As I continue to build more boxcars, I find that I’m running out of room to store them. Time for a new storage building and industry. This one will be 24" x 18" and hold six cars; 3 on each level. Roof will be removable, just like Matheson Textiles. Gary suggested “Buchanan Tool & Die” and I think I’ll go with it. I’m freelancing, but using some ideas from this one. I’m still undecided about putting in the stairs; probably won’t.
This will be built from scraps of plastic products that I have laying around, as opposed to building purely from acrylic. I’m using hardware cloth for the windows, just as I did for Matheson Textiles. The windows will be cut in the wall, so I wanted a good way to hold them in place; I’m trying something new. I created some channel using .100" angle pieces glued together. These pieces are then glued onto the edges of each window; I’m hoping this will provide enough surface to glue to acrylic glazing.
The end walls are cut from some packing material that came with the large sheets of acrylic that I used for Matheson Textiles. It’s a bit over 1/4" thick and easy to cut; though it’s still a pain to cut the windows out. Here you can see I’ve completed one of the end walls.
When I built Matheson, I wrapped the Precision products sheet around all the edges of the “pillars”, but this was a real pain. This time I just glued a strip on the pillar and scribed the brick lines with my Dremel.
I’m going to have steps going to the main door; I used the corrugated plastic to built them.
These will be framed with some PVC I have. The lower part of each wall will be covered with concrete block.
