Engine Shed

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silverflyer

G Scale, Photography,
Here's my first go at building an engine shed for my proposed "Zillertalerhof" garden railway.

Sorry about the wind blown garden light in the background.

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Very, very nice! :applause: Any chance of an article on how you did it?
 
greatlooking engine shead, are the doors real wood? :applause: :applause:
 
That looks very good, any chance of a bill of materials
 
mike - 5/11/2009 3:37 PM

greatlooking engine shead, are the doors real wood? :applause: :applause:
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Yes the Doors are wood, i'll try and list what i used when I get a bit of spare time.

Bruce.
 
its the detail on the doors, hasps, locks ect that make it look brillent :)
 
The detail is brilliant
 
Is the roof moulded plasticard?
How'd you do the paint finish - the lichen is incredibly realistic

Rik
 
Very nice. Brilliant colours on the roof.
 
As for it's construction here we go:

Wall made from 6mm Foam Board with a timber frame glued inside with WP Adhesive.
Roof is Plywood and the whole thing was given three coats of Sandtex exterior paint, which when dry spray was coated with Thompsons water seal.
I am still wating for the Roof Tiles to arrive from Germany, so what you see at the momment is only a phtograph. the ridge tiles are only stuck on temp till the tiles get here.

Plastic upvc angle was used for the corner trims and round the windows.

The alloy guttering was made by cutting strips of alloy 0.75mm thick into 15mm wide x 190mm bits which were placed over a groove in a short length of deck board,
I then placed a length of 6mm mild steel rod over the top of the alloy and stood on it. The down pipes are made from 6mm alloy tubing.

Windows came from Bloxs in Germany, they come complete with glazing at about 3.5 euro's each.
The whole thing was then weatherd with a black thinners mix and the mould and moss brushed on, then oversprayed again with more water seal.
Can't test it weather wise until the tiles arrive. Door hasps are made from the hindge from a broken pair of Sun Glasses, bolt is just bent rod.
 
That's a neat way to make the guttering, I like the ingenuity:applause: :applause:
 
Here's the one I modeled mine on, in Mayrhofen on the Zillertalbahn in the 1960's
It's a lot longer now having been extended since then.
Here,s a shot I took this year, been every year now for twenty years.

Anybody else been to Mayrhofen, or if you want some more shots of the shed and station let me know.

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Brilliant there is a shed load of ideas :D
 
Silverflyer,
The shed looks great. I particularly like the detail parts you put on the walls under the roof overhang. Sliding doors are great, we here in the States tend to only think of swinging doors. I'm a bit unclear about your roofing, is it made from a sheet of something or individual tiles. Again here in the States we don't have much of that kind of roofing, I find it very appealing and always take notice of tile roofing when I travel to Europe.
One thing I noted was the chimney, is it supposed to be for venting locomotive smoke or for a furnace/stove in the shed?

Again, marvelous modeling,
Dave
 
Hi Dave,

The roofing tiles will be fitted when they arrive from Germany and will take quite a time to stick on, what you see now is only a photograph stuck on for now.

The chimmney is for loco smoke, it would be too big for a stove.

Regards

Bruce.
 
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