Jacobs' Landing Light Railway in On18

[Larry C]

Tom thank you and thanks for the photo; that does look very "life like";
certainly "some food for thought". Actually I downloaded your photo and
placed it in my "modeling ideas folder". Doing scenery has never been my
strong suit but I think I'm getting better as I go along. The micro will give me
the opportunity to experiment some since it's such a small space. Thanks
again for your input.

[Philip]

Coming along nicely there Larry.

[Larry C]

Philip thank you. Hope you and Gina are feeling better.

[Larry C]

Since I started my next building a couple of weeks ago; I'll finish that first then I can go back and add scenery to that entire end of the layout.



This is the main business for Jacobs' Landing; a "Wheel Wright". As I mentioned when I first started this thread the area is a little stuck in time so eventually horses and wagons will appear.

All of the lumber used for this build will be grained, colored with grey chalk & clear alcohol, and a liberal amount of A&I applied lastly. The floor is made from 3x12's treated then glued to 100# paper with random lengths of flooring. Joints were made on purpose as was the floor running in two different directions. Basically this building has the main part running one way and a small part going the other.

This is the back wall glued in place. Since part of the building won't have any walls I decided to go with 8x8's for the outside framing and 6x6's for the interior framing for extra strength. Doing things a little differently and adding each wall as I go instead of gluing all for walls together THEN adding them to the floor. I thought it would be easier this way and allow me to take measurements as I go for a better overall fit. The windows are Grandt Line painted and put in high on purpose to maximize wall space.



The right side wall was built the same way as the back wall minus any windows then glued in place. The very short 3rd wall, the one that will go on the righthand end, has been built but probably won't be added until I've added some of the interior details on the right side so nothing gets broken. The right wall actually shows better the coloring of the gray chalk and A&I.

Next I'll start adding details to at least the back area of the right side going from back to front before I add the short wall. As always thanks for taking a peek and for your comments and/or suggestions.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry, 

It looks like you have put your wood mail order to good use.  The wheelwright's building is off to a great start.  Putting the windows high to provide more wall space is a clever trick. 

How many walls will the wheelwright's building have?

Have fun,
mike

[Rick]

It's looking good Larry.

[Philip]

Great walls! We had an old garage on my property framed horizontal with Tongue & Groove siding. We ended up removing it as the neglect caught up with it. The footer was about 6" deep. Go figure.

[Larry C]

Mike thanks. The floor that sticks out is going to have a very short wall on the other side plus an entrance going into it. The rest of the building will just have posts but no walls.

Rick thank you.

Philip thanks. My grandfather had an old small barn that I helped my dad take down after his passing. Those timbers had be 12 inches thick and not one nail could be found in the whole building; just lots of pegs.

[PRR Modeler]

Great looking wall and flooring Larry.

[Philip]

Philip thanks. My grandfather had an old small barn that I helped my dad take down after his passing. Those timbers had be 12 inches thick and not one nail could be found in the whole building; just lots of pegs.

The only thing holding our garage together was luck. It was in bad shape. I did find a French bayonet in the rafters from the first war. Some friends repurposed the roof and some of the usable 2x6 T& groove. It also had a nice track for the sliding doors.

[nycjeff]

Hello Larry, you are doing a very impressive job on the walls- can't wait to see the details.

[Larry C]

Curt thank you so much. Hope you and Kathy feel better soon.

Philip the French bayonet certainly was a great find; hope you still have it.

Jeff thank you for your comment; it's appreciated and for stopping by.

[Philip]

I do.

[Jerry]

Looks like your off to a great start Larry.
Nice coloring on the walls and floor.
I like the windows up higher.

Jerry

[Larry C]

Jerry thank you so much; I thought the higher windows would be something different.