Campbell's #411 Schrock Meat Company

[tom.boyd.125]

Jeff,
Great start on this kit.
Will follow along.
Tommy

[ACL1504]

Jeff,

Nice build on this one. I can just smell the sugar pine in the kit. Well done sir.

Tom 

[nycjeff]

Jeff,
Great start on this kit.
Will follow along.
Tommy

Hello Tommy, great to have you along for the ride

Continuing on...



It's a little hard to see here, but I have the front loading dock sections taped to a piece of paper to hold them down while I glue on the floor joists. As with the walls, the loading dock comes in four separate pieces. Again I didn't edge glue the pieces.



After the floor joists, beams are glued on in the opposite direction The plans give detailed templates for this work. I don't have any wax paper or tracing paper, so I transferred the template dimensions to  a separate piece of paper.



The 28 posts have been added and the cross bracing between them as well



A better view of the bottom of the front loading dock.



I've used my AI solution stain to add some color to the dock



A view of the top after staining. I counted up 66 separate pieces of strip-wood used on this dock. That is a new record for me. I know that some board by board kits use many more than this, but for me this is something different. I will use some weathering chalks and maybe some more AI later. More in a minute

[nycjeff]

Jeff,

Nice build on this one. I can just smell the sugar pine in the kit. Well done sir.

Tom 

Hello Tom, great to have you with me and I'm so glad you are on the road to recovery.

Continuing on...



Next up is the cattle ramp sub-assembly. Here are the pieces the kit provides.  After reading the instructions, I decided to deviate from them to make the ramp more stable. I will explain as we go



First I added the bracing, cut out the window openings and also installed the floor joists. When assembled, these pieces glue onto the left side of the structure. I thought that I would strengthen them up by adding back walls to the ramp and the little ramp landing structure.



I've started to build the support structure below the ramp landing structure, you can also see the base for that structure.



Here I'm working on the support legs below the ramp. It is very easy to measure the size of strip-wood needed by just taking it off the blueprints. As I said before, they are very well done and show both front and side views as well as exploded isometric views. It makes it easy to do complicated small pieces like these.



Here is a view of the almost completed cattle ramp sub-assembly. You can see my transferred drawing on the paper below the structure. I painted the wall sections the same as the other walls in the kit, but I only stained the wood support structures with AI solution. I think it gives a nice contrast to the painted areas.



The roofs have been added. I used black construction paper, painted grey and then sanded the edges per Jason Jenson's video. A great tutorial if you haven't seen it. I'm really pleased with how this sub-assembly came out. It is a testament more to the instructions and drawings than to my modeling skills. You can't see the back of the structure in this picture, As mentioned before I added back walls for more strength. I will try to take a picture and include it next time. More in a minute

[nycjeff]

When my wife walked into the train room she said it looked like my work table had exploded. I wasn't even aware of the mess. Here is a picture, I don't think it's that bad, but I certainly can't run trains on my lower level



Two of the large drawing pages have been folded to smaller size for convenience. Maybe she has a point, but I'm too busy right now and I think I know where everything is...

That's it for now, more later

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice modeling on the ramp.

[ReadingBob]

Very nice modeling on the ramp.

Yeah!  I agree 100% with Curt.  That ramp looks wonderful.  Very nice work.   

[Keep It Rusty]

The messier your desk/bench, the more creative you are

[nycjeff]

Very nice modeling on the ramp.

Hello Curt, thank you, I enjoyed building the ramp. It's a nice little piece of engineering.

Very nice modeling on the ramp.

Yeah!  I agree 100% with Curt.  That ramp looks wonderful.  Very nice work.   

Thank you Bob, it went together surprisingly easy because I followed the excellent instructions and drawings

The messier your desk/bench, the more creative you are

Hey Rusty, I'll show my wife your comment. For some reason, I don't think that she will agree with you, but I think you're right.

[Opa George]

Jeff, REALLY nice work on this kit. The loading dock turned out excellent.
I'm also a card-carrying member of the messy workbench club. It's really a good feeling, though, when you clean it all up before starting a new kit (and getting it messy again).
--Opa George

[Jerry]

Jeff your really doing a nice job with kit!


Jerry

[Jim Donovan]

Just caught up on this kit build, great job and a really nice explanations. I too love the directions they provide, your comments are equally great.

Jim D

[Oldguy]

Coming along great!

[nycjeff]

Jeff, REALLY nice work on this kit. The loading dock turned out excellent.
I'm also a card-carrying member of the messy workbench club. It's really a good feeling, though, when you clean it all up before starting a new kit (and getting it messy again).
--Opa George

Hello George, it's nice to have you along. I was pleased with the way the loading dock came out. As I said, it was a record number of strip-wood pieces for me in a small sub-assembly. And about the workbench- it's only messy if you can't find something, right ?

Jeff your really doing a nice job with kit!


Jerry

Hello Jerry, I appreciate the kind words

Just caught up on this kit build, great job and a really nice explanations. I too love the directions they provide, your comments are equally great.

Jim D

Hey Jim, I'm learning with each build thread how to do a better job explaining what I'm doing. Campbell's does a great job with their instructions and drawings.

Coming along great!

Hello Bob, nice to have you looking in and thank you for the compliment.

Thanks to everyone for looking in. I'm having a really good time with this build. I can't say it enough, Campbell's does a great job with their instructions and especially their drawings. They make it easy to  turn a box of sticks into a nice model. I look forward to doing more of their kits in the future.

[nycjeff]

Continuing on...



Here is the view of the back side of the cattle ramp. I deviated from the instructions by adding a rear wall to the ramp and the small ramp landing structure. I felt that they would make the assemblies more solid and easier to glue onto the main building. I used pieces of siding from my stash.



The next sub-assembly is the wagon shed- here are the wall pieces



The door and window openings have been cut out and the bracing has been added. This small structure was assembled like the others. First sprayed with dark grey primer and then dry brushing with the antique gold and cocoa bean colors.



The roofs for the warehouse and the wagon shed were next. Both are shed roofs with vertically run rolled roofing material. I did not use the material provided in the kit, I used some paper from my roof stash box which is a black on one side and grey on the other. Because the rolled-roofing is being run vertically I wanted to seal the seams with wood battens. I used scale 4x4 strip-wood painted brown. You can see it in the picture. You can also see that I braced the roof card with two pieces of 1/8 square wood- I love to brace !



Here is the roof after adding the battens. I applied some weathering chalks to start the aging process.



Next, per the instructions, I added end fascia boards and rafter tails using 2x6 wood provided in the kit. I like how the roof came out. I wasn't sure about the battens, but in the end I was pleased. More in a minute.