I can’t make out but a dark hole where the door is…
And this one the door is conveniently open.
I can’t make out but a dark hole where the door is…
And this one the door is conveniently open.
Close look at the pic with the family shows a 4 pane upper window that I can see. Would normally have a raised panel of some sort. The 4 panes look to line up with the window glass lines.
If the windows are boarded over, yes they would board over the glass in the doors with a piece of plywood.
Maybe the above will help
So I’m curious, I was waiting for someone to mention this but they haven’t yet so I will ask.
“Do you think they picked up the entire depot and removed the platform that it sat on or do you think the entire depot was rebuilt with out the platform”?
Just put a dang door in it.
So interesting story Rooster I was wondering the same thing. According to a Redmond researcher who I chatted with for 2 hours over zoom about the depot, said that it was moved 15’ at one point. Apparently the siding track was in a completely different spot and the depot was in the way.
This same gentleman isn’t 100% sure but he thinks around this same time there was a massive fill project happening in Redmond as well. One of the buildings across the road from the depot has a top of a window that is now level with the road.
I’m thinking there could have been a transom above the door as well?
Looking at the Issaquah depot which is similar era and RR construction it doesn’t have a transom so maybe there wasn’t one.
In the picture of the windows boarded up, I think I can make out a white “blob” where a window might be on a door but can’t be 100%. Again going back to the Issaquah depot, the doors are solid wood.
Okay maybe not a white blob but there’s something across the door frame area. Maybe a 2x4 or something blocking the door, nailed across the frame. Like that really would stop someone from breaking in.
Craig ,
Discussed this build over the "telephone " with Hollywood a bit and we both agree “You” are your worst enemy! Stop over thinking and striving for excellence and just build!
Now whether mine and Hollywoods thoughts matter or not but they are shared on a fantastic and still existing large scale train site!
You are all OvErThInkIng
Yes, In my worthless opinion it appears to be a transom window.
I over think everything in life.
Can I get an Amen !!!
You are gonna need this PDF for reference if you “Decide” to do interior.
The nice thing about and abandoned building is you don’t have to model the interior!
Craig overthink? Is it possible?
So I hit a “oh sh**” moment with this building. 95% of the battens I’ve been gluing down haven’t been holding. Whatever this plastic that I’m using ( ABS most likely) isn’t bonding using MEK very well at all. The battens and anything else glued with MEK is just peeling off. All the styrene is fine. So now I’m going back and flooding the battens with more MEK to see if I can get them to finally glue.
What I have noticed that the plastic has a shiney side and a non shiney side. The non shiney side seems to hold a little better if it has some roughness added.
I haven’t tried MEK only, interesting. The commercial cements for PVC/ABS/styrene have blends of chemicals for the particular plastics involved… huh.
If your MEK flooding doesn’t work, maybe get a SciGrip (same as Weld-On) #4 (very fluid) or #16 (thick), not sure. Here’s a #16:
Maybe you’ll use only a fraction of the can, thereby offsetting the cost on the project…
Good luck Craig!!
I’ve never had issues like this before gluing plastic. I’ve had it trying to glue ABS to styrene before but not ABS to ABS. And the fact that the styrene parts ( windows/doors) are holding is even stranger.
I actually decided to pop them all off and reglue and take a bit more MEK soaking.
The “Shiny” side is UV coated and the “non Shiny” side isn’t. Betting it’s probably pvc.
Could be PVC. I have no clue what it is. It was free and available.
But PVC should bond with MEK just fine right?
No, I don’t think so, at least I have never been able to get it to work with anything but PVC Cement.
ca glue, when MEK doesn’t work CA usually does kinda
MEK does not melt PVC. I PROMISE