65ft. single stall loco shed
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Chessie6459
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Oh Robin, it's just great that you, our cardboard wizard, rides again! :thumb:
Nn3 logging, you say? It's getting always smaller and smaller! Wow - but it's just about the right thing for such a talented modeller like you. The enginehouse looks already really great.
And like Frank [DeaconF] I am wondering about the precision of your non-warped cardboard planks. Truly outstanding! When I try, perhaps four out of five look like corkscrews...ops:
Ron
Nn3 logging, you say? It's getting always smaller and smaller! Wow - but it's just about the right thing for such a talented modeller like you. The enginehouse looks already really great.
And like Frank [DeaconF] I am wondering about the precision of your non-warped cardboard planks. Truly outstanding! When I try, perhaps four out of five look like corkscrews...
ops:Ron
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philip
you ain't done yet? 
Shingles??? :cry: :cry: :cry:
------ Mikey starts clearing a space on the wall - to start banging his head
:cry: :cry: ------ Mikey starts clearing a space on the wall - to start banging his head
Matthyro said:
Hi Robin,
I am putting together an HO scale "backwoods engine house" kit that also happens to be 65 feet long. The reason the smoke jacks (and possibly other details) look so huge is becasue it is a small shed. 65' is long enough (just) for a Shay or Climax, but anything bigger than a 2-6-0 with a short tender is pushing it!
Nice work, by the way. The unfinished roof with the "flakes" showing reminds me of barns with advertising painted on the roof!
Andrew
For those of you that missed this story, Robin decided to build this Really Cool Shed, in Georgetown, Ontario,Canada, in Nn3: (Top Picture)
I decided to follow his directions, here in PA, and see if I could copy his great work........ IN G !!! 1:20.3 to be exact........ Just big enough or the Bachman Climax locomotive....... (Bottom Picture)
I decided to follow his directions, here in PA, and see if I could copy his great work........ IN G !!!
1:20.3 to be exact........ Just big enough or the Bachman Climax locomotive....... (Bottom Picture)Attachments
Mine looks taller, because it's actually only 42 scale feet - not 65' ...... Not enough room for a shed that big
wow old time construction !!!!
Matthyro wonder what you could do with scale wood instead of cereal boxes!
Matthyro wonder what you could do with scale wood instead of cereal boxes!
:thumb: It's really great to see two models come together in two different scales at the same time. That has almost got to be a model railroading first! Keep up the great work, and please keep posting!
--Stu--
--Stu--
Rebel, I have tried cutting pine into N scale wood but found that I would need one of those $800 band saws to do it properly. I have a Delta 8inch band saw that would be good for O or G scale but find the blade tends to wander a bit, even though I have got the tension as close as I can. Cardboard is just so much easier to work with.
Thanks for all the encourgement that you folks give us here at the GAUGE
Thanks for all the encourgement that you folks give us here at the GAUGE