Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[martin.ojaste]

Ok, I thought I saw that, but I assumed it was just picture and my eyes being blurry.

[Mike Engler]

John, everything is looking great. I caught up a few pages and this is a real treat. You are a testimonial to the concept that retired people can make valuable contributions. This is a real primer on how to do a layout right. We should bring an Expo to your neighborhood soon so we can all see it.

[S&S RR]

John, everything is looking great. I caught up a few pages and this is a real treat. You are a testimonial to the concept that retired people can make valuable contributions. This is a real primer on how to do a layout right. We should bring an Expo to your neighborhood soon so we can all see it.

Mike


Thanks for the kind words.  As for the EXPO in this area - I'm all for it.  It will be a few years before this layout is ready to show but I'm having fun with it and that's what counts.  Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[S&S RR]

For the past week I have been getting to the workbench in couple our increments between the Christmas activities.  Tonight, I will get this thread up-to-date.


I have been working on the office building - which from a build standpoint is very similar to the warehouse.  Here is a picture just after I mounted it to the base.





The glue on the canopy roof was still drying so I left the weights on for the picture.

[S&S RR]

Here is another picture that shows the layout of the yard better.

[S&S RR]

I took this picture because I found a better way to paint corrugated roofing material (at least better than what I was doing).  The old procedure was to paint the sheet with premier and then cut the roofing material to size.  This usually resulted in lots of shinny spots to cover because the premier popped off as you handled the material as it was cut to size. 


What I did this this time was cut it to size and then mounted it on a piece of strip wood with double stick tape.  Then I painted it with gray primer.  The process worked great - not a single shinny spot from the primer popping off.

[S&S RR]

Finally, here are a few progress shots that I took to create my fix list for the office.

[S&S RR]

It sure didn't take Wilfrid long to find the chair and his favorite beverage.

[EricQuebec]

Very nice work, can,t wait to see it finish and on the layout.

Eric Québec city

[ollevon]

That looks awesome John,   The colors are perfect, great build.

  Sam

[ReadingBob]

Sweet!  Great job John.  It's going to look wonderful on the layout.

[S&S RR]

Very nice work, can,t wait to see it finish and on the layout.

Eric Québec city

Eric


Thanks, I'm excited about moving this one to the layout too! I have a number of out buildings to build along with the detailing and fixing a few issues.  I'm also waiting for some more shingles to come in so I can add the last row on the top of the office.

[S&S RR]

That looks awesome John,   The colors are perfect, great build.

  Sam

Sam


Thanks for the kind words.

[S&S RR]

Sweet!  Great job John.  It's going to look wonderful on the layout.

Bob


Thanks - I have a few more trees to add in the area and then I will be able to plant this one on the layout in a finished area.

[donatode]

Just wonderful John .... always love to see your work.