Building the Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Co. RR

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Question about the engine house boards Jim. Are they individual boards or in a sheet? What thickness? What width of each board or more importantly, what width do 4 boards total? What length do they come in? Who makes them?

Ta muchly.
 
This is coming along brilliantly Jim. Your attention to detail is brilliant and is what makes the models stand out, I think.
 


RR, I don't know about Huff n Puff, but they look good from close up to.

Tony, Thank you for the kind words. Hopefully photos like this will inspire some to go that extra step and improve their skills.

Toot, The boards are Northeastern Scale Lumber Co. items. My LHS carries them. They are bass wood. The boards are all individual glued to the framing with CA glue. They measure HO scale 3" x 10". They are a bit thick at 3" but no one can tell once the model is done and I get an engine house that won't damage easily. Doing my math 12" x 4 is 4 feet. There essentially 5.5 board underneath the larger windows. Jim :)
 
Nice job on the engine house. There is nothing like a well done weathering job to bring out the realism in any scene. Your photo of the engine with the foreground and background is also well staged and very realistic. - Chris
 
Thanks Jim, I'll look up NSL Co, see what they've got. Looking for something to build the decking for these.
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Not sure what Bass wood is, but anything like Balsa? or is it more of a white pine?
 
Toot, I guess bass wood is more like white pine. I don't know but it is a much harder wood than balsa. That wood in the picture looks like our 4"x6". I never worked with balsa much before this Southern Division layout. I went to my LHS today and bought out all their 1/4"x1/4" strips. I have a three foot trestle yet to build! Jim :)
 
Big day this last Saturday. I actually had a train running around the layout. I don't have the DCC hooked up so I ran my On30 Shay around to check for clearances. No derails! I couldn't make a complete circuit because I need to build a 3 foot long trestle to complete the loop. Bought the wood today. Jim :) CLICK on the photo.

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You should have said something earlier, Jim.
I could have cut you all the 1/4strips you need in either balsa, basswood, or pine.
Have lots of 3ft sheets from my dollhouse building days.
Would not have cost you a dime!
 


Thanks Toot, It could have been longer but I don't know how to utube stuff and even this little short clip took 10 minutes on Photobucket.

Sherrel, I seem to remember my father said the same thing! Jim:rolleyes:
 
New Progress. After running my loco around the layout I got down to business of the left hand corner. The corner of the backdrop is 46" from the nearest standing place. I get up on a two-step stool and still that is not quite enough to reach the corner. So the only alternative is to actually climb onto the layout. Not an easy proposition these days! However, the whole object of my layout building is to get as much into my 10'x11' room as I can, so, up on the bench work. I must say that even at 220 lbs. there was not one squeak or sag. I guess building it correct almost eight years ago is still paying off.

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This photo shows the new plaster cloth.

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Just a side note: I just ordered another 25 lbs. of Sculptamold and 10 more rolls of plaster cloth. Hopefully this should see me through to the end. Jim :)
 
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Jim, I've been "down" the last couple of weeks health hurting. This gave me time to re-read this whole thread in a leisurly manner. It was a page turner the first time, the second time I had more time to digest the words and photo's more. Thank you again for all your efforts for us who have less talent. With a little luck (using the same basic techniques) I'll as happy with my work as I am with yours~!
 
JimT, High mark to you for rereading the whole thing. Hope all is well. No fun being sick. You are welcome concerning thanks for my efforts. Glad to help out anyone anytime if I can. Jim:D
 
Here is an update photo you can use for comparison. I've crossed the canyon and have the first layers of ground covering drying. The rocks are getting more red now as we progress around the layout. Jim:o

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Looking real good, Jim.
I know it's a model railroad -and we all take liberties in our modeling.
A few pointers here ... Take them for what they are worth, please.

Need another trestle bent on the left of the girder, closely spaced as the two on the right.
The trestle bents to the right of the bridge need cross bracing between them - looks like three of them between the two bridges.
The scenery is looking real good!
 
Sherrel, Good points, thanks. I thought about a bent left of the girder. Now that you thought about it I will do it! The bracing to the right of the girder is not put on yet because I'm not finished with planting under the bridge yet. Jim:)
 
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