Hi, Whilst waiting for my 2 8 6 chassis (for a Mason Bogie) to be fitted with a motor & gearbox, I have been making a large industrial building for the ‘soon to be laid’ industrial and commercial siding. I found on the web a quite interesting building made by an Australian firm ‘Outback Models’ of such a building in ON3 scale. They made a laser cut kits of it and there are several versions on their website. I asked and was granted permission to use the design, (Thank you to Outback Models), for my FN3 scale model, which I am sure is really too small but I do not have any more space! This follows on from my boiler shop and produce building which was done from the old Model Railroader plans provided by Bruce Chandler. There is still a machine shop to make that will fit onto a 2 foot square paving slab. The postion ghas been cleared - but at the moment is full of over wintering plants! My version is not a copy, as I have reversed some of it and enlarged it in part as well. It is made from PVC solid foam sheet and also the plastic corrugated material, as used for signs mine is called ‘Korroflute’. The building is 27” long at the moment and 20” deep, there will be an increase in length, comprising a loading platform extension and a pillar crane I think, it will be fitted onto a 3 x 2 foot paving slab in due course… I started with the windows, and then cut the holes for them in the sheet material for the respective parts; these will be eventually fixed together: There is a staircase to the upper door, and on the twin slope roof when it is added I have a water tank to add; this is made from an old pill container – cut off the upper section, reverse it and glue back in position to stiffen it, add the vertical planks, and a top to suit and make a base for it. That will be the top of the covered (and tapered) base that will be fixed to the roof. It is 2.5 inches diameter, and 3.5 inches high. Here are some photos of the work completed so far – there is a lot of work still to do!
A couple of general views of it - still in individual pieces.
The main building, this is made from what you call 5mm thick ‘Sintra Board’. It will be board and batten construction.
http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/peterbunce/_forumfiles/LHand mainb.jpg These are a couple of the extensions - made from ‘Korroflute’ which is a tradename over here in the UK for the plastic corrugated board. This is also 5mm thick. Note the extra bracing - made from scrap PVC sections, though you can also use the scrap from cutting out the Sintra Board, and with care and extra stiffening the Korroflute which because of the corrugations a bit weaker - I add more scrap to it to stiffen it. The two projecting floors are still loose; the stairs are made but need exta supports to be made before fixing them in position for the upper door of the LH side extension. This building is big; especially the roof parts so the same ideas were used there to provide a good base fro the 60 thou roof panels to fit onto. The roof may be shingles ot corrugated iron, made from Fosters Lager cans - they are Australian as is the eesign so it will be a good match! The sheets are cut from the cans cut to size and then annealed to soften it, and crimped. Finally here is the small water tank - covered as my railroad is set in Colorado, it will be fitted later.
That is all for now - more later - meanwhile, I see I have forgotten to cut out the hole for a window - so back to that!
