Ray
You really need to find yourself a hobby !
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Or a therapist! 
I finished putting tiles on both sides of the main roof, and capped the ridge. The gaps under the ridge tiles were filled with Dynaflex to simulate mortar:
I managed to tile most of the north side of the baggage room roof, then ran out of styrene tubes and couldn’t make any more tiles for a while. So while I waited for an order of tubes, I went to work detailing the interior. I built some stairs out of 4mm and 1mm Sintra, plus some .020" styrene for the baseboard. Here’s a shot of the stairs under construction:
A few years ago I bought some 1/24th scale balusters from a dollhouse supplier, and put them away until I found a use for them. Much to my amazement I was actually able to find them now that I needed them. I drilled a hole in the bottom of each, and glued in a short piece of brass rod:
The handrail was made from a 1/8" styrene tube. I sanded two sides of it flat, and plugged the end. Then I drilled holes into the underside and fit it over the tops of the balusters. BTW, the floor is a photographic image printed onto self-adhesive vinyl:
After I built the stairs I sprayed them with white primer, followed by a very pale, yellowish color to match the walls. When that dried I masked it to paint the dark trim color:
The interior walls will have wainscot. These were made from .020" thick, V-groove styrene sheet, with trim made from styrene strips. This one is designed to fit the stairs. The wainscots were not glued in place until after they’d been painted:
Here’s how the room looks so far. The stairs are finished and painted, though not yet glued into place. The wainscots and other trim have also been painted and installed:
I still have to make the crown molding, the ticket counter, and other furnishings.
Wow, wow, wow. I’m never going to let the little people on my layout see your work. They will immediately pack up and move to your place. In fact, I’m working on a way to shrink myself down so I can come live in the opulence that you create! Outstanding work!
Ive got my bags packed and a transfer ticket in hand I’ll enjoy waiting for a pickup in your waiting room!
Jeez Ray. I mean that is hard to tell its not a photo of a 1:1 building. I love the floor idea. That opens up a whole world of possibilities and solidified any doubt I had that i need a vinyl printer/cutter.
Here are some crown molding profiles for you Ray along with the proper historic coordinating color scheme. http://oldhousecolors.com/2007/01/18/cornice-colors-for-victorian-homes/
Now get busy!
We also know the town has electric service so we want to see the proper brass outlet / switch covers and gaslights would be a real nice touch!
Randy said: opulence
I made the crown molding from strips of quarter-round, L-angle and .020" thick styrene. These were cut and mitered to fit each wall, then painted, prior to being glued in place:
Originally I had planned to just have a simple ticket counter. But after I built the counter, I found some photos of depots with ticket windows built into a kind of room divider with door, separating the customer area from the station agent area. I liked the way these looked and decided it might be a good choice for my depot. So I whipped up a crude mockup made from scrap matt board:
The divider/ticket window assembly was built up from various strips of styrene. Here’s a test-fitting:
The rear of the ticket window will be partially visible through the bay window on the south side of the depot, so I built up both sides of the door, plus a separate piece to fit around the windows:
The security bars for the ticket window were made from .020" and .030" styrene rod. It might have been better to use brass but this was easier to work with and a lot less sloppy than my rudimentary soldering skills would have done. The bars were painted to look like polished brass"
Here’s a close up of the finished ticket window. The rippled privacy glass was made from .015" slide cover glass, with clear gloss medium dabbed on the the back to create the rippled look:
And here are couple shots of the room with the divider/ticket window installed:
Here’s the back of the ticket counter. This will only barely been seen so I didn’t put too much effort into it, however I do plan to add a few items setting on the counter:
The interior still needs a safe, stove, signs, lighting and other details, which will be added later. For now I’m going to go back to work on the roof so I can get that finished and start painting the exterior of the building.
Cool things happening on this thread. Had to go look at Old House Colors website, this article is of much interest, “The Great Divide – What happened to colours in 1900?”
Wow…WOW!
Ray, you know you’re in trouble when you can’t tell the model from the prototype! This reminds me of a story I’ll share with you: When I first got started in model railroading, I saw a magazine picture of a Rocky Mountain train snow scene and I thought, “That would make a good model.” Then I read the title and said, “WAIT!, holy smokes, that IS a model!” I was hooked on modelling as a hobby in that very moment.
Awesome work, Ray. I don’t know how you can stand to put that outside - it need to be inside where it can be more easily seen it’s so nice!
Hehehe!
I love it!!!
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Ray Dunakin said:
Or a therapist!
If you are feeling twisted and diabolical, get your therapist hooked on the hobby.
Thanks guys! The depot will sit near the front “edge” of the layout, where people can actually get a pretty close look at it, including through the windows.
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I really like the simplicity yet awesome results for the “rippled” glass.
Looking good Ray!
Incredible!! I have zero grounds to stand on, But whats needed for that final touch, would be a sign that says “PRIVATE” hanging on a chain across the bottom of the stairs.
Dave Taylor said:
Incredible!! I have zero grounds to stand on, But whats needed for that final touch, would be a sign that says “PRIVATE” hanging on a chain across the bottom of the stairs.
Or, “Women with Sailors must pay in advance.” (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-innocent.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-undecided.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)
