A station for Clay Center

[ACL1504]

Jan,

Great build, thanks for sharing.

Tom

[Janbouli]

Thanx Tom and John , the pics later has become pics tomorrow, although The Masters starts tomorrow and I don't have pay-tv in my train room.

[Janbouli]

A few days later I finally got back to the workbench , after I had done some benchwork, building big stuff that isn't that fussy is a great diversion from N-scale structures.

I started the day building this benchwork for the Clay center area, thge station , tower and yard will be placed here.



Then I felt like doing a little bit on the station.

Straightened out the round windows as much as possible , and placed a black piece of paper inside the bay window.


A support for the roof.


Assembling the docks.




Assembled side walls and floors to the docks.

[Janbouli]

Did some work on the station Easter weekend.

Slot and tab assembly of the sub roof plus overhang.


Inside of the tower painted black.


And the front panels painted black from the inside.


While the paint dries assembled the beams for the platform roof.


Front inner panels assembled, slot and tab so not hard to place.


Outside walls assembled , this took some more patience and fiddling.

[Janbouli]

Took a few days, but the tower has it's windows. The photo sure shows the little faults , glad they're not that visible in 1:1.

[S&S RR]

Looking good! Looks like you are making steady progress.

[Janbouli]

Spent about an hour on roof brackets , there are almost 70 of the small ones for the first floor roof.







Just to show the size , the building on the IKEA Lazy Susan with an AA Penlite Battery

[GPdemayo]

Great progress Jan. It's amazing how large the building looks in the pictures, then reality sets in when you put the battery next to the kit and you get some perspective of the real size.


Keep working in this scale and what your mother told you about going blind may actually happen.....

[Janbouli]

Never knew that the tale of going blind had anything to do with size 

[cuse]

It's coming along nicely Jan. That's a really cool structure!


John

[GPdemayo]

Never knew that the tale of going blind had anything to do with size 

That was so long ago, who can remember.....

[Janbouli]

Don't have much time at the moment but I did do some work on the station.

Overhang roof parts with rafters.


My setup to keep them in place while the glue dries.

[Twist67]

Hi,

Great,you did a fantastic job putting it together in that small scale......

Regards,Chris

[Janbouli]

Thanks Chris


Main roof construction, had to cut little bits and pieces away to make it fit, but hardly worth mentioning.




The shingles are styrene sheets they have relief and are peel and stick.


They'll need a bit of sanding on the top edges , but I'll do that after painting and weathering and then add roof caps.


First some dry brushing with Tamiya Nato gray.

[GPdemayo]

Very nice Jan!