Scratch-building Cartwright's Machine Shop

[rpdylan]

Thanks! The structure looks better in real life than the photos, the coloring in photos always comes out a bit altered. Its called Barn Red, and its a stain rather than a paint, bought it in the craft paint section of Michaels years ago and havn't found anymore since.....
    I've been weathering the roadway bit by bit with powders, used a heavy cardstock,,,,much easier than using plaster.
    On the original, there is a chain link fence on the front left side, I want to use a wooden one so that I can put signs on it and have it match the rear fence.
    I need to find some wooden ties when I go to Springfield. I was going to use a piece of flex track but it just looked too "cheap" ,,,,,so it will be hand laid track over the trestles. 

[postalkarl]

Hi Bob:

the street cam out well. Keep the photos flowing.

Karl

[rpdylan]

not much work on this lately, did manage to do this....(scenery not complete)
(photo in sepia looked kinda cool to me....)

[postalkarl]

Hi Bob:

Looks great. Must be almost finished.

Karl

[rpdylan]

Thanks Karl! Much appreciated!  So, what I have left to do is pour the resin for the water, finish the track (will be hand laid, going to look for wood ties at Springfield), finish up scenery/ place castings.....

[S&S RR]

Bob


This build is looking great. 

[rpdylan]

Thanks john,
     The funny thing about this build is that when I first looked at photos of the original kit, I thought it was a pretty simple structure to scratchbuild. Looks were deceiving, as this build was more difficult than I initially thought it would be.  I really like the way that the cupola came out- I was going to try and copy what the original structure had on it, but after looking at old photos of barns, I decided to "beef" the cupola up by making it wider with windows instead of vents.
     In keeping with the old-time feeling of the scene, I opted to use a wood fence rather than a chain-link fence that the original had (on the left side of the dio). 
     I am, as always, really impressed with George Sellios' designs.   

[rpdylan]

couple more:

[Bobby]

Wow, this is looking pretty sweet Bob. Nicely done!

[cuse]

Really nice Bob!


John

[rpdylan]

Thanks guys! I really appreciate the kind words! I picked up a bag of wood ties at the Springfield Show so now I can work on the track.....

[rpdylan]

Managed to put together the track this morning- I thought that hand laying the track would look much better than a piece of flex track over the trestles. Need to paint the bumper detail, weather the ties down a bit with some powders. Next will be to make the wooden platform between the track and the structure....

[rpdylan]

     Got the platform done between the track and the loading dock.  Need to rust-up the end of track bumper.  Hopefully by the end of the week I can start the resin pour.

[Zephyrus52246]

The wood ties look great, Bob, as does the whole diorama.

Jeff

[rpdylan]

Thanks!
     When I laid a piece of flex-track across the trestles, it just looked too "cheap". I hunted down some wood ties at Springfield (yeah, largest train show- good luck finding wood ties!)- I stained the ties with Hunterline light gray, tie brown, creosote black, shale.  then I mixed them up as I laid them out. After, I toned things down with some pastel chalks.
    I encourage people to try some hand laid track on the sidings that are up-close on their layouts- I do cheat a bit by using the rail from a section of flex-track, cutting out the middle ties, leaving some at the ends to maintain alignment. I use the small spikes from Micro-Mark and utilize a wheelset to make sure that the rails are not too narrow or too wide apart.