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Modeling the
Consolidated Mines "Copper King" Loading Station - Page 4
Last Update -
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| This small warehouse
will also be part of the ore loading complex. This
footprint for this small warehouse is about 5" by 12".
It also has a core built with Evergreen Styrene. I drew the
dimensions right on the plastic using the old "eyeball" method
making minor adjustments as I went along (The pencil marks show up
clearly around the door openings). When I initially assembled
this building, I thought it was a bit tall for the narrow
gauge box cars. My goal was to build this structure, start to
finish, in about a week |
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| An awning has been
installed in an attempt to improve the appearance and the siding and door frames are in place on the
freight dock. The siding was pre-stained with "SilverWood"
and then painted with barn red craft paint thinned with
alcohol. Scribed wood from Northeastern was used
on the interior walls. Most of the interior walls will
be covered by crates, barrels and other "junk" so using
individual boards on the interior would add a lot of work for
not much visual return. About 5 hours invested up to
this point. (Day 3) |
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Day 4 - About 8 hours of
work to date |
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As previously noted, the height of this structure was a
concern right from the beginning. I added the awning
over the loading dock to try and compensate for this problem
and it seemed to work until I placed the warehouse next to the
ore bins in order to see how the structures looked together
(should have done this sooner!). The proportions were
all wrong. At this point I had two choices, start over
or try to fix the existing structure. Since I really had
nothing to loose, I removed the roof, pried off the roof
extension and took a razor saw to the side walls lopping off
two plus scale feet in the process. As is clearly
evident, in the pictures above, the difference is striking
especially above the windows. A 1x3 was used to
cover the splice point on the office end and a new end
section was fabricated for above the loading dock end.
Day 5 - About 12 hours of work to date. |
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At this
point, I am waiting for some laser cut shingles to arrive
in order to finish off the roof. Still to come is
some 1x10 horizontal sheathing around the base of the
building, lights and some additional weathering |
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Here are
two more structures under development for my On30 modules.
Both are inexpensive plastic kits that are in the process
of being painted and weathered. Both of these
building come from Ameri-Towne. The "Flag Stop
Station" and the "General Store" retail for $12.95.
My general store kit had two of the same side so one door
is upside down...not sure which. I also cut down the
roof as it is much to long, probably due to the fact it is
used for more than one structure. Both kits need a
little work to get the interlocking walls to match
up. I spray painted the windows, doors and trim.
I then painted the stone work with Plolyscale earth
color and then painted a few individual stones contrasting
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The roofs
still need some work and the walls need a coat of diluted
earth color to blend things together. Finally a coat
of diluted shoe dye, to bring out the mortar lines and
roof detail, window glazing, signs and some dusting with
powdered paint pigments should result in a couple of
reasonably nice structures.......both for less $30.00!
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