Build Update
I've gotten the majority of this kit built now, and thought I'd share some update photos.
Here is a close-up of an area of the roof. The roof was painted with a mix of grey,black and tan that I mixed together, thinned with water, and brush painted on. The smoke jacks were painted with a mix of black, grey and raw sienna. The rust streaks were various blends of raw sienna and tan, raw sienna and red, and raw sienna, red and tan. All of the rust was dry brushed on, and blended with a cotton swab in some cases. The entire roof was weathered with a very thin wash of black acrylic with attention paid to making downward streaks, and extra color along the standing seams.
Here is an overhead view of the roof on the structure.
Next is an end view of the structure. It's dark, but I like the look of the back light shinning through the windows. I took these pictures with a lot of overhead light, but the overhang of the roof makes the walls dark.
Here is a three quarter view of the structure that shows the front of the building with the doors open. This will be the way the doors will stay once on the layout since they don't clear the rails, and I don't want to trim them.
Finally, here is a side view, again kinda dark, but I think gives a pretty good view of what the structure looks like.
After i took these pictures, I put the structure on the layout, and then immediately removed it, and started weathering it with some black chalk. No pictures yet, but I may update this thread later when all is complete.
Oh yeah, the roof is not attached, and will stay that way. I did add the one truss that the kit comes with in the middle of the roof to provide some strength. I will add more if necessary if I see that it needs it. I haven't painted the inside, and I probably should have done that before assembly. I may still tackle it, at least near the front, since you can see in the doors and see the unpainted walls and unpainted flange around the windows
I have a question that relates to engine houses, and the tracks into them. Would the tracks be ballasted, or would the rails more likely be set into the concrete floor, like street running tracks. I'm thinking the latter would look better, but I'm not sure how I want to do that, or if it's the right way to go.
Thanks for looking,
Steve
After you've assembled the walls, cement the halves of the roof together, then place the roof atop the walls. Use elastic bands to hold the roof in the proper position, then add the gussets from the underside, leaving everything in place until the assembly is completely dried. Unbraced, removeable roofs have a habit of "lifting" along the sidewalls over time - the gussets should prevent this.
