Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

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Next step, the roof and the cross beams.  Here again I first made a gluing fixture.



Please notice that I'm using the square the Hal Reynolds gave us at the EXPO.  Thanks Hal, it works.

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After the gluing fixture was built and tested we went into the production mode again. Here is a series of pictures that describe the process.











Completed upper roof ready for the paint booth.

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The upper roof in the paint booth - this is a big roof - I painted it with the standard camouflage flat black paint.





I need a bigger paint booth for this project.

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After many hours of fitting and clamping I had this big roof fitting just the way I wanted it.  Then after it sat for a few weeks 1 corner lifted about 1/8 of an inch just from the change in temperature and or humidity.  I then finished all the hole drilling and LED prep work and glued it down.  I basically tacked it down with glue.  I could remove it if necessary, but the plan is to leave it alone.  All of the interior detail for this area of the layout will be in the sister building to this - a detailed machine shop that I have planned.  It will be a much smaller building which will allow for a removable roof.

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The lower or front roof was built right in place by adding the rafters and then the sheeting on top.  I got a couple of sections completed and then added one of the front castings.  I wanted to test getting an engine or something in the back of the roundhouse out without removing the roof.  The test was successful so I went forward with the plan.







I sure like the looks of that locomotive in the door way of the roundhouse.

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Finishing off the lower roof and assembling the front castings were done in parallel. I put a casting in place with the epoxy, then added a few more roof boards as it dried.

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That's enough of the Stone Roundhouse story for today - time to get back at laying track on the layout. I should be able to complete the build story to-date the next time I post.

[ACL1504]

John,

Loved the roundhouse story and to get the spare pieces from George was a great bonus. The Ebay prices aren't as bad as they once were. I purchased both of the SRMW Roundhouses. I was going to build the Brick Roundhouse when I noticed the Ebay prices going up and up and up!

I sold the brick one to a guy in CA for $2,300.00 and the stone one to someone in AR for $1,850.00. Yes, I am a capitalist!

Your roundhouse is a thing of beauty! Well done John!

Tom

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John,

Loved the roundhouse story and to get the spare pieces from George was a great bonus. The Ebay prices aren't as bad as they once were. I purchased both of the SRMW Roundhouses. I was going to build the Brick Roundhouse when I noticed the Ebay prices going up and up and up!
I sold the brick one to a guy in CA for $2,300.00 and the stone one to someone in AR for $1,850.00. Yes, I am a capitalist!
Your roundhouse is a thing of beauty! Well done John!
Tom    

I agree fully with your last sentence!!

But that feller in AR darn sure wasn't related to the Ledbetters - they're too tight!
That's about what they were thinkin' of spendin' for some used lumber to build a real new house.
Of course, that didn't include the cost of buildin' a fancy new outhouse!   
They take their outhouse bidness serussly!! 

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John,

Loved the roundhouse story and to get the spare pieces from George was a great bonus. The Ebay prices aren't as bad as they once were. I purchased both of the SRMW Roundhouses. I was going to build the Brick Roundhouse when I noticed the Ebay prices going up and up and up!

I sold the brick one to a guy in CA for $2,300.00 and the stone one to someone in AR for $1,850.00. Yes, I am a capitalist!

Your roundhouse is a thing of beauty! Well done John!

Tom

You did the right thing Tom.  I would need two kits for what I have here and would still have to make some of my own castings. I can buy a lot of mold materials and strip wood for 3700 dollars. I do want to make the point that buying the original kits from Bob would have been much cheaper than buying the materials to scratch build this. I'm not counting my time - I have the price of the kit in just the castings that I have purchased.  Windows, roof vents, hinges for the doors, detail parts, and the list goes on. Bob will get an order from me every year he chooses to put out a kit - he does a great job with them.

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John,

Loved the roundhouse story and to get the spare pieces from George was a great bonus. The Ebay prices aren't as bad as they once were. I purchased both of the SRMW Roundhouses. I was going to build the Brick Roundhouse when I noticed the Ebay prices going up and up and up!
I sold the brick one to a guy in CA for $2,300.00 and the stone one to someone in AR for $1,850.00. Yes, I am a capitalist!
Your roundhouse is a thing of beauty! Well done John!
Tom    

I agree fully with your last sentence!!

But that feller in AR darn sure wasn't related to the Ledbetters - they're too tight!
That's about what they were thinkin' of spendin' for some used lumber to build a real new house.
Of course, that didn't include the cost of buildin' a fancy new outhouse!   
They take their outhouse bidness serussly!! 

David

All I can say is it good to have the old David back.  Hope your feeling better.

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At this point the walls were up and the roof was on.




And it was time to fill all the gaps with mortar or in this case modeling clay

I approached this process just like I would in the 1:1 world with the tools pictured below. It worked well and I was very happy with the results with the hardening modeling clay.




The clay going on.



After cleanup and painting.

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At about this point the window castings were cleaned up and sent to the paint booth.  I spent some big $$ on window castings.



The color is box car red.

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Here are a couple more pictures after the cleaning and painting of the base Neutral Gray.  You may have noticed that the roof line on the upper level and the roof on the lower level do not match.  I have a plan - I need more room to frame in the windows the go between the two levels so I lowered the roof on the lower level. I will be trimming the stone work and adding a trim piece to make the roof lines match.  I also should point out that the over hang is less on my design to match the prototypical roundhouses in the area I'm modeling.  Over hang equals ice buildup in the winter in the North Country.







Quincy & Torch Lake RR Hancock, Michigan



Copper Range Roundhouse, Houghton, Michigan

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This brings us to the final painting/weathering procedure that I have decided to go with on this build.  First all of the castings have been primed with a Neutral Gray Acrylic.