Wood Cutters Shack

[Larry C]

Thought I would share a kit I did awhile back that turned into a diorama. It's from Sierra West which is the only kit I've done; I normally scratch-build buildings to fit my railroad.





Some time ago I purchased the kit from someone who was selling off their O scale items. When the box arrived I opened it and quite frankly I was rather overwhelmed at its contents. Sat myself down, went thru the instruction book and thought I can do this. Long story short I followed the clear cut instructions which sort of changed the way I now do my builds.

The diorama was built on a 1 inch piece of green foam and the edges were finished off with balsa strips painted black, glued into place, to highlight the build. I did make a few changes to the instruction's layout like moving the shed from next to the main building and turning it then filling with firewood. All the firewood was cut from twigs from my back yard.

Normally my time is spent working on my layout but I will occasionally take a break and come up with a diorama to build. Enjoy.

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Nice work Larry!  I love all the details around the structure.  Looks Great.  I hope you will share some of your scratch built structures with the forum.  They must be awesome.

   

[Vietnam Seabee]

Very nice, Larry...well done
terry

[Larry C]

Bruce thank you so much. Actually if you go to "layout tours" I've started a thread for the "Pratt's Hollow Short Line RR"; that's where I'll be posting the layout progress which includes my scratch builds.

Terry thank you, it was a fun build once I got into it.

[ACL1504]

Larry,

Wonderful diorama, very well done and it looks great.

Tom 

[Larry C]

Tom thank you; your comments are appreciated.

[Jim Donovan]

Very very nice! Thanks for sharing!

Jim

[cuse]

Very nice work...the HO version is the best thing I've ever built. Beautiful

John

[Larry C]

Jim and John thank you both so much. I was actually pleasantly surprised just how well the kit finished off. Between the very detailed instruction booklet and the detail parts it was a really fun build.

[cuse]

Jim and John thank you both so much. I was actually pleasantly surprised just how well the kit finished off. Between the very detailed instruction booklet and the detail parts it was a really fun build.

Yes...opening a box of sticks was pretty daunting, but the instructions are great. 

There's no way I can build this...but I CAN do Step 1, and then Step 2....

very rewarding!!

[Larry C]

John

I couldn't agree with you more. Matter of fact I still use the instruction booklet as a resource from time to time.

[GPdemayo]

Nicely done Larry.....

[Larry C]

Thanks Greg. It was a fun build once I got over the shock of all the pieces parts.

[Pennman]

Nice model Larry.

[Keep It Rusty]

Excellent work!