I'll be joining in - probably in the "My Wheelhouse" category, with the 'Wheelhouse" being building a 'vintage' kit. I'll probably wait until after Christmas to pick a specific kit since Santa might add one to my collection.

Ill be building the Sierra West Deer Creek Mine as a diorama.

Well I guess I may as well jump right in. I'll be doing #1: finishing one up. I'm building a new On30 layout called the Pratts Hollow Short Line RR so this will be my next scene:


Found this on the internet some time ago and knew I wanted to model something similar putting my own twist on it; not sure who created this but I thought it was way cool and would fit in nicely with my layout theme.



The thing is I wanted a very rural, very basic, and very simple sawmill. Started with a 4x12 inch piece of 1/8th plexiglass to build on, this way I can sit at my bench and work on it. Going to build a small shed on the right along with using a "sled" for the boiler and a vertical steam engine I bought from Wiseman and never used. I may rebuild a narrower sled for the boiler and steam engine.

The white paper in front will be the carriage drive, which I still need to build and will be about 22 ft long. I did build the carriage base already which is 11x5 ft since I've ordered a carriage kit from Sierra West along with a log tuner kit just for the extra pulleys. The carriage was built using 6x6's for the frame and 3x1o's for the top; all the wood was grained using a wire plumbers brush then colored with Rembrandt raw Sienna and clear alcohol. I already have the saw blade so I"ll be able to build the saw shortly. The shed I may build as a 10x8 or possibly a 12x8 depending what I decide on for the sled size. There should be room for a good amount details added after I get the basics done.

So next I'm going to build the Shed for this project to give me a better idea of space. Also I'm building this scene in my thread in the On30 forum but will post in both places. Thanks for stopping by for a look-see and for any ideas you may have.

I'll jump in as soon as I finish my non-modeling gift project. I propose to finish (decal rivets, repaint, letter, weather) my HO brass scratchbuild of a PRR class FM 40' flatcar. I will post most of whatever progress I make in the 2021 build thread ( https://railroad-line.com/node/40780 ) with updates here.

I'm going to jump after I've finished building several Proto 2000 53'6" gondolas for our club layout. I'm thinking of doing a kit in my wheelhouse but for now reserve the right to change my mind.

Mike

"We will once again use April 15^th as the end date of the challenge."

Rather TAXING don'cha think?

Gonna think on it a bit...gas station?

I'm all in, just don't yet know with what.

I'm in. Finish one up topic:- I will build two boats and a structure for my Mexican mini layout extension and finish scenicing that. So that should keep me busy for a few weeks.
Must be done by March as I have to display it at an exhibition.

And I had better build some sort of station as that topic was my suggestion. Thinking a gas station.

And I don't know what is meant by the "wheelhouse" . Can someone explain.

I'll be finishing one off. Not quite ready to start finishing yet...

Cheers, Mark.

I think I'll also jump in on the one on the "Finish One Up" category as I have a number of unfinished projects. I think it will be the Ambroid O scale kit of 40' vertical rib boxcar kit. Hopefully I'll get it finished before the deadline.

I'll like to play too. I guess from my Wheelhouse category because I've worked with resin before. I plan to build a Passenger set of three cars. One is a kit (the only) done by The Mogul Men for V&T #1 combine and two kits from a Shapeways Marketplace, Crownpoint Engineering, for V&T coach 3&4. But I do have a question; As I plan to document this build in my usual semi-tutorial way; Do you want me to post it all here of just post update shots from time -to-time?

Bob

Time for a update:

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This is just a simple shed, made from 6x6’s for the frame and 1x10’s for the boards, that tools and/or supplies would be stored in. I did add some brown chalks just to tone down the green a little. The roof is made from 100 grit sandpaper; thought I'd give it a try. Since the area is quite small I used this water tank from the parts bin to set on top of the roof; need every square foot I can find. At the moment it's hasn't been glued down yet in case I have to make adjustments after the boiler is in place. I also added a horseshoe tipped up just for good luck over the door.

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The window is a spare I had from SW and thought this would be a good place to use it since it would be very noticeable by the dried up creek bed. I really like the fact that it can be modeled open. There is a piece of black paper behind it so it looks dark inside. Also added one coke-cola sign for some added interest. Having the water tank on the shed roof also adds more interest to a simple building.

Next I'll be working on building a new, smaller, and narrower sled for the boiler and steam engine. I also received the parts from Sierra West for the carriage platform and pulleys for the saw; looks like I have some work to do. Thanks for looking in.

I'll get mine started. My build will fit into the "Build One In Your Wheelhouse" category. As I mentioned, I have been building some of the older kits and this one is a classic.

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However, I will not be building it as a 'haunted house'. Instead, I will model mine as a well-kept house called "Quinn's Quiet Corner B&B" after our third oldest Great Grandchild - a young lady named Quinn. I will do all the build here in the Challenge Thread.

I'll probably do a wood passenger car kit, something I haven't tried before. I'm just waiting for some parts. But I also have the Lamson & Goodnow kit to finish.

dave