Little House on the In-ko-pah Railroad

[Ray Dunakin]

Although there are still a few small things left to do, my 1/24th scale two-story cottage is basically finished. In these photos I've temporarily placed it in position on the layout. I still have some work to do on the foundation and sidewalk before it can be permanently installed. Eventually there will be an entire row of buildings to the right of this structure:

All of the "wood" is simulated, mostly using styrene:

The porch post was constructed of brass:

The stone portion of the structure is all real stone and mortar:

You can't really tell by the exterior photos, but each level of the building contains basic interior details. These will be much more visible through the windows when the interior lighting is operational:

The kitchen area is very compressed but looks good from outside:

I still have to wire the lights and add a few minor details, but I didn't want to wait any longer to share this.

Enjoy!

 

[Larry]

WOW, Neat looking structure. You must be a building contractor. You really did an excellent job on that building. I guess that's G scale? Hand laid stone is a hard wall structure to put together. I'm impressed.

 

[UP2CSX]

Ray, excellent work, especially the weathering job on the styrene "wood". I actually prefer using styrene fro wodd structures because you can bang it up, put cracks in it, and weather the paint without worrying about actually destroying the wood. Great job as usual.

 

[DirtyD79]

Hope that old guy in there's a railfan or all them trains outside are gonna drive him nuts.

 

[Rico]

Awesome work as usual Ray, but then again I'd expect nothing less!!