peterbunce
1880's Colorado Narrow gauge on 45mm track
Hi,
I have finished (bar transfers) a new shop for the hamlet of Sycamore Creek, it is based on an old limited (& now out of production) kit by the American company 'Stoney Creek designs', but modified from that, and to a larger scale.
The windows were made first and then the shell of the building was made from 5mm PVC solid foam, with a 1.5mm plasticard card roof with under supports for it and external stiffeners as well. All joins are covered in Aluminum food tray foil strip for waterproofing. I used my normal contact glue of Evo-stick, with plenty of re-inforcement inside the buildings corners, and roof. The corner stripsd are from our local DIY chain, I cut them down slightly to provide a straight edge which allows for easier painting; that is acrylics and masonry paint, finished off with varnish.
The freight doors were let-in to one side, and the semicircular top made from several layers of plasticard, the main pieces, as they are easy to bend to a semicircle being 1mm thick.
The huge front windows, made from clear styrene, from CD cases, have upper blinds on them, and a rudimentary interior was made and a stove added as well ? that?s just a bit of tube with some scrap for the top and bottom ? paint the lot matt black. That then needed a stovepipe which is made from nested ?bendy? straws, and painted the same (if you can find some black coloured ones that paint needed is reduced.
On the cross bay I fitted a large stovepipe, ostensibly for a small forge ? for making buckles and such like.
The little ornaments are from some 10mm beads and bits of tube and styrene discs galore; the centre of all is kept in order with a small piece of brass rod, with a slightly ?blunt? top. I have had some of these on other buildings and they stand up to the cold weather very well, as long as you leave all the snow alone, till in naturally melts.
That?s enough words, now for the rest of the words, in a much more worthwhile format ?photos! That is a much better idea, here they are.
the front of the building
round to the back, the door handles are a glass headed pin, and some bits of plasticard: paint to suit glue in position and cut off most of pin inside; then add a dab of gle over the trucated bit.
The roof, with a small ampount of weathering.
An upended view showing the inside, on the right is a stove with the bendy straws for the pipe, the stove being made from part of an old 'Redoxon (cold remeby) tube - from the 'bits' box.
Finally part of the hamlet of Sycamore Creek, the new shop is the fifth building in on the right.
I have finished (bar transfers) a new shop for the hamlet of Sycamore Creek, it is based on an old limited (& now out of production) kit by the American company 'Stoney Creek designs', but modified from that, and to a larger scale.
The windows were made first and then the shell of the building was made from 5mm PVC solid foam, with a 1.5mm plasticard card roof with under supports for it and external stiffeners as well. All joins are covered in Aluminum food tray foil strip for waterproofing. I used my normal contact glue of Evo-stick, with plenty of re-inforcement inside the buildings corners, and roof. The corner stripsd are from our local DIY chain, I cut them down slightly to provide a straight edge which allows for easier painting; that is acrylics and masonry paint, finished off with varnish.
The freight doors were let-in to one side, and the semicircular top made from several layers of plasticard, the main pieces, as they are easy to bend to a semicircle being 1mm thick.
The huge front windows, made from clear styrene, from CD cases, have upper blinds on them, and a rudimentary interior was made and a stove added as well ? that?s just a bit of tube with some scrap for the top and bottom ? paint the lot matt black. That then needed a stovepipe which is made from nested ?bendy? straws, and painted the same (if you can find some black coloured ones that paint needed is reduced.
On the cross bay I fitted a large stovepipe, ostensibly for a small forge ? for making buckles and such like.
The little ornaments are from some 10mm beads and bits of tube and styrene discs galore; the centre of all is kept in order with a small piece of brass rod, with a slightly ?blunt? top. I have had some of these on other buildings and they stand up to the cold weather very well, as long as you leave all the snow alone, till in naturally melts.
That?s enough words, now for the rest of the words, in a much more worthwhile format ?photos! That is a much better idea, here they are.
the front of the building
round to the back, the door handles are a glass headed pin, and some bits of plasticard: paint to suit glue in position and cut off most of pin inside; then add a dab of gle over the trucated bit.
The roof, with a small ampount of weathering.
An upended view showing the inside, on the right is a stove with the bendy straws for the pipe, the stove being made from part of an old 'Redoxon (cold remeby) tube - from the 'bits' box.
Finally part of the hamlet of Sycamore Creek, the new shop is the fifth building in on the right.
