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

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Epic scene in the making Tom! The built up structure looks really tidy. Thanks for sharing!

Yannis

Yannis,

Thank you for the compliment and for following along.

Tom

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Tom,

Your approach to laying concrete is new to me. I'm watching with interest. 

With the disappearance of Floquil I'm wondering what a replacement might be.

Mike

Mike,

I've been using the 2 ply cardboard for my roads at least 20+ years now. If you double stack a layer, it is the perfect height for the sidewalk and curb next to the road. I haven't done that on this layout but did on my last one.

The next three photos of my roads are all done with the 2 ply cardboard.

I have enough Floquil to not have to worry about a substitute.  Excellent question though.

Tom

[Larry C]

Tom that's going to take up a sizable bit of real-estate; good  thing you have lots of room.

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Tom that's going to take up a sizable bit of real-estate; good  thing you have lots of room.

Larry,

Yes, it is a good size structure with three main ones in all.

I do have lots of room.

Tom

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Afternoon all,  

I have lots of photos but haven't had the time to list, crop and load them for this thread.

I'll have my leg up to reduce swelling until Saturday morning. Hopefully by Sunday I'll get back to the build.

Have a great week everyone.

Tom

[Rick]

Tom, hope you and your leg are doing well.

[Jerry]

Tom good luck with the leg.  Will all be waiting for your return.

Jerry

[jbvb]

Looking at the ground plan you posted earlier and thinking I'd probably quarter each 2 3/4" square for a northern climate. But not an issue in the Piney Woods.

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Tom, hope you and your leg are doing well.

Rick,

Thanks, the leg surgery is at noon today. Otherwise, my leg and I are doing fine. I've had these skin cancers removed in the past and the only thing that is a bother is staying off the leg for four full days.  

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom good luck with the leg.  Will all be waiting for your return.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thanks very much. I'm going to post a little this morning.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Looking at the ground plan you posted earlier and thinking I'd probably quarter each 2 3/4" square for a northern climate. But not an issue in the Piney Woods.

James,

Agreed, the 2 3/4" in HO scale is approx. 20 ft. Once all  is finished, it won't be that noticeable.

Tom

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I decided to build the other two buildings and then add the stucco to them. Do it once and be done.

The Service Station right side wall had two options for the modeler. For it to be at the same height as the middle portion, 1/4" could be removed from the top of the wall.

I opted to have the two walls together (back to back) as a common wall. So, for me, I didn't remove the 1/4" from that wall.

The next photo shows the wall that could been lowered by 1/4". It is the portion from the right rear up to the left where the fascia trim starts.



Now, I followed the instructions and began bracing the walls for the second structure. In the diagram, Dario shows the bracing on the wall that will fit up against the first building - the service station.

I braced it as per the diagram. When I test fit the two walls, the bracing didn't match.

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It dawned on me that in the Dario diagram, the bracing was shown with the 1/4" cut off the top of the wall.

I carefully removed the bracing and added the bracing that fit my option of not cutting down the two walls.

Before -



After bracing fix -

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The next photo shows how this wall fits next to the wall on the service station.



Back in a few.

[deemery]

Yeah, I've had to trim mis-placed bracing a few times, including on the farmhouse.  You're making good progress.  Good luck at the Dr this afternoon!

dave