NMRA British Region Forum

Mike

Many thanks for your kind comments.

I hope that this series of posts has inspired others to rise to the challenge.

Peter

Further research on locomotive service facility buildings - these taken at Cadrail shops in Montreal: The front end of CP 8646 was damaged in the derailment in Caron, Saskatchewan, and shows the subsequent fire damage. Two locos derailed and many empty tank cars. The GE has arrived at Cadrail for re...

I have sourced some plastic pattern sheets made by JTT Architectural Model Parts and available on eBay. http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_8752.jpeg The No. 97407 Ribbed Roof is close to the profile of the Aluminum (yes that's aluminum not aluminium...!!!) siding material which is use...

Looking at current roundhouse locations and continuing my research on the STL&H St. Lawrence & Hudson I found this picture of STL&H No. 5593 SD40-2 class DRF-30h just off of the turntable at Nahant Roundhouse, at Davenport, Iowa. http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5593-Davenport-IowaJanua...

Roof Repairs... This is the gap in the front roofing panels that needs to be repaired: http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8592.jpeg I needed a thin shim of styrene but did not have any so I thought of using a plastic page protector from an old report. http://stlandh.com/wp-content/upl...

Very nice weathering


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mike,

Great looking trackwork... would like to see more photos.

Peter

Rear Roof I have continued on with adding the rear roofing as a removable section to show the interior detail. I applied the ROCKET HOT ACC for added strength as the entire rear roof assemble would have no other supporting structure. http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8686.jpeg One of...

I have continued on with the assembly of the roundhouse front wall openings which are supplied as brick arched doorways which have been painted as described before to resemble brick with mortar lines. http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8590.jpeg I have also started attaching the front...

CP's Holiday Train brightens communities and warm hearts for the 17th year http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/CP-Holiday-Train.jpg Every year, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Trains travel through dozens of communities, raising food and cash donations for North American food banks. http://s...

Roundhouse steelwork being erected: http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8570.jpeg http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8568.jpeg Adding the front doorway arches: http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3178.jpeg http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3...

I started looking at the steelwork for the roof framing and it looks very (black) plastic…! http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8541.jpeg Good old Halfords Grey Primer to the rescue: http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8544.jpeg The grey primer is a very good basic primer...

The Monster Grows...!!! As I was attaching the back wall sections and the monster started taking shape, my previous size calculations started to concern me. I realised that the overall structure would not fit on the intended 24 inch wide module that I intend to plant this on to and out came the Razo...

Assembly of the Walls I am using Humbrol Liquid Poly which is applied with the supplied brush in the lid. This seems to work better on the kit plastic, where as Plastic Weld seems to work better on white styrene. http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8463.jpeg I started assembling the w...

WINDOW GLAZING Interior wall section less window frames: http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8435.jpeg Wall section with window frames cemented in place: http://stlandh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8436.jpeg Exterior wall section with window frames inserted: http://stlandh.com/wp...