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Home   Forums   Events Calendar   Sponsors   Support the RRLine   Guestbook   FAQ     Register Active Topics | Active Polls | Resources | Members | Online Users | Live Chat | Avatar Legend | Search | Statistics Photo Album | File Lister | File Library [ Active Members: 3 | Anonymous Members: 0 | Guests: 196 ]  [ Total: 199 ]  [ Newest Member: mike mientus ]  All Forums  Model Railroad Forums  Startin' from Scratch  Maine version of Atchafalaya Boathouse Previous Page | Next Page  New Topic |    New Poll |   Reply to Topic |  Author Topic Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 of 17 Michael Hohn Fireman Posted - 03/04/2021 :  5:58:55 PM       Rob, Once again you’ve shown what good work can be done with balsa. Perhaps the grain looks just right in O scale and not so much in HO. I don’t know. But you’ve certainly done a good job with it here. Mike Country: USA | Posts: 7475 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/07/2021 :  8:02:34 PM     Thanks Mike. I find the balsa a good medium to work with. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2951 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/07/2021 :  8:11:50 PM     Have started work on the other side extension. The roof was made the same as the other one. And again I've done a mix of shingles & tarpaper. Painted & weathered. Trial fit. Again, held on by sliding over a block attached to the wall. now to enclose the front of the ceiling section, and add gable trim, rafter tails & legs. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2951 Michael Hohn Fireman Posted - 03/07/2021 :  8:40:42 PM       Rob, There’s a lot of roof surface and you’re doing an excellent job making it look appropriately weathered and worn. The different repairs give the building some history. Mike Country: USA | Posts: 7475 Dutchman Administrator Premium Member Posted - 03/08/2021 :  09:46:03 AM     I like that roof, Rob. Something different. Bruce Country: USA | Posts: 33521 Guff Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/08/2021 :  09:46:31 AM       Rob, I like the look of shingles and tarpaper. I'll borrow your idea for a future build! Thanks, David Guffey Country: USA | Posts: 2142 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/11/2021 :  01:10:50 AM     Thanks Mike & Bruce & Dave. I'm liking the mix on the roof. Not sure how prototypical it would be, but I've seen other modelers use the mix of shingles & tarpaper, and I like it. Jason Jensen does it quite a bit. Seen here, go to the 17min mark for some examples, or watch the whole video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6TuBDZzzSg Dave, yep sure, you can have that one for free. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2951 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/11/2021 :  01:23:05 AM     At the moment both extensions just slide on & off, so I can remove them while still working on the structure. They look a bit odd, just hanging in mid air. I have all the front facia boards on, and gable trim on this extension now. The front legs aren't glued on as yet. This will be done once the wharf decking is built. Will add some angle bracing then too. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2951 Michael Hohn Fireman Posted - 03/11/2021 :  09:04:43 AM       It’s looking terrific, Rob. Country: USA | Posts: 7475 Ensign Engineer Posted - 03/11/2021 :  10:10:15 AM     Rob, your ever evolving boathouse is really becoming a structure of interest! One that viewers will love to look at and in from all of it's angles. Keep up the great work! Greg Country: Canada | Posts: 9157 George D Moderator Premium Member Posted - 03/11/2021 :  10:17:01 AM     I agree with Greg. That's becoming an interesting looking building. George Fly Army Country: USA | Posts: 16942 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/12/2021 :  04:23:14 AM     Thanks, Mike Greg & George. Yes is a good design that Jeff came up with. To give it a bit more of that New England feel, I'm going to add an enclosed exterior staircase at the back. These seem to be common on a lot of models that folks do of structures in the NE states. (FSM, Bar Mills, FOS scale) Although I couldn't find any prototype photos myself. All the ones I found had only roof coverings over the stairs, not fully enclosed. If anyone could help would be appreciated. Post some pics here. Anyhow, I did a manilla card mock up to see if I like it, and I do. So I will proceed. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2951 Michael Hohn Fireman Posted - 03/12/2021 :  09:55:16 AM       Here’s a painting (possibly by Charles Burchfield) that’s been in my “to do” queue for a while. It’s many decades old. It’s of a city in the northeast US. I assume that it’s a reasonably faithful rendition of an actual building. It looks like it should be a Bar Mills kit. Mike Country: USA | Posts: 7475 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/17/2021 :  04:41:15 AM     Thanks Mike for that great painting. Interesting art style. Yes it would make a nice kit or scratchbuild. I hope to see you do it one day. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2951 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 03/17/2021 :  04:49:03 AM     Have finally got the enclosed exterior stairs done. Again all balsa. Made a basic box frame. Then covered it with planks. and have made up the corrugated roof panels. And a door on the end Now to paint it, and give the roof a good weathering of rust. 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