FSM Jacob's Coal

[postalkarl]

Hi Dave:

She's looking good. keep the photo coming.

Karl

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Dave.

[deemery]

I assembled the loading dock deck, loading dock roof supports,subroof/rafters, and primed the castings from the 'loading dock' bag.  And the correct NBW castings should be here Friday.


dave

[S&S RR]

Dave


This is really looking nice.

[deemery]

The -correct- NBWs arrived today, and were installed.  I glued the coal chutes onto the bins, using 5 minute epoxy.  Those tend to want to tip over, so there's weights to hold them in place until the glue dries.

Next, I opened the parts bag for the conveyor.  I need to study the drawings, there's some stuff about the conveyor design that kinda bother me. 


Update:  Here's the conveyor leaning against the structure, with the loading dock leaning too.  It's starting to look like something.

dave

[Jerry]

Dave its really coming together.  Great job on this build.

Jerry

[deemery]

I didn't like how the conveyor shed looked, too much obvious wood grain.  So I 'painted' it with sanding sealer and then sanded a bit, and went back and re-applied Pan Pastels.  I re-cut the conveyor shed angles so the shed follows the same slope as the lower attic roof (not sure why this was at a different angle on the original kit.)  Also, I cut the construction paper strips and glued them on the conveyor as roofing paper. 

Most importantly, I needed to decide where to put this on the layout, since that impacts which side I put the conveyor shed onto.  Here's where I think it'll go.  One reason I want this kit in this location is the vertical and diagonal will help hide the (too) steep slopes.

dave

[PRR Modeler]

Looks really nice Dave.

[Lynnb]

I must say conveyer shed looks much better after making the adjustment.

[deemery]

I started (scratchbuilding) a small ice house for part of the coal/ice/lumber dealer.


dave

[deemery]

Ice House is mostly done.  I'm waiting for Bar Mills shingles for the entire complex, plus I need to do the ice hauling mechanism in front of the doors.  Then final weathering.  The white ice house should make a nice contrast with the dusty red coal tower.  I need to finish the coal tower, and then do the lumber part of the complex.


dave

[deemery]

Bar Mills shingles should be here tomorrow (they don't have that far to come from Maine to NH...) 


dave

[cuse]

Very nice, Dave. Great work.


John

[deemery]

After a lot of painting, shaping, fiddling (and regluing bracing that came loose), the roofs are on the attic and ice house.  Next step is to glue the bins to the cardboard underneath the attic, right now the attic is just sitting loose on top of the bins.  Then I need to think about mounting this to a diorama base.

The Bar Mills shingles worked out great!  I drybrushed them with a light buff color and a slightly darker beige color, this provides both highlights and wood tones to the shingles.

dave

[S&S RR]

Looking good Dave.