Jack:
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.
Tom Trigg
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
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.
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..............
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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
Its been quite awhile since I posted anything. Several trips and projects for the CFO have kept me out of the train yard for some time. Now the heat is just too much for working. While showing someone the pictures posted here, I noticed that I hadn't posted any with the lettering done on the motive power and rolling stock. Here they are with a couple of a future engineer who visited the other evening while the trains were up and running.
Spent a couple days getting started laying the base and track for the new spur going to the mine. Then I installed the switch and balasted everything. Still must erect some sort of retaining walls, but want to wait until I get the tipple installed. Next project is build the tipple (still a bit warm in the workshop) so I have started redoing the ballast on the entire layout. Here are some pictures of the mine spur.
Now that the growing season has come to a close and the CFO's projects are finished for the summer, I have reopened the construction arm of the Seneca & Chetola Line. First new structure for the year will be an Ore Tipple to be located at the mine and new spur line. Here are the first pictures of the process. More will follow as construction continues. Jack
Have completed construction of an Ore Tipple and placed it in the garden. Now that it is in place, I can get the measurements to complete the trestle coming from the mine. Trestle plans are from Garden texture and enlarged to 1:20.3. Biggest challenge was getting the stain on it. Here are some pictures. Jack
Just about finished with the Ore Tipple project. I am waiting for pullies and chain to arrive (hopefully today or tomorrow). To make room on the work bench, I've planted it in the train lot and will attach the hardware in place. The latest pictures are found here. Jack
Should you ever tire of looking at that beauty ugly monstrosity, UPS and FedEx both know where my front door is located!
Tom, We should both live that long! Jack
Have started next project for the train yard. Figured I needed a barn. when finished I'll do a farm house to go with it. Here are the first pictures. Sorry I didn't get pictures of building the post and beam truss.
Do you have any plans / drawings / pictures that you can share with us on your 'Switchmans tower' would love to create such a fine model to add to my railway expansion.
Thank you
Simon
Simon, While building the switchman's tower I didn't get any photographs. The plans came from Garden Texture. You can purchase either the plans or as a kit in 1:24 scale. I buy the plans and convert them to 1:20.3 and cut my own lumber from cedar boards. Jack
Here are some more pics of the Barn project. The cupolas are attatched but the roofing is just fited and loose to allow for easier moving while completing construction (windows, doors etc).
Almost finished with the barn. Sorry for the lack of pictures. With the cold weather the CFO dosen't venture to my shed/workshop to take pics and I keep forgetting to take the camera with me. As you can see, not much left to do. Another coat of stain on some of the trim work, roofing and than the foundation. The foundation will be the hard part, there is somewhat of a grade where the barn will be placed on the lot so I'll have to place it and level it with temporary blocking to get the measurements. That will have to wait for a while until this cold snap passes. Here are the latest pictures. Jack
Got started on the roof today. I'm making a standing seam roof using panels scaled to 4' x 8'. Cutting down aluminum cookie sheets I found at a local grocery store. Here are some pictures.
I like it!
Jack,
Great work on the barn. Can you tell us how you put the realistic looking brick texture on your barn foundation sticks?
Rex
Rex in Pinetop Jack, Great work on the barn. Can you tell us how you put the realistic looking brick texture on your barn foundation sticks? Rex
Was just about to make exactly the same comments.
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