If you caught my last post, http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1145464/ShowPost.aspx, there is a section on two three story building flats kitbashed from a single two story building kit. I just finished up the third building for my "skinny" city block. They are attached to a 2' x 4' x 18" high storage chest constructed from a single sheet of 1/2" pressure treated plywood. It has a hinged lid made from 1" x 6" cedar planks attached to a hidden sheet of the plywood. The chest was stained dark brown and top treated with spar urethane. It serves as storage for my diecast vehicles, figures, track maintenance stuff and tunes. The front serves as a mounting area for a building block in my downtown area. The first two buildings are brick and the new one is cut stone.
The cut stone building has a base of 3/4" pink insulation board. I utilized left over windows from Colorado Model Structures kits and a door from Grandt Line. I first marked out the locations of the windows.
I then fitted together the Plastruct cut stone plastic veneer sheets and used styrene strips for story dividers. I kept a sawed off section of top cornice from the previous kitbash to use here.
Then I carved out the locations with my Tippi hot wire foam cutter so the back window flange sits flush with the surface.
Holes were carefully cut into the veneer sheets for the door and windows. The window and doors spots were painted with black latex (later over laid with a blue/silver acrylic mix) and the windows were glued in place with translucent Phenoseal vinyl adhesive caulk. The veneer sheets were glued down with Loctite PowerGrab.
The building was painted with an initial coat of gray latex and then the stone was dry bushed with brown and black. Styrene strips were painted gray and glued on with the Phenoseal for window sills and lintels. All was whitewashed and sprayed with couple of coats of matte clear coat. All three flats were attached with silicone to a cut sheet of 1/4" hardibacker and edges sealed with black latex caulk. The top of the chest was painted sky blue and the sidewalk is painted hardibacker board.
-Brian
Not even one reply?!?
I'm gonna go eat worms!
altterrain wrote: Not even one reply?!? I'm gonna go eat worms! -Brian
Hey, it looks great - a very creative way to obtain some buildings and a storage unit.
good work!
- michael
Great looking........this is a fast reply!!! Sorry Vic did not see it or Dave, molding around.
They will see it soon. But your ahead of me I am still on drafting table!
Never should show your remote to tv in photos
Sorry to hear that Dave. No wonder you don't comment on my posts much . You can see my pix over in my photobucket page.
Pix of the storage chest in here -
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n214/altterrain/building%20projects/
Pix of the recent layout expansion here -
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n214/altterrain/party607/
Still ok with me
Have fun with your trains
I thank this is a good idea, I like it I am going to do the same thing I'am glad I read this.
THANK YOU
so don't eat them worms
Thanks Monkeyman (and all). I may eat a few anyway. They're kinda tasty!
Hi Brian, I don't come here to often anymore so I did not see it till now.
Don't eat worms they give you gas LOL.
Anyhow, I think that your idea is a good one. And if I had a place for it and kids etc I would probably build something like that myself.
Very good job by the way and very inventive.
2 thumbs up :)
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