Engine Shed

[puffer]

This will be my first scratch build for my new railway, not modelled around anything in particular just a shed to keep my Stainz in. I will be hidding it amongst the rocks and flowers, it all started around christmas when i had some spare time, it took me about half hour to scribble it down on paper, ive used 9mm external ply for the carcus then covered it with 1 inc boards, ive also added some LED's to light it up at night as you can see by the photos thats as far has ive got. Im going to try some felt on the roof, cut into tiles! then add the windows and doors , not sure on what hinges are out there for me to use on the doors, any ideas will be fab, then all that is left to do is to add the gutters and down spouts, when the roof is on and the fascia is painted i will up load some more photos.

 

[Steve]

That looks brilliant , another idea to store away

 

[nico]

great looking shed

 

[jameshilton]

Good stuff - and I like the LEDs. I've toyed with lighting my shed, but I don't intend to run at night in the garden so I don't think it's necessary (yet) but would be easy to add later anyway.

 

[nico]

How are the leds powered Paul?

 

[Steve]

Good stuff - and I like the LEDs. I've toyed with lighting my shed, but I don't intend to run at night in the garden so I don't think it's necessary (yet) but would be easy to add later anyway.

Dont tell us your scared of the dark

 

[puffer]

The leds are powered by 3 AA batteries, the leds are 4v and theres three of them. The one on the gable end will adventually light up a sign

 

[nico]

thanks paul ,once again great shed

 

[jameshilton]

I wonder if it's worth sealing the ply - even though it's external ply - perhaps just a wood preservative if you want to keep the look of natural wood, or if not - perhaps you could paint the inside with primer/undercoat like I have, and stain the outside? I'd hate for it to deteriorate outdoors as you've put a lot of effort in so far!

 

[puffer]

Yes your right, you know yourself how much time and effort go's into a project, for some reason i cant explain it, i started to paint the inside black but it will end up grey, the out side will have several coats of wood proservative. The plan is to keep it out side from April to october then it will be kept in the work shop through winter. Im going to start messing around with the felt on the roof this weekend so that will be fun, if it turns out ok i will put some more photos on

 

[mike]

its certinly looks the part!!

 

[stevedenver]

puffer thats great
looks like something from Colorado (not that that is what you intended nor all that it could be)
its just the windows and use of planks is actually what is common in the mountain builidngs

i like it a great deal-i like the proportions
it looks rustic and chunky but is beautifully executed
the details are really nice
often i see wooden freelance buildings for g scale that look -like tinker toys

and what i particularly like is that way it accentuates the Stainz-it looks as though it was built for the very purpose of servicing that very engine-and is reasonably commodius for such a purpose

 

[Bram]

A brilliant piece of scratch building

 

[nico]

I wonder if it's worth sealing the ply - even though it's external ply - perhaps just a wood preservative if you want to keep the look of natural wood, or if not - perhaps you could paint the inside with primer/undercoat like I have, and stain the outside? I'd hate for it to deteriorate outdoors as you've put a lot of effort in so far!

my advice is to seal the ply with water downed waterproof glue ,give it a few coats especially the edges ,my shed was made from the same ply and had some damage even after coating it in glue the damage was to the edge that touched the ground.when i am finished repainting mine i will put a coat of clear silicone on the bottom edge

 

[Shawn]

Wow I really like the look of that shed and size. For a roof try using metal or copper. Metal coffee can rusted works well. Both will weather very nice. Great job.
I agree with Nico. Seal it good with something like Thompson water seal (whatever is similar in the UK) I do it to all my structures and even the softer woods have held up very well.

 

[puffer]

The rusted coffee can sounds good but i dont think i can lay my hands on them, but yes i will deffernetley need some kind of damp proof.

 

[nico]

used felt on one of my buildings stuck it with silicone and gave it a coat of waterdown glue again and painted it black,its been outside two years with no damage

 

[Rosco]

What a great shed, looks like it would cope with quite a few winters.

 

[Bram]

For a good seal I would used knotting, it's used for sealing resinus knots in timber before painting and dries hard and clear. A couple of coats will seal the edges against the weather.

 

[nico]

For a good seal I would used knotting, it's used for sealing resinus knots in timber before painting and dries hard and clear. A couple of coats will seal the edges against the weather.

i agree with Bram its great stuff