Thanks for your kind words Rob and I'm really pleased you enjoyed the thread... so far.

Pleased that some of my tips were of interest to you, check out my

Bordello thread in the craftsman's corner, that one is loaded with tips and

basically explains every aspect of scratch building the structure.

http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28871

Of course the best way to learn and master building boardonboard is to

build one of the outstanding SierraWest kits.

sierrawestscalemodels.com

Thanks again for your comment,

Karl.A

Hi Karl,

This was another interesting build, and I really enjoyed the thread. I am reading up on board-by-board construction, and this gave a lot of great tips. I especially liked the rafter details.

Take care,

Rob.

Come on Karl, now everyone is getting interested in you continuing this wonderful

structure.[:-batman]

You'll have to get BUSY again.

Cheers,

Bob

Well Brett,

the project was shelved until I figured out the detailing for the interior. However, I did build a version of it in N scale some time ago.

http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28838

Thanks for the interest,

Karl.A

Whatever happened to this build? The detail and lines of the framing are incredibly inspiring. I'd love to see it finished.

Great work on that roof Karl.

Fellas, I stand corrected on an earlier post that these where not available in HO scale, they now are. Here is a photo of the 6" exposure shingles on the TO BE ANNOUNCED HO scale Hoosegow Kit.



The HO 12" exposure shingles are on the website and I'll get the 6" up soon.

The best way to install these is as follows: Always buy them as "Self-Adhesive" then cut narrow strips of masking tape, just the width that the row is high. Put the masking tape over the front of the strip of shingles, burish down, then cut the strip loose from the carrier sheet. Peel the protective layer from the back and apply the strip to your sub-roof. Works like a charm.

Karl, those shingles are something else, lost of character, but as Frederic points out, they blend together so very well. Great job!

The shingle colours in the last pic you posted are really nice, Karl. There's really some variation and yet everything blends together perfectly.

You've really done an impressive building job on every aspect of this project.

Karl, that's a beautiful job on the shingles.... probably the most realistic shingles I've seen on a model! :up: :up:

Thanks for the kind words again Dave, yes I have decided that I prefer, and will predominantly model in O scale, especially for the detail level, however along with the O scale builds I have also worked on a few small HO projects in the past 12 months...

Tobaconists - http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...9&whichpage=11

Still - http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=25479

Pine Ridge 3 - http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=25273

You are also correct that since I learned building Board-by-Board with Shelby's that is definately my prefered construction technique and Bretts detail level in the kits is incredible.

Away from kits I like the challenge of scratchbuilding/creating as much as posible myself, down to the NBW's, rail spikes, fire escapes or in this build the wiring, and more to come.

Regards

Karl.A

Karl,

Thanks for the links to some of your O-Scale work. In reading through a few of the threads it looks like you began thinking about the switch to O-Scale in February of 2007. But in a later post in about May of 2007 you were still vacillating a bit between an HO Scale and O-Scale layout. Looks like you have decided to go the O-Scale route for your new layout from your scratch built Shelby's and Sierra West shed builds. Or are you still undecided? One thing I can see is that you definitely like scratchbuilding stick by stick structures and adding the maximum amount of detail that is practical in a structure. Also looks like you have a few weathering and paint peeling techniques mastered. Your current scratch built version of the Gillespie's Millwork & Supply Company is like a post graduate work project.

Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ

Thank you all for the kind responses, very appreciated, it's good to get back to the 'bench' again.

Although the second shot looks fairly monotone grey there really is quite a bit more colour variance which shows better in person.

Here is a quick shot about halfway through, before the graining was added, drybrushing and being attached to the mockup walls. This looks a little harsh now but it was greyed down slightly and blended a little after this but the variation shows up well in this shot I think.



I am looking forward to trying out some other 'finishing' methods on this great product for more effects and will definately be ordering some more for future projects.

Thanks for the very kind words Dave, to help you out on the search, all of my builds appear in the 'scratchbuilding' forum except for the one prior to this, which I humbly think is my best work so far..

http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...0&whichpage=14

All the threads were started by me except this one http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=15954 which I joined around page 4 I think. Hope this helps.

Nice to read your eyes have been opened, but, be carefull you may get the 'taste' for it....

Karl.A

Walt

Just wishing.

Peter

Sorry fellas, this material is way too thick for HO scale. It will only be available in O and 1:32 (military model) scales. It's .022" thick which would be 2" thick in HO. Even at 1" thick in O scale it's a bit on the thick side, but that's as thin as I could come by in real Cedar sheets.

Karl,

Since I normally build in HO scale I seldom read about builds in larger scales, up to now that is. What a mistake that has been, far to parochial and narrow a view on my part. I'm tuned in now and will go back to find some of your other builds archived on the forum as well as builds by other large scale modelers. This is some great building on your part. The nice thing about the larger scales is that all the extra effort you put into the model is visible in the final product. So now I am subscribed to this topic and will try to remember to read about other large scale builds as they come on line. Thanks for all the photos you include as you move from step to step. They are extremely helpful and quite well done.

Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ