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

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I also recut all the roof panels. I'm following Greg's suggestion and having a sub roof to run the light wires.

I added a second shy light to the front of the service station area.



Middle building/ service bay.

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The sub roof on the showroom is two separate roof panels.



The next photo shows the sky light opening in the sub roof panel.

The main roof panel is on the bottom.

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I drew a pencil line around the sub roof opening and used it as a guide to cut the main roof opening sky light. This way both openings fit correctly.

The main showroom roof is one panel.





Once I make a showroom floor, I'll be ready to add the stucco to all buildings.

Done for today.

[Pennman]

Tom,

Your build looks might T Fine! There's no doubt not to trust Greg, as his workmanship and wonderful ideas should
be published. I still to this day look back on his lamp tutorial he posted on the old Railroad Line Forums. Good
information to be had. Your build is coming along nicely.

Rich

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Hi Tom, glad to see that your adopting the sub-roof idea.
The only thing you should change is cutting openings in them where your distribution boards will be located.
That way you can leave the sub-roof in place while you hook up/solder the magnet wires to the distribution boards.
The openings will also allow you to run the magnet wires down into the areas where the boards are located.

Rich, you are so very kind to talk about my work so kindly, thank you my friend!

Greg

[PRR Modeler]

Very nice Tom.

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Tom,

Your build looks might T Fine! There's no doubt not to trust Greg, as his workmanship and wonderful ideas should
be published. I still to this day look back on his lamp tutorial he posted on the old Railroad Line Forums. Good
information to be had. Your build is coming along nicely.

Rich

Rich,

Thanks very much for the nice compliment.

I have no problem taking Greg's suggestions. It is "good for me" that he has built Horwood Bros. and can give insight as to what to look for and how to make it better.

Tom

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Hi Tom, glad to see that your adopting the sub-roof idea.
The only thing you should change is cutting openings in them where your distribution boards will be located.
That way you can leave the sub-roof in place while you hook up/solder the magnet wires to the distribution boards.
The openings will also allow you to run the magnet wires down into the areas where the boards are located.

Rich, you are so very kind to talk about my work so kindly, thank you my friend!

Greg

Greg,

Thanks very much for the suggestion. I came up with a solution that will work and let me have plenty of room to wire and handle the boards.

Tom

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Very nice Tom.

Thanks very much Curt. I appreciate you stopping by on a regular basis.

Tom

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I took Greg's suggestion of the openings for the distribution boards.  I came up with a solution  that will work  for me and also allow me to run the magnet wires.

The interior wall thickness is not so that I can cut the sub roof down the middle and still have a secure base of support.



I turned the main building over and drew pencil lines on bottom side of the sub roof.

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I glued 12X12s to the top sides of the interior wall where the sub roof will be divided. These 12X12s will support the sub roof on each side of the interior wall.



I then cut cardboard sub roof down the middle of the two pencil lines.

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Now I'll have the access necessary for the placement and wiring of the distribution boards.

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Top roof in place on the main building.



I also added 12X12s to the showroom as well.



I also used 2 ply cardboard for the showroom floor. This will be painted white or light gray and then spray on a gloss coat.



Done for today.

[Rick]

Neat!

[PRR Modeler]

Very precise as usual Tom.