While I'm progressing on Darden Mill and the Monster yard tower I'm building these "dry closets" for my CB&Q modeling friend. These are by Dave at Q Connection in Georgia and my friend Jim picked them up at the spring confab of the Burlington Route Historical Society.
Here are the li'l packages they come in.
I have some of those! Will watch your build with interest.
Jeff
Everyone needs somewhere to go!
True that, Curt! Welcome aboard, Jeff. Hope I'm not violating a copyright by posting this next one. Q Connection has it in their instructions courtesy of the BRHS. I'll be building both the single- and double-stall "closets". Here, too, is a finished model from Q Connection's website.
And a nice, double-sided sheet of instructions that include original plans courtesy of the BRHS.
The parts, and the plastic screen material used for the ventilation screen. This is neat stuff. Don't know what it is...I think it's too fine to be that wedding veil stuff. I'll have to contact him and find out a source as I can think of a lot of applications for this.
You can never have enough outhouses.....especially if the majority of your employees are of a certain age. ;D
Or the builder! :o
Quote from: Dave K. on April 14, 2017, 11:02:33 AM
Or the builder! :o
You "hit the nail on the head" with that observation Dave...... ;D ;D ;D
;D
Yardwork beckoned for much of the day, but got back to the "necessaries" a couple of hours ago. I thought I'd add some planking to the front of the privy and the inside of the door in the hope that I can model it with the door open.
Painted the interior black, inkahol'ed the exterior, then painted the exterior for a CB&Q layout. Don't have the exact mineral red color (got some on the way) so I'm using Rock Island Maroon. Glued the privy seat to the floor and added the diamond trim for the ventilation openings.
Rear wall (pardon the expression) goes up first.
Then a side wall...
...then the other side wall.
Looking good Dave! Even though this a smaller version of other kits, still the same techniques/work involved. Keep those progress photos coming.
Doing a great job on the privy.
Thanks Mark & Curt. Gotta get back to Darden Mill...The Groovester's gonna dock me!
Yeah, Groovy Jeff is a tough work master! He may recall your kit if you don't finish it up soon!
True dat, Mark!
Next up is the trim. Again, didn't have the exact colors so the green's a bit "green", but I'll tone 'em down afterward.
Hadn't thought that, once the roofs were on, inside details would be pretty useless. Oh, well...
At this point I was zipping along so nicely that I didn't take pix of the roofing process. Pretty simple...just colored the underside and visible edges black with a Sharpie marker, glued in place using the slots-and-tabs provided, applied the provided roofing paper, and added my own vent pipe from a piece of paper clip. I'll do some weathering before calling them done, and then turn to the two-seater with the screen. Oh, and need door knobs or latches of some kind.
http://www.qconnection.biz/
Dave,
Nicely done, look great.
Tom ;D
Thanks, Tom. Simple little kits that go together nicely.
They look great. Much nicer than the generic ones available out there.
Nice "necessary" buildings. :)
Jeff
When ya gotta go................ ;D
Well done Dave. 8)
I bought a couple of those kits. Little details like these go a long way to establishing a 'corporate look' ("branding" - if you want) for a layout.
dave