Kit-built Structure Rehab - IHC Machine Shop

[deemery]

Dave, I was able to correct the warp by gentle flexing.  I believe the laminated inner brick sheet was causing the issue.

Good to hear!

dave

[VagelK]

The interior trim looks good, but I'm not sure about the "passive air conditioning" on the left side.

Chuckle!  The rest of the windows will come in time; Micro Crystal Clear panes.  In the description of framing, I didn't mention that I removed some of the mullions from the transom and windows in the door to give a bit more of a N. American look.

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[VagelK]

Got the front porch done.  Fabricated the sidewalk, walls & deck from .030" styrene sheet and built up stairs with .060" square styrene rod.  Railing from a Central Valley stairs & railing set. 



I put it back on the layout to clear work bench space for working on the RR Repair Facility wing, and it looks forlorn tucked away in that corner ... oh, well.

[Philip]

Great looking model!

[VagelK]

Got diverted for a while running trains ...

I've made a start on the exterior and interior walls of the railway repair facility/shop extension wing by drybrushing "old concrete" over the primed and dullcoated walls.  When Floquil became a 'dot.gone' I took a sample of Polly-S "Old Concrete" to Home Despot and bought a sample size jar of Glidden custom blended interior latex paint, which is what I used here.





I'm continuing to use TrueScale "brushable roof brown" for the window frames and what I'm assuming to be a structural steel upper story.  I'm thinking of taping off and spray painting the interior upper story walls, as the results with the brush painting so far are a bit uneven (which can be dealt with by weathering on the exterior, but not so much on the inside).

There's some warping of the long walls on this kit, too, which I'll fix by cementing to a base of .030" sheet styrene when the time comes.

[PRR Modeler]

Great job re-purposing these structures.