Goodwin & Wolfe Distillery

[Mkrailway]

You beat me to it Tom, that is a superb structure and finely crafted.

Barry, Thanks for dropping by and commenting. I hope it will fit into the layout when I'm done with it.

[Mkrailway]

Windows and more windows with a few doors to make it interesting. That is what is next of the list.

I decided to use Ticthy windows for this build, but as said before the exact windows i want were not available at my local train store. Not being a patient man, I took the closest window and cut off the trim and converted them to masonry style windows. I airbrushed them with Badger CN Green and while they were drying I dirtied up the acetate with some Raw Sienna and sprayed them with the matte varnish. The acetate was glued to the back of the windows using styrene cement.



fitting the windows was a bit of a bother. I tried very hard not to scrape and expose any white plaster, but that was impossible to do. Getting the windows to line up was paramount to the look of the structure. I glued the backs of the windows with whatever glue bottle was open at the time. I ended up using light applications of 5-minute epoxy and filling any cracks with white PVA glue from the back. The window shades were made from tissue paper that was sprayed with a grimy black on one side. The shades were randomly CA'd to the window backs as it pleased me. (I don't like the shades in the dormers, so I will have to deal with those some how.)



The freight door frame was soaked in hot water and carefully bent to the shape of the opening and left to dry overnight. The next day I epoxied the outer frame and door stop in place and painted it CN green.



I used another paper template to get the right shape and size for the doors and glued some strip wood together to make the door.



A bit of paint on the freight door and some touch-ups around the windows begins to tie it altogether. The dormer shades were stained my magic brown stain, but I think that will change later.



Thats all for this post. I will be working on the details in the remaining posts.

Marty

(PS: the posts are almost caught to my current state of the build.)

(PPS: on of the characters loved to grow Orchids, who is it?)

[Janbouli]

Looking very good Marty, beautiful stone work.

[Mkrailway]

Looking very good Marty, beautiful stone work.

Thanks Jan. I must have gone over each block 5 or 6 times.

[Mkrailway]

From the old photographs the train tracks came very close to the building, but there was no evidence that the freight cars ever unloaded there. This is where my build differs from the prototype as I have a loading dock that I need to build. Also, the two doors had almost ladder like stairs to get into and out of the building. I will be improving on this.

I put together a quick sketch on how I could tie the loading dock and the door entrances into one dock.



However, It looked too unrealistic. So it had to be changed. Meanwhile I chalked up some strip wood for building small loading dock and two landings and stairs for the doors.



When you look ad the height the doors have from the foundation bottom, it is quite high, about 4', to help minimize the look of the height of the landing I made sure there was door sill and one step down before the the landing. I flattened the blocks a bit so i could epoxy the landing closer to the door sill.





For the loading dock I tweaked the landing to sit flush with the blocks and made the loading dock flush with the door sill.



I used some angle irons to keep the landing and loading dock posts flush with the bottom go the foundation. I will build the stairs and railings later when I am almost competed the structure. These are fragile items and do not want to have to re-glue them multiple times.



Next post I will make the one sign for the building.

Marty

[Jerry]

That is some beautiful stonework.

Jerry

[Mkrailway]

That is some beautiful stonework.

Jerry

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Jerry, thank you. I learned at lot from doing it.

[tom.boyd.125]

Marty,
Welcome to the Forum. Where did you learn the method for carving the stone wall patterns in utility wax ?
Tommy

[cuse]

Marty,


That's some fantastic work. Thanks for sharing!


John

[Mkrailway]

Marty,
Welcome to the Forum. Where did you learn the method for carving the stone wall patterns in utility wax ?
Tommy

Thanks for dropping by Tommy.

It was a matter of desperation and accident that I stumbled on the idea of the wax. I was at my local sculpture supply store getting some more silicone. I love just walking around looking at the goods and happened to find the sheets of wax. It looked like a good solution and worth the try. Then I remembered that jewellery masters and CNC prototypes are made from wax. (Too much time on Youtube). So it was worth a try.

Previously I used HydroCal to carve into, but found it too unforgiving. Even when I carved is partially cured soft HydroCal. The wax is easy to recover from mistakes, just melt it a bit and add some more wax and try again.

Marty

[Mkrailway]

Marty,


That's some fantastic work. Thanks for sharing!


John

John you are welcome.

[Mkrailway]

It is time to work on the main sign for the building. I like to replicate the sign fonts as close as I can in the model. The Gooderham & Worts font is rather special and after some research the closest font I could come up with was Clearface Gothic style that was created around 1910.



I searched around to see if I could get the font for free, but no luck. So i had to find one that was close to the prototype sign font. I "best" one I could find was Seravek Bold. The lower text was truly unique, so I used Monotype Corsiva.

The paper was sanded down a bit and transfer tape was used to glue it to a backboard of strip wood. Then three vertical strips were attached to act as stand-offs and make it easier to attached to the block wall



When all said and done, it looks pretty good. (I should have bolded the lower line, but what the hay.)



Now I have to take a few breaths and get into the mood to work on the slate roofing. Slate is so fragile and break so easily and I hope I get it installed perfectly.

See you in the next post.

Marty

[postalkarl]

Hi Marty:

Looks absolutely wonderful. You can be proud of your work. Love the coloring on the walls.

Karl

[ACL1504]

Great job Marty, sign looks great.

Tom

[Mkrailway]

Hi Marty:

Looks absolutely wonderful. You can be proud of your work. Love the coloring on the walls.

Karl

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Thanks Karl.

Yes I'm proud of what has been done so far. There is still alot more to go and I hope I can keep the pace.

Marty