Wichendon Machine Shop (restart)

[deemery]

Most of the windows now have glazing. 

The 2 paired windows at the bottom go into the attic gables, That's why they're a different casting, with different framing, than the rest of the windows.

I still need to do the door glazing, and the windows for the boiler shop.  But that's small potatoes.  Before I install these, I'll go back and add a touch or two of window glue to the corners, to help lock the glazing into position.  I don't want it to pop out after the structure is assembled.  That would be A Bad Thing.

dave

[Larry C]

Dave the windows look great and there certainly are a lot of them; have fun.

[friscomike]

Howdy Dave, nice work on the windows, and good luck with the remaining glazing.  Have fun, mike

[PRR Modeler]

Great job on the windows Dave.

[Dave Buchholz]

Thanks for the glazing instructions.
My technique has always been poor. Too much glue everywhere

Fifth Dave to the right.

[deemery]

The kit loading doors are single barn door style.  But that would block the windows, so i wanted to convert a single door to double swinging doors.

The top row is the kit pieces.  The bottom row is the work-in-progress.  I carefully cut the laser cut inner piece in half, using a #11 scalpel blade.  Then I added 1x4 and 1x6 trim.  I cut down the open window back pieces to match the inner doors. I cut clear glazing the size of the door (not shown.)  After I paint the pieces, I'll assemble a sandwich of outside, glazing, inside.  I mocked that up, it'll look pretty good.  I'll need to touch up the paint on the edge after the sandwich glue is dried.  These will open inwards, I may need to do some adjustment to the window trim on the walls.   And I think I have some hinges somewhere that will work well for these.

dave

[Dave Buchholz]

⁶ I don't want it to pop out after the structure is assembled.  That would be A Bad Thing.

dave

I hate when that happens as well Dave

[deemery]

Windows and doors test fit:

The door will need a bit more sanding, etc.  I'll fit the door casting and then apply the external (laser cut) door trim.

dave

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Dave. I like the large upper window.

[Larry C]

Looks like a good fit Dave; well done.

[deemery]

These are all parts from the kit (with a few minor adjustments.)   And the kit follows the prototype building pretty faithfully.

dave

[deemery]

Significant progress the last couple of days.  Here's the test-fit of the windows and doors in the acrylic wall:

One (double window) opening was smaller than the others (surprisingly, for a laser-cut kit), so some sanding got that to fit.  

I painted the bottom of the 2nd story floor/1st story ceiling white, to better reflect light on the machine shop area itself.  This helped a bit.  Then I glued the 2nd story onto the first story.  The weights help pull out the small bit of warping that painting the wood floor/ceiling produced.

This means "no more fiddling with the machine shop area", but I think everything is reliably glued into position.  

Also I installed the windows, doors and trim on the boiler room (3 wall annex).  I'll glue those walls together tomorrow.  And I'll start gluing the windows/doors onto the acrylic.  I need to figure out the right glue for that, the windows are styrene, the trim is wood.  

dave

[Larry C]

Dave very nice progress and it's coming together nicely.

[Jerry]

Dave looks like you proved the first floor is able to handle the weight!!

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Dave. You've done an excellent job on the kit and detailing.