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

[Larry C]

Tom great job on the walls and bracing. If I didn't know any better I'd say you really enjoy a challenging build. Have fun.

[ACL1504]

Excellent job Tom.

Thanks Butty!

[ACL1504]

Tom, I like how you go about figuring out wall placement.
Very ingenious and well executed.

Rick,

Thank you for the kind and very generous compliment, much appreciated.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom great job on the walls and bracing. If I didn't know any better I'd say you really enjoy a challenging build. Have fun.

Larry,

Thank you for the comment. I do like a challenge now and then. Seems like I've had a few of late.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I got a lot done on this build today. I painted the walls on the three areas of the service bay. I also assembled, glued the walls together and added the fascia trim.

I haven't decided just how much interior detail I want to add but the interior walls were easier to paint when laying flat. So, no matter what or how much I add, the walls are covered.






Add, I'm always pleased when all walls are level.

[ACL1504]

I showed this photo in a previous post and said it front sidewalk needed to be trimmed.



I trimmed it this afternoon and sanded down the short piece of sidewalk that was too thick.

[ACL1504]

I didn't want to use the powered sanding disc. I wasn't going to chance having my finger skin removed from a sander rotating at 1200 RPMs.

Here is what I did to sand down the thick sidewalk.

I noticed the piece was as wide as my sanding stick.



I used my thumb and middle finger to hold the sides of the sidewalk. And, I used them as a guide on the sides of the sanding stick. I used my pointing finger to hold the piece on the sanding stick.

I moved the piece back and forth until I had the desired thickness.

[ACL1504]

I noticed one sidewalk section was short and didn't fit the space.



Here is how I fixed this one.

I glued a piece of scrap wood in the opening and against the section on the right. When the glue dried, I cut the top off and sanded it flat to match the height of the sidewalk.

[ACL1504]

Done for today.

[Rick]

More problems and more fixes. 
The gray and red interior looks prototypical.

[friscomike]

Howdy Tom, the station is coming together well—nice work fitting the odd bits together.  ~mike

[Jerry]

Tom as usual you take your time to make sure everything fits perfectly.
Wonderful work.

Jerry

[PRR Modeler]

Great progress Tom. Everything looks outstanding.