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I'm needing a change from the layout construction work and the challenge has provided me with a nice change of pace. I'm going to scratch build a small icing platform for my switching layout. It will serve the dual purposes of providing ice for the brewery's reefers and also be a view block that covers the hole in the backdrop where trains will be entering the layout from staging. I'm not sure how prototypical a single car icing station is. I know several small kits have been produced, so I'm going for it. A stop at the ice station will provide a required switching move before spotting a reefer at the brewery.
I'm basing the design on several magazine construction articles I've read and pictures I've found on the internet. I'll be using cardstock and wood for the building. I plan on using my Cricut paper cutter to do a lot of cutting
I made a preliminary set of drawings and printed the side views on cardstock. I've cut them out and pasted them together to get this mockup for a better view of the scene. The final design is about done. I now have to prepare my drawings so I can send them to my Cricut paper cutter to cut out the pieces.
George
I'm basing the design on several magazine construction articles I've read and pictures I've found on the internet. I'll be using cardstock and wood for the building. I plan on using my Cricut paper cutter to do a lot of cutting
I made a preliminary set of drawings and printed the side views on cardstock. I've cut them out and pasted them together to get this mockup for a better view of the scene. The final design is about done. I now have to prepare my drawings so I can send them to my Cricut paper cutter to cut out the pieces.
George
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