I spent the evening on completing the wall sections for the freight shed. It took a considerable amount of time to cut the openings for the doors in the new walls without breaking the walls. I also built the actual doors, but didn't make them movable. Finally, the new walls got multiple coats of paint. An airbrush would make this a lot easier and quicker...
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The upper walls is track-side and not touched yet. The lower wall will be facing the street, and has the door opening cut already, as well as a first coat of paint. |
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2.5 hours later: The street side now has the door built installed. The track side wall has the opening cut. |
I'm using fairly heavy sheet styrene as the base of the walls. It's what I had available in the right size. The boards for the siding are Evergreen #2100 V-Groove, .100" spacing, .020" thick laminated on the base. The doors are made from the same material, and laminated with Evergreen #103 .010 x .060" strip styrene. ... yes, those are 0.25mm thin.
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Another hour later: All walls have the third coat of paint. The doors are done, and I'm getting close to done with this part. Track-side on top, street-side at bottom. |
The color of the boards almost matches the color of the plastic kit. Once I add some patina it should all blend together, and tone down the sheen of the plastic sections from the kit as well.
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