Lumberyard structures

[Kevinkrey]

I have a small lumberyard scene in a corner of my layout, I am building some structures for it and only have room for one now, but I want to expand it in the future. Here is the first building I have, it is rough, but I built it in a couple hours. It is modeled after a lumberyard my uncle used to manage. I need something to model a tattered tarp for a door and a roof, Im not sure what to use for the roof, maybe just more corrugated metal.

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[Kevinkrey]

Here are pics after paint dried................

Comments are encouraged, I like hearing other opinions.:thumb:
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[PWRR-2207]

Roofing...

Is that red or pink paint? If it is pink, are you going to add some rolls of "Pink Panther Insulation" and a sign advertising that the company is a distributor of "Owens Corning®" products?

Looks good and has plenty of room for detail inside. I would go with more corrugated steel for the roof. Maybe paint it silver or aluminum to reflect heat away and leave vent space below it...

 

[Kevinkrey]

Thanks, but it is a dark redish color, the one its based on has white roofs. I am planning a second layout, shelf layout in the same train room and thought the other day that I should model a foam board manufacturer.​

 

[Kevinkrey]

The lubmer building is finished. Here are some pics of the structure, the companys new forklift being hauled in, and then loading the building with lumber. Plus a few overall pics of the scene, my uncle who has been in the lumber industry his whole career is comming by this weekend, hopefully it gets his stamp of approval. :mrgreen:

 

[Kevinkrey]

looking at that post, I realize the abscence of people is very obvious.
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[doctorwayne]

looking at that post, I realize the abscence of people is very obvious.​

C'mon, Kevin, don't your employees get any time off for Christmas? :-D

Wayne

 

[Kevinkrey]

C'mon, Kevin, don't your employees get any time off for Christmas? :-D

Wayne

Yes, they do, I guess they just dropped everything as is and left for home, didn't even think to put away the forklift.
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[nkp174]

nah, it was probably a few local kids whom "borrowed" the fork lift and left it there.

 

[Kevinkrey]

nah, it was probably a few local kids whom "borrowed" the fork lift and left it there.

Your right, I admit, it was ME!:mrgreen:
I wanted pics but there was no action, so I made some!
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[Ralph]

Looks good Kevin! By the way, I like those stacks of lumber. Are they commercially made?
Ralph

 

[Kevinkrey]

Ralph, thanks for the comment. The lumber stacks are two sets of Atlas lumber kits. I airbrushed them brown and the airbrush sprays spotty for some reason but it worked well for the lumber. Then I brush Painted the ends red.
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[galt904]

You'd probably get a ticket from DOT for using nylon straps instead of chains and binders on the forklift. Other than that, everything looks good. Well done!

 

[Kevinkrey]

shhhhhhh:twisted: nobody needs to know that.

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[Herc Driver]

Wow, that spot went from nothing to something! I like the lumber yard and those vehicles really make the scene work.