop detail parts.  You can send me photos of the machine shop!

Cheers,

Ryan

DigitalGriffin wrote:

It's really looking good Terry.  This is the kind of stuff I wish MRR would do every once in a while.   I have assembled the complete Machine shop kit.  I can send you pictures if you like. Snip

Thanks Don

You can post them here or mail them i'd love to see them

excellent tutorial !

thank you , this is the type of inspirational article that keeps this place exciting

Terry -- nice adaptation of the Thurmond engine house - nice proportions and such.  The C&O mallet house in Thurmond was a really long affair (see this photo from the C&O HS http://www.chessieshop.com/gallery/showphoto.pl?id=41149) holding 4 (I think) of the 2-6-6-2's (H4/H5/H6).  The interior details really add a lot to a building with all those windows.

After seeing what you've done I've more or less decided to add interiors,etc to my buildings as they get added to the new railroad (and I have a number that need to be retro-fitted too!).

Keep us all in the loop as this project moves along.

Charles

DigitalGriffin wrote:

It's really looking good Terry.  This is the kind of stuff I wish MRR would do every once in a while.

Thank you again

I totally aggree

They used to years ago run small articles on moderate projects that weren't out of reach for the average modeler.

One such was a coal tipple.When I saw that I thought I can do that and so began my first scratch build project

BTW nice list of Machines

Can't wait to see the photos

wmshay06 wrote:

Terry -- nice adaptation of the Thurmond engine house - nice proportions and such.  The C&O mallet house in Thurmond was a really long affair (see this photo from the C&O HS http://www.chessieshop.com/gallery/showphoto.pl?id=41149) holding 4 (I think) of the 2-6-6-2's (H4/H5/H6).  The interior details really add a lot to a building with all those windows. After seeing what you've done I've more or less decided to add interiors,etc to my buildings as they get added to the new railroad (and I have a number that need to be retro-fitted too!). Keep us all in the loop as this project moves along. Charles

Yep Charles that's the one

I was in Thurmond in 85 and it was still standing but leaning badly toward the river

I tried looking thru the dirty windows and wanted soooooooo bad to go inside

but that would have been tresspassing as i was already on RR property i thought

it best not to press my luck

It's gone now, sadly, burned to the ground even the tracks are gone but thanks to the COHS

and a bunch of modelers it lives on in photos and models

ereimer wrote:

excellent tutorial !   thank you , this is the type of inspirational article that keeps this place exciting

You're welcome

I agree there are some great modelers that post here and i just wanted to give back

in exchange for all the neat stuff i've seen here