Weekend Update 6/4/17

[up1950s]

[SP-Wolf]

My yard office is just about finished (just need to install it on my layout)
Sorry - for the crooked photos.





Thanks,
Wolf

[wazzou]

@up1950s - The "Borneo or Bust" is a nice touch.

[Chris333]

Scratchbuilt this thing out of styrene, still shingling the roof 



Outside sun shot


Based off a reversed and compressed version of this building:
http://dollyvardenrr.com/photogallery/Photos/VPL/VPL%20Collection/20903.jpg
http://dollyvardenrr.com/photogallery/Photos/VPL/VPL%20Collection/20905.jpg
http://dollyvardenrr.com/photogallery/Photos/VPL/VPL%20Collection/20956.jpg

[svedblen]

@Chris333, you made that from styrene!? How? I could have sworn thar "outhouse" part was wood. Tell us how you did that. Incredible 

[Chris333]

Yep styrene:


Started with Evergreen board & batten sheet and trimmed a few battens here and there. Scribed a few board lines with a knife. Scraped each board with 40 grit sand paper. Put extra scribe lines at the bottom. Painted with about 6 different shades from an AK Interactive set at random.
http://ak-interactive.com/v2/product/old-weathered-wood-vol-2/

http://hon3annual.com/turning-styrene-into-wood/

[mu26aeh]

Scratchbuilt this thing out of styrene, still shingling the roof 



Outside sun shot


Based off a reversed and compressed version of this building:
http://dollyvardenrr.com/photogallery/Photos/VPL/VPL%20Collection/20903.jpg
http://dollyvardenrr.com/photogallery/Photos/VPL/VPL%20Collection/20905.jpg
http://dollyvardenrr.com/photogallery/Photos/VPL/VPL%20Collection/20956.jpg

Winner winner, chicken dinner !  No further posts needed this week !

[chicken45]

Wow @Chris333. That's pretty great! Those aren't Tichy doors and windows, are they?

[svedblen]

Started with Evergreen board & batten sheet and trimmed a few battens here and there. Scribed a few board lines with a knife. Scraped each board with 40 grit sand paper. Put extra scribe lines at the bottom. Painted with about 6 different shades from an AK Interactive set at random.
http://ak-interactive.com/v2/product/old-weathered-wood-vol-2/

http://hon3annual.com/turning-styrene-into-wood/

Great link. Thanks. I have to try that sometime.

[LIRR]

Agreed. Excellent work Chris

[LIRR]

Not in the same league as Chris's work just yet, but I mocked-up my next building

[davefoxx]

Scratchbuilt this thing out of styrene, still shingling the roof 

Nice job, Chris!  Seeing your construction reminds me of the dollhouse that I built for my mother about fifteen years ago.  I even individually applied cedar shakes to the roof and had copper flashing.  This is work that I wouldn't even consider in N scale, but, now that I am in HO scale, I am now looking forward to scratchbuilding some structures.  Kudos!

Oh, and what's the purpose of that undercut corner on the first floor?

DFF

[up1950s]

So Chris by the panoramic photo it looks like when you're done . as an operator you will be standing on water ..........fitting .

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Chris's building reminds me of why he is at a level well above us mere mortals...
I've spent weeks fighting with this very simple, but yet annoying structure:



It's a somewhat simplified version of this building that sits at the real Windsor St crossing.

[peteski]

Chris's building reminds me of why he is at a level well above us mere mortals...
I've spent weeks fighting with this very simple, but yet annoying structure:



It's a somewhat simplified version of this building that sits at the real Windsor St crossing.

What part of the design/build  took you all that time?
One thing that jumps out in the photo is the giant rivets on the door. The door looks like it came from one of the the Model Power (Pola?) factory budding (Probably the saw-tooth roof building).