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Pidgeon Creek structures from scratch

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 6:57 PM

Continuing to build the base using various spatula tools to shape and level. Keeping this base 2"x2".

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 10:25 PM

Just noticed that a lot of pictures have disappeared from my imgbb account. I'll have another look in the morning. DJ

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 12:52 AM

My former intelligence community are afraid of what I can do with pictures. They should worry more about text -even better than pictures. Lol

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 4:29 AM

Yea! Pictures are back. Go figure. Must have been a solar flare. DJ

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 4:51 AM

One more application should do it. I use 1 g of gypsum powder, 1 g gypsum particulate, and 2 g wood glue.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 4:58 AM

This is the mixture. I give it a few minutes for the quick-drying glue to get a little firmer, then apply with a curved, pointed, stainless-steel spatula - an excellent tool for this work.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 5:17 AM

Tools and tray clean up easily with hot water. Will let this foundation dry outside in the sunshine and heat of the day.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 5:47 AM

Once this foundation has dried, I will lightly sand it smoother on top and then paint it a gray cement colour. In the meantime, I will draw the four wooden walls and begin to build them. Should be able to start this later today.

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Posted by mobilman44 on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 6:05 AM

Recognizing the OP's penchant for doing things "prototypically" with methods and materials, I don't understand why the foundation/base/slab isn't done in the same mode.

In example.......

First I would put in forms, using stripwood or in the OP's case, some of those driftwood boards. 

Having formed the level perimeter of the structure's base, I would mix up the secret formula and then pour it into the form.

Using any of various "trowel-like" tools, I would smooth out the surface, leveling it with the tops of the form boards

Lastly, I would let it set, and once done, remove the form boards.

Now I recognize that the preceeding methodology may not have been followed in the OP's timeframe or area, but it sure beats out the example given.

 

 

ENJOY  !

 

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Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central 

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 6:51 AM

Another log cut in record time. 52 boards from one 4" log.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 6:52 AM

Mobil: My railroad, my way, my fun!

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 7:53 AM

I'll need sandstone filler for the walls that I want to make. This piece of red sandstone from Cape Blomidon will be powderized using a sanding wheel on my hand drill.

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Posted by Steven Otte on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 8:54 AM

Old School Scratchbuilder wouldn't be the first user of this Forum to come here to share progress photos of his projects. Nor will he be the last. If you don't enjoy such posts, stop reading and commenting on them. Carry on, OSS.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 9:28 AM

Lots of red sandstone powder to start. Sanded the gypsum and applied a first coat of flat gray paint.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 1:44 PM

Another coat of paint applied, and two loads of shale from the beach in Walton, Nova Scotia.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 1:50 PM

Guess the contractors couldn't wait to store their road-building shale near the shed. Foreman is going to have them move the pile further from the foundation! Contractors jeesh!

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 1:56 PM

These large pieces of shale are for the roadway's retaining and security walls. Finer grade will be on it's way for the gravel road.

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Posted by richhotrain on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 2:24 PM

Congratulations, Scratch, you are being awarded a Gold Star for having achieved 600 posts faster than any human being who has ever been a member of this forum. Star

When all is said and done, you better have something special to show us for all this time and effort.  Laugh

 

 

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 4:27 PM

Retaining wall going up. Started to apply primer to the shed's pneumatic and electrical conduits.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 5:42 AM

Conduits painted and drying.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 5:45 AM

Board selection for the first wall.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 5:48 AM

Boards are glued to eachother and the grid wallpaper which will be sanded off later.

 

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 5:55 AM

Wall dried overnight and then sanded. Red sandstone from the beaches of Cape Blomidon, NS was mixed with wood glue and applied to the wall. When sanded off, the sandstone will have filled cracks and given the wall a unique look.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 6:07 AM

Once completed, the utility shed will be located just off the access road to the barite processing plant.

 

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:12 PM

Gypsum paste applied to the inside wall.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:15 PM

Leaving the gypsum wall a little rough adds character to the inside of the shed.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:17 PM

Primer added to the gypsum surface. A second wall started.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:19 PM

Outside wall sanded and polyurethane applied.

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Posted by chutton01 on Thursday, August 3, 2017 12:56 PM

The images on the first page no longer display for me (the images on the second page are fine), so did the prototype shed you show have those large conduits? For what purpose.

Also, is the black CN tank car residing in the gondola in the background of your later images supposed to be a wreck/scrap, or is it a case of "I need a place to put this for now"...

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Thursday, August 3, 2017 4:34 PM

chutton01

The images on the first page no longer display for me (the images on the second page are fine), so did the prototype shed you show have those large conduits? For what purpose.

Also, is the black CN tank car residing in the gondola in the background of your later images supposed to be a wreck/scrap, or is it a case of "I need a place to put this for now"...

Several of my images mysteriously vanished from imgbb. They still show up in this thread on my iPhone and computer, but not on my iPad. It's bizzare. Don't know if anyone else has experienced this with the imgbb site.

There is no prototype per se. I am using several ideas from old articles I have read to develop my own utility shed specifically for my barite processing plant.

I am buying up small used tanker cars from Maritime Hobbies and Crafts in Halifax (you can see three so far) and converting them into land-based industrial tanks. I will try to repaint one of the small Canadian Pacific ones this weekend. It will soak in strong oven cleaner tonight and I'll see what it looks like tomorrow. Of coarse I'll remove the nice metal wheels, couplers and other components I don't need. The tanks will actually be used for animation on the layout, including one on this shed site.

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