I picked up an older wood kit cheap from my LHS to give me something to practice on before tackling the Campbell Water Tower kit. My last wooden kit attempt was a Muir Models D&RGW coaling, that at 12 years old, was a far beyond my ability. I still have most of the parts in the original box. I think it's beyond recovery, but for some reason I just can't bring myself to throw it away.
It's a Saddleback Covered Sandshed, and I thought it might be fun to document the build (and yes Michael, I'm working on the layout - I'm waiting on the glue for the second layer of foam to finish drying before I lay the roadbed
).
Drying shed:
This particular kit requires cutting the door and vent holes, so I measured the required dimensions, marked the backside of the walls, then cut out from the back:
Using the recently acquired squaring tools (a great purchase) I built the shed walls:
Look! I built a box
I chose boxcar white for the walls, D&RGW building brown for the support beams, and with the success I experienced with the Builders in Scale shingles I decided to use their tar paper product rather than the curled sandpaper that was included in the kit:
Storage Bin:
With the drying shed done, I moved on to the covered storage bin ... and more small wood pieces:
Painting the support beams and walls. For painting of the smaller wood pieces I stick them to tape to help contain them:
Covered storage bin roof done (the access hatch even slides back and forth!), working on the bin itself:
Using the template in the instructions I marked the center of the roof support beams to help keep them aligned and square:
And finally, the storage bin and drying shed are joined (the roof is not glued down yet to allow for the addition of the sand once the entire building is complete:
And a rear shot with the shed:
Sand Tower:
With the supporting base structure done, time to start on the sand tower ... more little parts to paint:
The walls curled a bit, so I glued some braces to the back of the walls to keep them flat.
Well, that's where I'm at. It's almost done, but I'll add pics as work progresses.
It's a Saddleback Covered Sandshed, and I thought it might be fun to document the build (and yes Michael, I'm working on the layout - I'm waiting on the glue for the second layer of foam to finish drying before I lay the roadbed
).Drying shed:
This particular kit requires cutting the door and vent holes, so I measured the required dimensions, marked the backside of the walls, then cut out from the back:
Using the recently acquired squaring tools (a great purchase) I built the shed walls:
Look! I built a box
I chose boxcar white for the walls, D&RGW building brown for the support beams, and with the success I experienced with the Builders in Scale shingles I decided to use their tar paper product rather than the curled sandpaper that was included in the kit:
Storage Bin:
With the drying shed done, I moved on to the covered storage bin ... and more small wood pieces:
Painting the support beams and walls. For painting of the smaller wood pieces I stick them to tape to help contain them:
Covered storage bin roof done (the access hatch even slides back and forth!), working on the bin itself:
Using the template in the instructions I marked the center of the roof support beams to help keep them aligned and square:
And finally, the storage bin and drying shed are joined (the roof is not glued down yet to allow for the addition of the sand once the entire building is complete:
And a rear shot with the shed:
Sand Tower:
With the supporting base structure done, time to start on the sand tower ... more little parts to paint:
The walls curled a bit, so I glued some braces to the back of the walls to keep them flat.
Well, that's where I'm at. It's almost done, but I'll add pics as work progresses.
