Building a complete 1841 Depot. roundhouse, shops, train shed and station.
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I've finally work out what and how to do the top support across the front wall. Two maybe three small strips of cardstock all glued together. That should work Ok. Now to do it today.
frank
frank
Well it is definitely not at its best. I finally got the framing done, and it is solid. Time for some up date photos.
View from the West
The South West corner
View from the north
The North West corner
View from the West
The South West corner
View from the north
The North West corner
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** Attaching the rear wall. It has be made to proper size. The windows and door cutouts made. Both sides painted sand color as the rest is. And now glued in place.
frank
frank
Maybe today I'll start on the 9 section roundhouse front with 18 doors. They will be glued in open, Maybe a few like in the Lithograph will be closed.
I am still looking for those other Bachmann 1840 train sets. Lafayette, Pegasus, Prussian, De Witt Clinton, John Bull and anything else they may have made. I think I have a Prussian set coming.
frank
frank
Any thoughts to making the doors moveable?
Doors on the simple engine house above move on simple hinges. Bill Nelson over on his thread shows a nifty way to make the hinges. Also commercial hinges are available in several scales.
Doc Tom
Doors on the simple engine house above move on simple hinges. Bill Nelson over on his thread shows a nifty way to make the hinges. Also commercial hinges are available in several scales.
Doc Tom
** Hinges; yes I have thought of them. To make all 22 doors hinged I would need 66 of them meticulously installed. Not a easy addition to be made. How would they look when done. For me it is almost impossible to replicate 66 identical hinges. I am still throwing that idea around in my mind. It is not gone yet.
*Wire hinge inside tubes, somehow fastened to both door and frame.
*Or a material overlay shaped and colored black or rusty brown like a old hinge seen on the Lithograph. glued only to door surface the wood frame, leaving material between as the hinge.
*The first will look big and bulky.
*The second may work if I use three hinges on each side like in the litho.
*It all doesn't matter to me because I would be happy with some doors permanently open and some closed. This will be a HO scale dorama, not a working layout. The only place trains will run is on the two mainlines. From inside the train shed at the depot, to the far end just past the engine house on Washington Street. Maybe someday built into a larger layout as a train museum.
* If I got a model of a old type ferry boat I would make the old round roof Ferry dock . that would complete the depot.
* I am still trying to get the period locomotives made by Bachmann. I am hoping for the Prussian set to come soon. The lafayette set and the Pegasus set would look real good on this dorama. All three have 1837 style loco's of the type made both by Baldwin and Norris. I have a De Witt Clinton Loco and 1 passenger coach. Of the John Bull set I only have the loco with no tender and the passenger cars.
frank
*Wire hinge inside tubes, somehow fastened to both door and frame.
*Or a material overlay shaped and colored black or rusty brown like a old hinge seen on the Lithograph. glued only to door surface the wood frame, leaving material between as the hinge.
*The first will look big and bulky.
*The second may work if I use three hinges on each side like in the litho.
*It all doesn't matter to me because I would be happy with some doors permanently open and some closed. This will be a HO scale dorama, not a working layout. The only place trains will run is on the two mainlines. From inside the train shed at the depot, to the far end just past the engine house on Washington Street. Maybe someday built into a larger layout as a train museum.
* If I got a model of a old type ferry boat I would make the old round roof Ferry dock . that would complete the depot.
* I am still trying to get the period locomotives made by Bachmann. I am hoping for the Prussian set to come soon. The lafayette set and the Pegasus set would look real good on this dorama. All three have 1837 style loco's of the type made both by Baldwin and Norris. I have a De Witt Clinton Loco and 1 passenger coach. Of the John Bull set I only have the loco with no tender and the passenger cars.
frank
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In the photo I have the front wall all drawn out with some light cutting to excensuate to lines. If I cut anymore the doors will separate from the frames. If i make some hinges I'll try cutting out the doors and mounting the hinges.
frank
frank
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Tom today I ordered from amazon some K&S engineering brass strips for me to make the hinges out of. I won't get them till some time next week. It is L shaped girder but very small. 1/32". If I use larger it will be to big. There are a lot of hinges to make, 54 on them to make and mount.
frank
frank
Well I got my first Norris 4-2-0 from the late 1830's. A real period Locomotive. Could use more John bull, Lafayette, Pegasus, or Dewitt Clinton's. I need 3 more of these period locomotives or I'll have to use 4-4-0 and 2-4-0 types.
* The coaches look just like the ones pictured in use on the "Patterson and Hudson River Railroad". This road has a agreement with the New Jersey Railroad for track rights allowing its passenger cars to use the cut and the terminal. By 1848 they will have their own terminal. the second on the Hudson River
frank
* The coaches look just like the ones pictured in use on the "Patterson and Hudson River Railroad". This road has a agreement with the New Jersey Railroad for track rights allowing its passenger cars to use the cut and the terminal. By 1848 they will have their own terminal. the second on the Hudson River
frank
That looks neat! We had a Prussian T-13 here that travelled between the larger dwelling centres in the rural area. She was called "Pengel-Anton". She went out of duty almost 40 years ago but you can still see the remnants of the tracks. She was de-comissioned because the highways became much more important for travelling and transportation and was donated to a museum that gave her a complete restoration. She still drives during special occasions, but not on the old tracks. 
RF, this loco seen above is a model of a Norris built in the USA, 1838 locomotive that was exported to Europe. Here is the History of this locomotive that came with the set
Hi Frank. I really enjoyed the photo with all the doors in place. Good luck on making the hinges for the doors. It will hopefully be a satisfactory experience for you.
Doc Tom