Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 3) Started 7/27/19

[S&S RR]

Today, the roof cards went on the Beach Farms Barn. 





A few extra supports for the addition roof.





Unique hold down for the corner - sand bag with a steel ruler. It worked great.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great John.

[S&S RR]

Looks great John.

Curt


Thank you for the kind words and for following along.

[S&S RR]

Jerry


I received your package and sent you a PM. Thank you,

[jerryrbeach]

Jerry


I received your package and sent you a PM. Thank you,

John,


Glad everything arrived in good shape.  Looking forward to progress on the "Beach farm".

[S&S RR]

Update:  Today, I colored one side of the farm house stone walls.  I started with grey primer and then colored the individual stones with 8 different colors of Pan Pastels. I then blended the colors with neutral grey Pan Pastel.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great John.

[S&S RR]

The roofing also started going on the barn, today.  I'm trying something different with the shingles.  I'm starting out with brown colored shingles, like they were just put on. I will be weathering them with different shades of grey chalk to get the color right.  I have been watching the cedar shingles on my gazebo weather over the past five years and I really like the brown showing through the grey of the chalk.  I did a couple tests and decided to go for it. So we will see how it turns out.  The story behind this scene is that the Beach Farms has their own shingle mill that is left over from the early days when the property was developed.  I have a CC Crow shingle mill already built for the site. I decided to make the roof all the same - it was all replaced just after the war. The Beach family hasn't got around to the needed paint job on the barn yet in 1949. Another twist to the story is that all of the vehicles/tractors and other farm machinery that will reside on the farm was brought in by rail. The Beach family sends surplus equipment from their extensive Eastern properties in by rail to this Western Mountain farm.  There is no through road to this remote site, only the railroad.





If you look closely, you will see a small portion of the chalk test shingles that made it onto the roof.

[S&S RR]

Looks great John.

Thank you Curt.

[jerryrbeach]

John,


I'm really looking forward to you weathering the shingles with chalks.  I've tried lots of different techniques including chalk on the shingle strips before application and have yet to be 100% satisfied with my efforts. 

[S&S RR]

John,


I'm really looking forward to you weathering the shingles with chalks.  I've tried lots of different techniques including chalk on the shingle strips before application and have yet to be 100% satisfied with my efforts.

Jerry


Thank you for following along - we should see how it looks next week. I like the affect of the brown blending through the grey from underneath. I like the way the sample looked - forgot to take a picture . This roof is big - I'm using up a lot of shingles and I'm concerned I will have enough to finish. Stay tuned. I decided to use the metal roofing on all the out buildings that will surround the barn. The one attached shed in the front will also have a metal roof.

[Jerry]

John what a beautiful job your doing with this model.


Jerry

[S&S RR]

John what a beautiful job your doing with this model.


Jerry

Jerry


Thank you for the encouraging words and for following along.

[S&S RR]

Update: I spent some time last night ordering supplies for this winters builds. It's amazing how much money you can spend on paint and wood. So here is my build list for the next year or so (subject to change without notice):


Finish Beach Farms (and complete the scenery in this area of the layout)
Finish G. Wilikers - For Eagles Nest
FSM Brownsville Depot - For Eagles Nest
FSM Icing Platform - For Eagles Nest
SRMW - H. W. Myers & Son - For Eagles Nest
SRMW - Sayles Mill - For Vansel
FSM - Baxter's Building Supply - For Vansel






I will be making changes to these kits to better fit my layout space. As always, I will be making many smaller structure builds as these major kit builds are being built. So that's the plan - we will see how close I stick to it. After the next 4 builds I will have all of the major structures completed for the Eagles Nest Yard area of my layout and will be spending a lot of time detailing and finishing the scenery in this area.

[Dennis Bourey]

I will be watching John,  As always Dennis