Jacobs' Landing Light Railway in On18

[Rick]

Larry, it's looking very good.
Weathering the wall is a nice touch.
I'll echo Curt's comment about dirtying the floor a little more.
Great job!

[Larry C]

Mike, Curt, and Rick thank you. A little more grime on the floor
is an easy touchup.

[Philip]

Looks great Larry.

Philip

[Jerry]

Larry looks great. I would do a little more dirt around the hearth.
I think the rest of the floor looks good just my opinion.

Jerry

[Larry C]

Philip and Jerry thank you and thanks for the suggestion Jerry.

[Zephyrus52246]

Stunning interior work on the details and weathering. 

Jeff

[Larry C]

Jeff thank you; your comments are appreciated.

[Larry C]

Normally I don't show how I do things but thought this little trick may help someone else. All the main beams in the building are 8x8"s and the rafters are 6x6's grained and colored. I wanted the vertical wood on the rafters to come down onto the crossbeams. I set my straightedge, yes it's from SW's wood cutter's shack build, and taped it in place. Grabbed a scrap piece of 8x8 set against that. Since there is a scale 2 inch difference between the beam and the rafters I placed 2 pieces of 2x10's's under the rafters to bring the top flush with the 8x8 beam. Then I was able to install the vertical boards to the rafters. I guess you could call this a jig for the lack of a better word.



Here's the end view so hopefully my explanation makes sense looking at this photo. I used the same process for the rafter on the other end of the long part of the building. Now all the rafters are glued in place on the main building.



This is an angled shot. The last end rafter has the end lopped off and the bump out will have 2 rafters. One end will go against the cut off end of the main rafter while the other end will be cut square to go against the 3rd rafter from the left; hopefully this will make a good transition between the two roofs.

Next I'll finish the last two rafters for the small part then start laying the roof boards set aways apart instead of being one solid sub-roof. The plan for the main roof is standing seam metal and the small one wood of some sort. That's it for now and as always thanks for stopping by for a gander and for leaving your comments and/or suggestions.

[PRR Modeler]

Great modeling Larry. Everything has clean  join points.

[Philip]

Devil's Mountain approved   

[Larry C]

Curt and Philip thank you both so much. I'm really enjoying
this build.

[Rick]

Larry, glad you're enjoying this build.
You certainly have some tight joints on your rafters.
Looks good.

[Jerry]

Great job lining those all up.

Jerry

[Larry C]

Rick and Jerry thank you both; Im really liking the way this
is turning out.

[nycjeff]

Hello Larry, that's some fine work you are doing. I love all the details.