Hartford Products 30' Box car kit

[beavercreek]

Hi Richie
Thanks for the comment
The glass block windows are cut and are populated with the blocks and it totally changes the feel of the room! I still have to line the sides with wood then mirrored glass (to reflect the light all around) and finish the 'windows' but they certainly do make the 'box' have another dimension (so to speak). A bit more work tomorrow and then it will have to wait till end of next week. Have not looked at the layout for some time now. I think that I was being too optimistic about finishing the updates. As the door and windows of the conversion, to replace the present garage door, have to be built and installed (out of wood) I may well have to postpone or cancel the open day....we'll see...

 

[thumper]

You've got a treasure. Few of these come up and when they do, they're quite expensive. If you want a real task, locate and consider building one of their Barnhart Loaders. There are more than 400 parts and when finished, you have a museum piece.

Good luck and take your time!

Will

 

[beavercreek]

Hi Will
Yes I just love the quality of the kit and am really looking forward to when I can again get 'stuck into it' again (but let's hope, not stuck to it!). As soon as the garage conversion is complete and all other house repair/upgrade jobs are done I will be found in the newly converted room, snug and warm, forging away at all of the train related stuff that I promised myself that I would do.
I just can't wait!

 

[beavercreek]

Before I press on with the Hartford kit here are the 'almost complete' piccies of the on going 1:1 kit I have been working on. This was the state of play last weekend back as I did not have any time this past week to finish off.
The skirting fixing and all other titivating was finished this weekend...as was the sorting of the remaining part of the garage ...a pint of man stuff to fit into a half pint.

The next job is the installation of all the good things to enable me to have a warm bolt hole for all things train related this winter...oh the joy......

These are the 'caboose inspired windows'...well..yes they are glass brick but...

from inside they do give a little feel of the source of the idea... if a little diamante...
The mirrors really bounce the sunlight around



Tried to design the windows to match the remaining garage door

 

[Richie]

Looks Fantastic now Mike top craftsmanship hard to believe it used to be a garage Just love the Caboose windows

 

[yb281]

Wow!! That's some bolt-hole Mike. Great job.

 

[beavercreek]

Wow!! That's some bolt-hole Mike. Great job.

Thanks Mel. Added finishing touches this evening so it is now ready for furniture, sounds, modelling cabinets etc then it will be the site of progress on the real source of this thread...the Hartford 30' Box car kit...and the weathering of rolling-stock/locos...and the motorising of the stock cars...and the sound card installs...and the building of some more structures.........oh dear...there goes winter.... and probably spring too!

 

[New Haven Neil]

I'm told by a good friend these are the business......

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...and not a challenge to build.

NHN