Tom, Sorry I'm not a fisherman. Can't sit still long enough, besides now I have to put in a spur to the mine and build an ore tippler to move the ore to the processing facility (which must be built and located some place in the yard). Jack
Jack: Looks like you've been having entirely too much fun! You know, of course, that a project likes that is supposed to take years not days! I see the "river" coming out of a most interesting falls, so when are we going to go fishing.
Tom Trigg
More progress. Stones are stacked to create a mountain with a mine entrance. Need to add some dirt and plants to sides. Smaller river rocks which made up privious hill have been recycled as edging along the walk ways. Next in line is trestle leading to a tippler at a siding. Here are the latest pictures.
Planted some miniture juniper trees in front of new waterfall and completed some mondane tasks of restaining a trestle and installing some rocks at a spot which mulch always washed on to the tracks. Here are some pictures.
Some more progress pictures here. Should finish initial stage today. Calling for rain and showers for next five or six days. Eventually the rear portion will be hiegthened and will include a mine with a spur to it and a tippler.
Another days progress on the water fall and mountain project is recorded here. Have been moving rocks! If the weather holds should finish in two or three days.
During a unusal rainy spell over a couple weeks, the CFO chased be to the shed to build something. After digging in the scrap wood box, I came up with a gazebo. Its finished and the weather has dried up so I finally decided to rework the water fall. Here are some pictures of both projects.
Tom and Zak, Thanks for your kind words.
Zak, the base is simply a 12'x12' scale cedar frame with 1/8" cedar flooring over 1/4" luaun board.
Tom, the boardwalk is extended from the base frame work with the same size lumber and 1/4" planks attached like the flooring. There is a couple pictures of the "sidewalk framing" among the progress pictures.
Everything is coated with three coats of Polyurethane. Jack
Jack:
That looks like a real "boardwalk" (wooden sidewalk) the building is setting on. Is that true? Is that the foundation?
Let's see now, if I leave on Wednesday morning that will put me arriving in your back yard about midnight Saturday night. OOPS, did I say that out loud? Looking good my friend.
Hey Howdy,
Just gotta say, Boy o Boy does that look nice..... :)
Oh...what did you use for the base?
Zak
Keep On Railroad'n..............
The Store Front project is finally finished. Actually it has been on the train lot for almost two weeks, just took some time to get pictures posted. Here they are. This should wind up the building cycle for the year (gets too hot in the shed). Will be working on track maintenance and gardening for the summer months.
Trigg, Sorry bout the trouble. The color scheme came from trying to use up some left over paint and stains as well as a mistake. The wine color of the center building was picked out of a row of "colonial red" paint. (should have read the label). If the future calls for furnishing the interrior, I'll just pick out a window or two to place furnishings. The windows will be installed using Silicon II sealant incase I want to do something inside. Second and third floors might be difficult, since windows are smaller, but first floor will be a breeze with the larger windows. Color scheme is left building Morocian Coffee stain trimmed with Camaflouge Gray; center is Cabernet trimmed in Winter Gray: building on the right is Clear Polliurathane trimmed in Cherry Red, all of which is overcoated with Clear Matte Lacqure
Looking good my friend. DA BOSS just came in and looked over my shoulder! Ya got me in trouble! Now I gota make one. She loves your color scheme and I admit I like it too. Seems to me to be a unique combination of colors. It looks to me as if you put in the intermediate floors. If so, did you make any allowances to open up the building to place furnishings? If so, what did you do? Thanks.
Another week and some more progress.If all goes well should finish by the weekend. Here are some pictures. Meant to include one of the finished roofing, but some how got two of the sidewald framing. Oh well will include the roofing in next report. Have the windows all ready for installation and have yet to complete the doors although the transums are finished.
Buildings are starting to shape up. Have assembled the building and finished it all around and the roofing applied to the sidewalk overhangs. Have placed the support beams for the main roofs. This week I hope to have the flooring in place and the roofs on. Then it will be time for the board side walk and base. Here are the progress pictures for this week.
That is amazing. Hadn't notice that before. It would be neat, but as yet I haven't place the window panes in the frames. Must be a shadow or something on the camera's lens. Won't place panes till windows are cased and paintet. That way I can spray them.
I just noticed something in that pic. Look at the top right window on the left building. Now look at the lower pane of that window. It looks like a broken piece of glass.
Tom. The "BOSS" took that picture and liked it also. Today I started putting the trim casings on the doors and windows.
Jack: Looking very good indeed! This view is execelent
This view enhaces the different building heights. With the facia boards in place it is beginning to look as if it were 50 years old.
Thanks Trigg. As requested, here is this weeks progress. Finished the front of all three buildings. Also cut the end wall and the interior walls and although not shown here, have placed the windows in the end pieces.
Looks interesting. Looking forward to seeing more.
Have commenced the next building project. It will be three stores loosely based on the Garden Texture's 20th St Series. I am constructing them as one unit. So far this is what I have. The front, with the windows (less trim casings) and applying the siding. Here are some pictures.
The Lumber Baron's House is completed and you can find pictures here. I showed my method of providing some stibility from wind blowing over my buildings. The "legs" are placed in holes filled with portland cement and are easily removed if need be for maintance. Haven't had a building disturbed by the wind since first trying this method. As you can see, the front and back are about the same with the exception of the doormers. The house is positioned to overlook the lumber mill from the front (the rear view) and what will be the downtown area from the rear. The downtown area will be the next area to be constructed.
Thanks Zak. As with all things in life, one tries to improve on each new experience. In my case it is sometimes learning to cover up mistakes. Jack
Howdy Jack,
Holy Moly this is your best yet. Awesome building.
Regards,
You'll find the latest pictures of the Lumber Baron's house here. Hopefully by the end of the week I will get the glass in the windows and doors and all of them installed. Took a short vacation to visit friends so I'm a bit behind schedule. Jack
Another installment documenting the construction of the "Lumber Barons House". Once the roofing is finished I be ready to build the porch steps and install the windows and doors. You will find some pictures here of the progress. Enjoy. Jack
Zak, Thanks. As with all my buildings, I am using cedar. Pickup 1 bys and rip them down to size. The plans are from Garden texture which I blow up to 1:20.3 scale. Not sure about how quickly I finish a building, but its what I do. I am retired and moved south to build a railroad. Winter is when I do buildings and spend a large part of each day in the workshop. Jack
Wow Jack! The timber baron's house looks very nice. What kind of wood are you using? I see some plans there on your work table. Did you draw them up yourself? You have some very nice work that is completed pretty darn fast. You will have that lay-out populated with scratch built dwellings in no time. :)
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Made some progress on the timber frame house this week. Completed the end and side walls as well as the thrusses and started assembling everything today. Here are some pictures of the work so far.
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