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It's about time to put the tank to the side for a moment. It's decision time on the shed and whether to cut down its size. I've got a mockup sitting on the bench now and I believe I have it figured out. I'll start staining/graining the siding while I work out the final details.
The finial covered the peak shingles nicely.
It took a while to get up the nerve but I finally made the cut on the repair shed. It will be a small stand alone structure. I did the siding a gray barnwood look. Other alterations included adding a trap to the front and back walls...a fun trick I picked up from other builds. I'll start working on the interior and exterior of the walls next while I decide on the roof material. I'm leaning towards tarpaper or corrugated.
A quick shot of the 2 structures disconnected here also. It's got me wondering if I could pull off a tarp stretched between the two as a cover.
Jerry
Can't wait to see where this build goes next...
I threw together a little sand storage & drying facility. Copied from a long out of production kit from Sequoia. Just because.
Art, it was a fairly straightforward build. I would have taken more shots but it's still wet from dousing the sand. Didn't want to mess it up. Like I say, its from plans from a discontinued kit. Too bad we don't know anyone who specializes in backwoodsy logging and mining type kits. Maybe that person could put together a small loco shed with service facilities.
If you are looking for something more substantial, I think the Woodcutter Shack would make the foundation of a great sanding facility.
Later I'll be adding a tower with a retractable platform to get the sand up. And I'm thinking for fuel it will be "pick yer poison". There will be oil, wood and coal as options. May even throw in one of those cool new gas pumps for kicks.
I put together a tower to load sand and maybe coal. This will get planted next to the water tower and is the same height. The ropes are to raise the buckets and to raise the platform. The platform is moveable because I wasn't sure how I'd want it to look. I started to make the swing arm moveable also, but the bracket cracked so it got epoxied in place. .030 styrene for the metal bands with NBW and water-slide rivet decals. I think they turned out nice.
I think I'm going to build the walls of the station next. This will give me the chance to lay everything out and get a feel for the needed real estate. From there get back around to the water tank and start detailing it.
For years the townsfolk of Leadville and Alma, CO have feuded over bragging rights to which town had the highest elevation with each claiming to be the 2-mile high city. Separated only by a few miles as the crow flies, its a 75 mile train ride to get around Mt Sherman. Situated at the halfway point, and in the shadows of Marmot Peak (no that is not a ferret) lies the sleepy whistle stop known as Jerkwater. Much to the townsfolk delight, it is situated at a higher elevation than Leadville and Alma. Thus began the town motto of "It's all downhill from here".
Terry
I have one rolling around in my head about Shep Shelby and a waterfront Bluesky...