Thanks hemi, and Chris. I need a Boliler House for the two boilers and have a small Kibri building that came with a bigger factory and it just happens to be a boiler house. The huge smoke stack that came with it is way too large so I'll save it for some other project. Here is the Kibri walls; The bottom has a cement base which is added on. I wanted to detail the interior and most plastic kits are not designed for that. In the photo above I took off all the stuff that would get in the way. The wall on the left is the back, on the right, the front. The brick I used for the interior is almost like a thin card board. You can see the thickness on the wall on the left. When I cut the brick strips I also took about half of the thickness off so the bricks would not stick out too far. This photo shows the front and back painted and weathered. The "cement" base looked to plain to me so I scribed some lines in it on the outside and matched them up on the inside. I also put a few cracks in to give it a more weathered look. This photo shows the inside and outside of the two side walls. That's all for now, will have some more soon. [ September 11, 2005, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: J WIDMAR ]
I've been distracted with a few other projects but hope to finish up the boiler house soon. I put three of the walls together and will try to have the fourth removable to take photos. The coal bins and door to load the coal are the next parts added; The coal bins are made from 3X5 card except for the angle braces which are brass. A door that is opened with a pulley is on the outside. Next I will be adding the boilers and plumbing that goes with them.
John, Please keep this thread alive. You are a great inspiration to beginning modelers such as me. Awesome work!! Ben
John, Before this thread I thought that details for my ships would be impossible to scratchbuild, particularly stuff like quad 40mm antiaircraft guns. You've inspired me to give it a shot on the next ship.
The nice thing about scratch-building is that materials are usually not that expensive and if you make a mistake it's no big deal to throw it away and start again. I know because I've started over on a lot of items. Pete, looking at your ship photos I would say that your very capable of doing the 40 MMs. I appreciate the comments and encouragment, Thanks everyone. Here is a progress report; http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/data/1154/aio.jpg[/img] The boilers have been added along with some other detail. The water line is in but the exhaust and steam lines still have to be added. I ran out of cast shovels so I used some brass wire for the handle and paper for the scoop. I found a sign that when trimmed down fits over the front door that reads "Boiler House" Once I get the rest of the roof timbers in I can see where the exhaust stacks will be placed. That's all for now.
This is the last building for the Roundhouse area. Here are the rest of the photos for the Boiler House. First, the roof; The original roof After detail was added; I decided to put the supporting timbers for the roof on one side so that it would be easier to see into the building. The finished interior; The pipe going out the side is the steam pipe which will hook up to the roundhouse. It might be a while before I get all these buildings set where I want them in the engine facilities but when I do I will take a few photos of the competed project.
Fantastic John! I love the little details and finding out you use such common material. Such as the 3x5 card scribed and stained to simulate the boards on the inside of the roof. You are a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. Thank you.
It's been a lot of fun being able to share this project with everyone, now I have one big problem to overcome. When I first started this I wanted to be able to have more tracks exposed with a smaller roundhouse to be able to see some of the locos. That has been accomplished but the spot where the old roundhouse sat is to far from the edge of the layout to be able to see the detail in the new one. So I am thinking about re-designing the engine facilities so that the interiors can be seen better but this will be a major undertaking so it might take a while. I seem to remember something about a old saying that had to do with "plan ahead",
You could always offer cold beer and sandwiches to the crew to run out and saw the edge of the layout back closer to the roundhouse.
I have to say this was my #1 favorite Model Topic in 2005 and I can't say THANK YOU enough for sharing this with us!!!!!!!
