As the weather here has been so poor of late I have been in search of something to keep me busy, in the warm. Admittedly there is still work outstanding on both the Gp and N1 wagons - small jobs either spraying outside (far too cold) or are too fiddly (lack of good day light)
So to keep me busy I have started to build a small (!) loco shed. This is the first building built in 1/35 scale and thus would enable some appreciation of how big some of the buildings would be, and ultimately help visualise how big the layout would be.
Seen here in very early build the shed is based on the drawings of the Karpalund Engine Shed found whilst searching the internet. The main structure has been constructed using Daler Rowney photo mount card and plasticard spacers. A loco inspection pit has been constructed using a combination of wood and plasticard, which when positioned in its final location, will be submerged into the layout base.
The shed doors have been scribed out of plasticard and the bolt heads are Plus Models etches as used before.
Some time has been spent trying to find prototype images of the shed to identify the type of wooden panelling used in the construction of the shed. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any, so taking inspiration from a number of traditional Swedish wood construction buildings, I have replicated the board and batten method. Referring to the drawing this appears to be the closest method of construction.
The Wall boarding, is cardboard and the battens are a 1mm x 1mm strips of square section plasticard "Plastic-Weld'ed" in place on the cardboard surface. The use of Plastic Weld was chosen as it evaporates fast and thus does not soak the cardboard.
It also evaporates out of the bottle at a rate of knots too...
During the build, I wanted to try and see how well the recently produced custom decals worked against a dark background. As the barrels would be quite at home in the shed, I quickly whipped up a couple, painted and applied the decals.
