Ok, first attempt at scratch building the Santa Susana depot wasn't exactly any success. I had hoped that I could somehow make the windows and doors myself, but no matter what I tried, I wasn't really satisfied with the look, So I decided to use Grandt Line windows and doors and start over again. This is what I have now. http://community.webshots.com/album/76915961FHkwQn (the 'second attempt' pictures) I did do a few mistakes (of course), but overall I'm pretty satisfied with the result, even though I did say at least 10 times "I wish I was in HO instead of N", cause N is just so !@#$ small when painting windows etc.
Jesper, Looks like you've got it nailed! Are you 'eyeballing' the scale or do you have a plan you are working from? I am adding some details to a Atlas GP9 which I finally got around to painting Rio Grande, so I know about the #@%$% small parts! What I didn't know was that the little buggers could disappear in a flash.... 2slim
As a fan of the wooden depot, to me, it looks very good. There was nothing like those stations. With their living quarters, and freight house attached. I'd sure be interested in seeing your completed model! Boxcab E50
GREAT WORK! I have a question tho, what type materials you going to use for the shingled roof???? As I'm going to be doing some scratch biulding on some structures, that have shingle roofs. This is what has me puzzled. Any plastic sheet syrene "shingle" stuff made, in HO an buy whom? Any help is appreciated.
Years ago, in MR May 1983 pg 74 (also reprinted in Kalmbach's track side structures you can build, Jim Findley built a single stall engine house in HO and used Holgate-Reynolds O scale brick sheet to make a shingled roof. So I would think that HO brick sheet would work for N scale shingled roofs.
Thanks for the replies. 2slim: I kind of eyeballed it. I have several pictures of the building from different angles, so I used one window as reference and went from there. 7600: I have the same question. I got the HO shingle sheet from PikeStuff, but I don't think it looks right, so I too am looking for suggestions on how to make a nice looking shingle roof in N scale. Maybe I will post a new that question soon.
Jasper, have a look for Campbell's shingle, a randomly pre-cut reel of shingles with a glued back (lick and stick, sort of) or do as I have done in the past and made my own. I built a similar depot to yours some years back and and used .005 styrene cut into narrow strips then the shingles cut partially through, like below. Came out OK and easier to glue onto a styrene roof. ASCII art warning! ___________________ !_!_!_!_!_!_!_!_!_!_!_!
Any chance that you can take a picture of what those HO scale shingles look like? I might take them off your hands if their ok for what I need an save you the difference! As I can't seem to find anything for shingles for the station I'm scratchbuilding. And being to the roof of the project I just stoped on it an put it on the back burner till I found something decent for shingles.
I admire you tenacity scratch building in N. The building looks good-and square[a big problem for me]. I'm experminting with that drywall mesh for windows in HO. It is really cheap in small rolls at Home Depot. The trick is to get the mesh squared off as you apply it. Keep up the scratch building-it's what keeps our layouts from all looking alike! curt
