Winter Challenge 25-26 - Fiordland Lobster Company - Tellynott Depot

[Mark Dalrymple]

Part 2 - While the rooftop towers and cupola dried, I scratchbuilt some doors.

Photo 5 - My method for this is to tape some low tack painters tape, sticky side up, to my cutting mat.  I tape this just above one of the horizontal lines on the mat and can then use this to line things up.  I mark my door widths (internal measurement) and door centres and draw right angle lines at these points on the tape.  I then set up my chopper at the correct length for the vertical timbers.  I generally paint the doors the cladding colour and the trim in an off white.  I used Josonya's antique green (which is pretty close to the moss green cladding colour) and Folk Art vintage white for the trim.  I used 6x1's and 4x1's for the timber.  The one inch thick stripwood is a bit more fragile and difficult to work with, but results in scale thickness doors.  The vertical timbers are laid with slight gaps between them.  I used 6x1's but worked both from the centre out and the outside in, using 4x1's as necessary.  6x1's are added as facings for the double doors using canopy glue, and these sit slightly proud of the door edges.  In this way the facings can sit back hard against the cladding and the doors will be flush with the cladding.


Photo 6 - 4x1's are then added to create bracing for the doors.  I cut these to size in situ using a single edged razor blade.


Photo 7 - The horizontal pieces are cut to allow the doors to open.  Hinges are added.  These are Vector cut ones.  I think I may add bolt heads.  You can see I have trimmed the door head ends.  Thresholds are added and once the canopy glue has dried completely, I cut the tape and then carefully peel it off from the back of the doors.  It is best not to leave this job for more than a day or two, as the glue on the tape holds better and better as time goes on.


Photo 8 - Here are the second set.  These hinges are Tichy Train Group ones.  You can see I changed up the design for a bit of variety.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[friscomike]

Howdy Mark, 

That's excellent work on the doors.  The hinges look terrific.

Have fun,
mike

[Philip]

Awesome!

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent job on the door. I'm ordering me some hinges!