2026-2026 Winter Challange - OVL Co. Maintenance Buildings

[elwoodblues]

I agree with Rick on the tarpaper roof.  Great coloring on the wood as well.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff, I'm please with the way the roof turned out.

[elwoodblues]

Howdy Ron,

Are you sure that roof won't leak? Excellent work as always. The maintenance building looks fantastic.

Have fun,
mike

Mike,

There are no guarantee as to the waterproofness of the roof. 

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice job on the build Ron.

[elwoodblues]

Very nice job on the build Ron.

Thanks Curt, I really appreciate your approval on the build.

[elwoodblues]

Building #2 ......

Seeing as I haven't started this kit already I thought I would show the obligatory contents of the kit.





The contents of the kit is as follows,
     - Bag 1 and 2 which contains various lengths and sizes of stripwood
     - Bad 3 which is labeled "misc"
     - box of resin and white metal castings
     - 2 pieces of 1/4" x 1/4" styripwood





A page of plans and ......





an instruction booklet.





The "misc" bag contains the following
     - Building framing
     - A sheet of corrugated siding
     - An outhouse (I have no use for it on this build, but I'll find a use for it elsewhere on the layout)
     - A sheet of reel ends
     - Sheet of small detail parts
     - Plywood panels
     - Templates to make saw horses and a rafter guide.
     - A sheet of tar paper
     - A sheet of signs (which has no use on this build as this is a lumber camp but will be useful for other projects, although I might change my mind there).

First step is to distress and stain the wood.

Thanks for looking in.

[Jerry]

Ron the roof looks excellent.  Thanks for the tip on doing the tarpaper.
The building on a whole is perfect coloring and wood & door detailing.

Jerry

[elwoodblues]

Ron the roof looks excellent.  Thanks for the tip on doing the tarpaper.
The building on a whole is perfect coloring and wood & door detailing.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, coming from you, that is high praise indeed.

[PRR Modeler]

I look forward to the next phase of the build.

[elwoodblues]

I look forward to the next phase of the build.

Thanks Curt, I'm looking forward to it too.

[elwoodblues]

After reading the instructions it was time to start.  

I noticed that some of the techniques are dated and some materials like Floquil and PollyScale paints are no longer available so I thought I would document the entire process for this part of the build.





I have a number of stains and inks so I decided to make "samples" to make colour choices easier.





The base stain I used for the boards on this build was Hunterline's "Barn Red.  I have a plastic "trough" that I pour the stain in.  I then drop the boards in the stain, make sure they are well soaked and they lay them out on paper towels to dry.





Once the stain was dried, it was time to vary the colour using Pan Pastels.  These are randomly applied using a make-up sponge.  The colours used were Burnt Sienna Shade (740.3), Burnt Sienna (740.5) and Red Iron Oxide Shade (380.3)





Finally the frames were stained using Liquitex "Red Oxide' ink.

With the colouring done I can now start boarding up the walls.

As an aside I thought I would share how I remember how I did modeling projects.  Last year while attending our local NMRA a member Catherine, brought a book showing how she documented each build showing a picture of the build as well as detailed construction notes that included techniques and colours used for each assemble step, which I thought was a brilliant idea. With that, if she ever wanted to recreate a method of doing something she had done in the past, she just had to look it up.  Catherine is a fantastic modeler by the way.  I decided that I would start doing the same thing.

Thanks for looking in.

[Rick]

Ron, wow colors look very good.
After the wood is stained, do you pour the remaining stain back in the bottle.

[elwoodblues]

Ron, wow colors look very good.
After the wood is stained, do you pour the remaining stain back in the bottle.

Thanks Rick, I'm pleased with the color and yes, I pour the remaining stain back into the bottle when done.

[Jerry]

Ron I like that color for the wood.

That is a good idea with the strips of wood so you know what the color looks like before doing the wood.

And I think Catherine has a good idea.
I think I'm going to try that instead of guessing what I used last time.

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

Ron you have a nice selection to choose from. I really like the Barn Red stain.

[deemery]

The one thing I wish I did (and I wish I'd do going forward...) is record the paint colors/sources on the kit instructions.  Even when it's a custom mix, knowing what i started with would be helpful when doing touch-up or recreating that effect on another model.

dave