Jacobs' Landing Light Railway in On18

[Larry C]

Kyle thank you so much for your kind comments.

[Jerry]

Larry looks like Spring has sprung there on the layout!  Nice job!

Jerry

[Larry C]

Jerry thank you.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

Looks like your terraforming is going well.  I like the ditch detail and may borrow it for the BCMC.

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Mike thank you and feel free to "borrow" whatever you like.

[Philip]

Nice work Larry.

Philip

[Larry C]

Thanks Philip; hope your rain stops soon before the ark is needed.

[Larry C]

The first structure is built on Jacobs' Landing:



Nothing special just a small supply shed. The dimensions are a 10x18 ft. base with a building of 7x18 ft. The base consists of 4 8x8's with the floor built on top using 3x12's; everything was grained, colored with raw Sienna, and a coat of A&I. The framing is 6x6's with the boards being 1x10's finished off the same as the base. No windows and two big doors of 9x6.5 ft.; one on each side.



The end of course was built in the same fashion. Used thin cardboard for the sub-roof and decided to go with tarpaper for the roofing. The tarpaper is black paper from Hobby Lobby cut in 2x4 ft. sections then trimmed to look like older pieces of tarpaper which was glued with a thin layer directly to the card. Weathering was accomplished with white chalk first worked in with a soft brush. Tan and brown chalks followed.



Just to give me a feel how this might look I stood 2 old pine trees next to the shed. I'll be making all new trees for this project using dowels from 9 to 7 inches (placed about a 1/2 inch in the foam) for some variety in height.

Next I'm going to scavenge my parts box for all sorts of details to go in and on the front of the shed. Then I'm going to start in the left back corner with scenery working my way to the right and forward at the same time. Thanks for stopping by; the fun is just starting. Thanks for your comments and/or suggestions.

[Philip]

Good en! Love that roof!

[Larry C]

Philip thank you; glad you like the roof.

[PRR Modeler]

Larry nice addition to the layout. Philip is right, the roof has a lot of character making it interesting to look at.

[Larry C]

Curt thank you so much; the supply shed is a start.

[Rick]

It's looking good Larry.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

Nice first building for the landing. The base, siding and roof colors are perfect.

Have fun,
mike

[Jerry]

I like the wood coloring.  And the roof sure has that worn look but not overdone great job.

Jerry