2026-2026 Winter Challange - OVL Co. Maintenance Buildings

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Ron.

Cheers, Mark.

[elwoodblues]

Great modeling Ron. I like the missing planks.

Thanks Curt, I'm really liking the build so far.

[elwoodblues]

Ron I like the nail holes gives it a lot of character.  The missing planks are nice added detail.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, While I'm not a huge fan of nail holes I do believe there is a place for them.

[elwoodblues]

Ron very nice with the missing planks and nail holes. Brett's big on adding nail holes.

Thanks Larry,  There seems to be two camps on the nail hole topic.  I tend to fall in the no nail hole group, but that is mainly because I model an era where buildings with nail holes are not usually seen. 

[elwoodblues]

Looking good, Ron.

Cheers, Mark.

Thanks Mark.

[elwoodblues]

More progress yesterday.....

Lets take a moment to. . . . 

Before I go any further I need to mark the location of the building on the loading dock as this building will not have a removable roof due to the way it is constructed and the interior will need to be detailed seeing as the front door will be open.


First up is to figure where the building will be located on the loading dock.  This was as easy as measuring the location based on the plan view drawing I made when I started this build.




I then taped a square to the platform to insure that the building is square and took a fine sharpie marker to mark the corners.




The corners marked (this view is from the back of the platform)





Once the corners were marked, I took the sharpie to mark the walls taking care that I didn't mark where the front and side doors are located.  I didn't want to see sharpie marks on the finished build.

[elwoodblues]

Building the Side Door. . . . .

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of the door construction itself, but it was straight forward and simply followed the instructions.  I did take pictures of making the door details. 



Brett provided a small sheet of hinges in the kit.  There are way more hinges that you need for the kit, which is a good thing because I ruined a couple of the strap hinges trying to enlarge the holes in them.  Rather than have flat hinges I decided to add 0.025" rivets (Tichy #8018) to simulate carriage bolts.  Once the rivets were in place I used thin ACC to flue them in place.  Once the glue dried I trimmed the posts off the backside of the hinges.




Once the flue was dried I painted the hinges black grey (Vallejo Model Color 70.682)




Once the black grey was dry I drybrushed light rust (Vallejo Panzer Aces 301) to add highlights to the hinges.




The completed side door (I need to tone down the brass handle)



I thought that I would show the state of my bench while modeling as I am not a very neat modeler, even if the pictures show otherwise.


I get to clean this up every time I take pictures.  It isn't as bad as it seems as my 'tool box" where the tools go, is just on the right side of this picture so there is easy access.  This has turned out to be beneficial as I tend to keep my workbench clean this way.

[Larry C]

Ron nice looking door and ya you wouldn't want to sharpie on that great looking deck. You're like I am, I can only work so long and if my bench gets crapy I stop and neaten things up a bit.

[PRR Modeler]

Great looking details Ron but oh so small!

[friscomike]

Howdy Ron, lookin' good.  I didn't realize I was modeling the same era as you.  It precludes me from the heavy weathering of anything, just showing some solid use and wear.  Have fun, mike

[elwoodblues]

Ron nice looking door and ya you wouldn't want to sharpie on that great looking deck. You're like I am, I can only work so long and if my bench gets crapy I stop and neaten things up a bit.

Thanks Larry, and you are right about the sharpie.  The photo taking is the only thing that keeps my workbench uncluttered.   

[elwoodblues]

Great looking details Ron but oh so small!

Thanks Curt, and those tine details are in O scale, I would hate to do them in smaller scales.

[elwoodblues]

Howdy Ron, lookin' good.  I didn't realize I was modeling the same era as you.  It precludes me from the heavy weathering of anything, just showing some solid use and wear.  Have fun, mike

Thanks Mike, I am modeling the same era as you and have the same philosophy.

[Jerry]

Ron wonderful coloring on the door & hinges.

Your bench is a lot cleaner than mine.

Jerry

[elwoodblues]

Ron wonderful coloring on the door & hinges.

Your bench is a lot cleaner than mine.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry,  Before I started taking pictures at the bench, my bench was much worse too.