Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

[ACL1504]

I missed the start of this thread while I was taking a break from posting here.
It's great you got the kit at the original price.
Looks like you're off to a good start and already fixing issues.
I remember Greg built this on the RR-Line.

Rick,

Glad to have you checking in on this one. Greg and I have been in contact with each other and I've asked him some questions. He also gave me a heads up on an issue he had with the circuit board. We'll cover that when I get to it.

I'm very sorry I missed the RR Line build thread.

Tom

[elwoodblues]

Tom,

Don't know how I missed this one, but glad I'm now caught up with your progress.

If I remember correctly, Greg's build on the RR-line forum was quite detailed and I almost bought the kit even though I model in O scale.  This is going to be one fun build to follow.

[ACL1504]

Tom,

Don't know how I missed this one, but glad I'm now caught up with your progress.

If I remember correctly, Greg's build on the RR-line forum was quite detailed and I almost bought the kit even though I model in O scale.  This is going to be one fun build to follow.

Ron,

Well, you are here now. Thanks for following along. Its too bad the contents couldn't be saved but I guess Joe just wanted out of it, period.

Tom

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Prior to gluing any walls together, I made test fits of all the windows that go with the main service station.

The large front wall, nothing fit. Referring to the photo below, all three window openings needed a little sanding for the plastic windows to fit. Mainly the sanding was on the bottom of the three openings. I could force them in but plastic window side frames buckled. The door opening was the opposite as it was to large.

I needed to shim the sides and top for the door to fit properly.





All the other windows and doors fit.

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I used weights to hold the wall pieces in place to complete the test fitting.



This gap will disappear when the wall edges are sanded at a 45 degree angle.

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You can see in the next photo how the wall sections fit after sanding.





Back in a few, Diet Pepsi time.

[ACL1504]

I decided to glue the walls together as one sub assembly. I didn't want to glue the walls to the base one at a time.

Not yet making the decision to add stucco or just paint the walls, I wanted the option to add stucco and not chance getting stucco splattered on the checkerboard floor.

The lines at the top and bottom of the walls are for the bracing.



I started by gluing the rear and right side walls together.

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After each of the wall sections were glued together, I made a test fit to make sure they all fit properly and tight to the base.



As I added each wall to each other, I made sure the corners were square and at a 90 degree angle.

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All five walls are glued together and separate from the base.

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The wall sections that meet at 45 degrees are both nice and tight.

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Done for today.

[PRR Modeler]

Although I just saw this in person it is outstanding.

[elwoodblues]

Tom,

That is a lot of progress in a short time and all with your usual level to detail.

[Yannis]

Super clean and accurate work there!!!! Well done Tom.

[Larry C]

Tom great job and your modeling skills are exceptional!!