2026-2026 Winter Challange - OVL Co. Maintenance Buildings

[elwoodblues]

Ron great save!! Looks very good and coming along nicely.

Thanks Larry, at least it was an easy fix.

[ACL1504]

Ron,

Very well done, I love it - great job.

Tom

[Philip]

  Nice work~!

[elwoodblues]

Ron,

Very well done, I love it - great job.

Tom

Thanks Tom. 

[elwoodblues]

Nice work~!

Thanks Philip

[elwoodblues]

Time for another update. . . . . .

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

It's time to do the roofs.  I worked on both roofs at the same time but I'm going to separate the build process to make it easier to follow.  This update cover the corrugated roof.



The first step was to paint the shiny metal corrugated that came with the kit a grey colour.  For this I used Tamiya gray surface primer.




The first (bottom) row glued to the lean-to roof.  I used 5-minute epoxy for this process.




The second (top) row glued in place.  I could have glued them all nice and straight but that doesn't give the roof much interest.  So instead, I glued a couple on an angle caused by misuse, wind, or some other reason.




The completed roof.  I only partially rusted roof as I only wanted to show some age, with lot's of years of usage still to go. 

[elwoodblues]

Shake, Shake, Shake (part 1)

The main roof is a shake shingle roof.



The first step was to make a jig to line up the shingles (I'm always looking for an excuse to make a jig )  The first row of shingles glued to the purlin.



Once the glued dried a bit the shingle assembly was moved down to the lower level.  Tape was used to hold the assemble in place.



The second shingle assembly half completed.  The reason for the jig is to insure that the shingles don't line up during assembly.



The second shingle assemble completed.  There is 8 assemblies required for the main roof.  

Construction is as follows:  To do the third assembly the bottom assembly is removed from the jig and then the top assembly is taped down in the lower position on the jig so that the third assembly can be built in the jig.  This process is repeated until the 8 assemblies are completed.



To complete the shingles I took a hobby knife with a new #11 blade and scored the shingles.  I chipped the ends of some shingles to break up the straight edges.  In order to bring out the score lines and also to darken the shingles a AI wash was applied to the shingles.



While making the assemblies I number then on the back so I know what order to install them.  "A" was for one side of the roof and "B" for the other side of the roof.

[elwoodblues]

Shake, Shake, Shake (part 2)


The shingle assemblies glued in place.



The last step was to ass the ridge cap.

[elwoodblues]

Building #2 Completed

The second building is now completed, below are some shots of the completed building.













On to building #3 - The Lineside Storage Shed by Sierra West.

Thanks for looking in.

[Jerry]

Looks great Ron.  Nice job on those roofs.

Jerry

[Rick]

Looks good to me Ron.

[Larry C]

Ron nice roofing job. It's always interesting seeing how other modelers accomplish things. So once the third building is complete one can only assume there will be tons of details to tackle.

[Michael Hohn]

Shake it Baby

Looking good, Ron.

Mike

[deemery]

When I've done corrugated roof panels, I run a black Sharpie along the edges.  That makes them pop.  The two roofs look good.

dave

[elwoodblues]

Looks great Ron.  Nice job on those roofs.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry.