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mikethetrainman
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Posted - 03/17/2021 : 1:02:22 PM
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Nice enclosed staircase. Looking good.
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robert goslin
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Posted - 03/19/2021 : 9:31:32 PM
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Thanks Karl, Bruce & Mike. I gave the timber a brown wash.

Then painted the boards with Tamiya Sky (which is actually a pale green).

and painted the door.

Have now attached it to the building. Used a corrugated roof on this bit so I could do some rust. And the rest of the windows & shutters are on. I will add some support posts and bracing later, and should be a nice wall for adding signs.
With some temporary decking, and the little folks give it scale.




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Dutchman
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Posted - 03/20/2021 : 08:38:51 AM
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It looks really good attached to the building, Rob.
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Larryc
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Posted - 03/20/2021 : 5:48:17 PM
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Rob great job on the stairway; I really like the rusted roof. I'm impressed on well you work with balsa; it's never been my choice of material. The stairway just screams New England.
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jbvb
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Posted - 03/20/2021 : 10:26:04 PM
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I like your coloring, Rob.
I've finished the soldering phase on my scratchbuilt brass flat car:

All the functional bits work, next come brake details, paint, a deck etc.
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robert goslin
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Posted - 03/21/2021 : 01:26:11 AM
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Thanks Bruce, Larry & James.
James, I like your work. Will come up nice with a lick of paint & the deck. Are you going to use real wood ?
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mikethetrainman
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Posted - 03/21/2021 : 10:05:19 AM
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Rob the staircase came out looking great. I like the color and the rust looks good.
James your scratchbuilt brass car is progressing very nicely. Looking forward to seeing it in paint and with the deck on.
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jbvb
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Posted - 03/21/2021 : 10:25:27 AM
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Thanks, Mike and Rob. I've been planning to use a wood deck, but a Hub member suggested scribing boards into sheet lead for more weight. 1/16" is easy to find, but it appears I could internet-order 3/64. Hmmm...
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postalkarl
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Posted - 03/22/2021 : 01:16:26 AM
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Hey Bob:
The stairwell looks just great. Keep the pics coming.
Karl S.
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robert goslin
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Posted - 03/22/2021 : 02:43:21 AM
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Thanks, Mike, James & Karl. James, an interesting way to do the deck, and add weight at the same time. Very ingenious idea. Putting that one in my memory bank.
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robert goslin
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Posted - 03/22/2021 : 02:45:30 AM
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On the original, the back roof had a large, flat rooftop dormer, which always looked a bit odd....to me anyhow. So I'm omitting that.

However, I decided the roof was a bit too large an area to leave blank, so I've added a smaller, traditional type dormer window. The window itself is the same as the vertical windows used elsewhere, but turned vertically.

With shingles on.

I didn't want to cut an actual hole in the roof, so I just removed the necessary shingles and painted the area black.

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robert goslin
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Posted - 03/22/2021 : 02:58:04 AM
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So here it is in place. The wife suggested putting on a second dormer, but I will only have the one, as I'll be putting a business sign of the right side of it.



And have now put on the last two windows for the structure.

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mikethetrainman
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Posted - 03/22/2021 : 7:08:18 PM
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Rob the dormer looks great along with the last two windows.
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Dutchman
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Posted - 03/23/2021 : 09:04:21 AM
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James, I've never seen a flat car deck made from sheet lead. It will be interesting to see if you go that route.
Rob, great dormer!
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postalkarl
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Posted - 03/23/2021 : 3:01:26 PM
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Hey Robert:
More great progress.
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