Slow progress on Battens
Being busy, I haven't made lots of progress. I have altered my technique some which speeds up the process considerably. After spearing the piece of batten (already cut to fit) I drag it through a spot of tachy glue rather than applying the glue to the back of the batten with a pin head. I get more glue on t faster that way. I then rub the back if the batten on some way paper to spread the glue around some; use my fingers to wipe off some of the excess on the sides, After the batten is in place, if any glue oozes out i use the point of an exacto knife , or w wooden toothpick to clean it up it up.
Starting with the battens on this north wall, I kind of got ahead of myself, as I don't have all of the green trim, or the louvers done on the south wall yet, but that is not unusual for me.
When I have all of the battens on this south wall, I will make tracings of the door openings (marking them so I know which is which.) Then I can set the wall up on the layout for a wile, to be returned to the workbench once I have the doors and hinges built .
Once this wall is off the work bench there will be three things to work on next ; battens for the east wall, trim and battens for the south wall, and doors and hinges.
I'm not even thinking about a roof yet, installation of the walls doors hinges, and the painting of and placement of interior details will come first. I still have sone engineering work to do concerning the attachment of the walls to the post and beam frame. Questions abound; Do I want to make all of the walls removable? or just one?
Once the walls are in I may have to revisit the Harlow enginehouses, and see if there are upgrades I can make to them. and at Stateline (dual gauge) there is no engine house yet, and the turntable isn't even in place at the end of the line in Gegokayoosa, up on the narrow gauge. As I have revisited my planning up there I am considering adding to the insanity (Gegokayoosa is on a shelf, hanging from the 45 degree angled ceiling) an putting in another duck under ( walk under if you are less than six feet tall), and putting in a tight radius return loop over the storage cabinet on the North wall of the rr room.)
It is time for me to go out into the woods and get some firewood while the sun shines. more later.