Engine House Redo

[C&O Fan]

I am redoing my engine house and started with a COHS drawing of the engine house

in Thurmond

Sadly , because of space limitations I am limited to only a single stall

I started by using a template for the window alignment cut from heavy paper

I've always wanted to try to build a structure with internal studded walls

and I now have a great deal of respect for those modelers who do !

I found it easier to just stab the 2x4s with my hobby knife to put them into place

after applying the glue

The door hinges are from a company no longer in business that I salvaged from my old

engine house

I use the clear plastic from a sheet protector found at office supply stores

I finally have both walls and the office finished

Now it's on to making the rafters !

[SilverSpike]

I like it, I like it!

I especially like the window frames and flooring look great!

Look forward to the updates on this modeling project.

What scale is it? Appears HO, but sometimes images can be deceiving.

Cheers,

Ryan

[C&O Fan]

Thank You !

Yes it's HO scale

[L Cowan]

Beautiful work, kep us posted. I would be interested in the plans if available.

[C&O Fan]

Beautiful work, kep us posted. I would be interested in the plans if available.

Thank's 

I don't have any plans but i could mail you the templates if you want to build one

[C&O Fan]

Here's a few more progress photos

I added a 5/16x5/16 piece on the bottom to both raise the building and help keep the walls straight

I cut groves in it every 2 HO scale feet to make it look like foundation stones

Heres another photo with the walls in place and thev overhead beams attached

Side View

The rafters will be next

[C&O Fan]

Here's a couple of photos with the rafters and back door installed

[SleeperN06]

Wow! That is fantastic. Now I know what I want to do next. That is, after I ever get my layout finished.  I was a carpenter/framer in my early years and I always wanted to do what your doing.  Great job, can't wait to see it completed.

Sleeper

[C&O Fan]

Wow! That is fantastic. Now I know what I want to do next. That is, after I ever get my layout finished.  I was a carpenter/framer in my early years and I always wanted to do what your doing.  Great job, can't wait to see it completed.

Sleeper

Thanks Sleeper ! It's been fun !

Still a long way to go !

Here's a shot of it on the layout

I was making the cribbing

No the post aren't leaning the camera is

From the drawing the over hang looks about right

[C&O Fan]

A photo of the roof

[C&O Fan]

In order to make the louvers for the celestial roof

I use a pice of tape sticky side up and taped down at both ends

to hold the 4x4 vertical posts in place while gluing the 2x2 horizontal slats in place

 

The finished roof should look like this

 

 

[SpaceMouse]

I am impressed.

[SilverSpike]

Great progress Terry!

Can I ask what material you used for the roofing?

Thanks,

Ryan

[C&O Fan]

Great progress Terry!

Can I ask what material you used for the roofing?

Thanks,

Ryan

Thanks Guys 

It's just a strip wood roof but it's covered with a Medical Tape just the way you would

apply roll roofing

The medical tape is like masking tape but is more porous and looks more like

roofing material

 

 

[SilverSpike]

Terry,

I like using non-modeling materials for creative modeling usage. Medical tape for rolled roofing material is a great idea, I have some medical tape in my first aid kit, might have to give it a test run. I'm looking to cover my roundhouse with some roofing material and still have not come up with a cheap alternative solution.

Thanks,

Ryan

[C&O Fan]

This is the tape i'm talking about

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

[C&O Fan]

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

[SilverSpike]

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

[C&O Fan]

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

[C&O Fan]

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

 

[C&O Fan]

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

[DigitalGriffin]

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.....

 

[SilverSpike]

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

[C&O Fan]

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.

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Thanks Don

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

[ereimer]

excellent tutorial !

 

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

[wmshay06]

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

[C&O Fan]

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

[C&O Fan]

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

 

[C&O Fan]

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

[ereimer]

i just had a great idea ... why don't you write a more detailed version of the project and submit it to MR . you do know they pay for articles , right ?