Hank's Machine Shop

[ACL1504]

Larry,

As others have stated, the valance looks perfect for the front.

Absolutely a fantastic build my friend.

Tom

[Larry C]

Tom thank you so much; your comments are appreciated.

[Larry C]

Onwards and literally upwards:



When I was looking at the ends of the Shop, after adding the 6x12's to tie in the top, they looked unfinished to me. To remedy that I decided to extend the siding on the end rafters to hang down 6 inches below the bottom of the rafters to cover this; of course shown is the back of the rafter which will never be seen again when the roof is finished.



So here's the look I was going for by extending the siding down the 6 scale inches; a nice finished look. As of now the end rafter is just sitting there and not glued in just yet.



Here's a photo with both end rafters built and installed. Used one of my drafting triangles set against the end of the Shop to make sure the rafters were plumb with the ends. Before gluing in the last end rafter I grabbed a length of scale 3x12 to make sure the peaks and the ends lined up straight. I'll be building three more rafters from my build sheet. One for the middle of the Shop with the other two splitting the space between the ends and the middle rafters.

In between building the last 3 rafters I have a few details I ordered from SW for the inside; also I need to paint a LP to place in front of the workbench on the back wall before any more rafters are installed. As always thanks for stopping by and for all your great comments and/or suggestions; they do help.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Larry.

[Larry C]

Curt thanks; it's getting there.

[Rick]

Larry, good solution to hiding the beams.
The painting and weathering on the walls is very good.

[Philip]

Dang man......... frosted flakes great!

[Larry C]

Rick and Philip thank you.

[Jerry]

Nice job Larry.  Weathering looks good.

Jerry

[Larry C]

Jerry thank you.

[Larry C]

A few more pieces to the puzzle:



These are a few items I ordered from Sierra West a week or so ago. Wanted to add a little something extra to the inside details. The stand, hand cart, and dock cart were all painted and/or colored with chalks and clear alcohol. What little bit of assembly required was very easy.



This is the right front with the cart placed at the edge of the dock to aid in unloading anything heavy that comes in on a truck. The stand was placed on the end of the Milling Machine, and is moveable, to help facilitate longer pieces of metal that needed milling.



Lastly this shows the hand cart, in the back of the Shop, for moving around barrels of scrap metal. Just a few extra details to balance out the look of the Shop.

Next will be painting my one LP and place him in front of the workbench against the back wall; in hindsight I probably should have placed the LP some time ago but hey who doesn't like a challenge. After that then it's back to rafters and roofing. As always thanks for stopping by and for leaving all your great comments and/or suggestions; they really do help.

[PRR Modeler]

Nice looking details Larry.

[Larry C]

Curt thank you so much.

[Rick]

The shop is filling up nicely.
Keep up the good work.

[friscomike]

Larry, my T fine!  Love the small details.  ~mike