New engine house

[PhilP]

Chimneys bunged-up.. It all comes out in the shed!

 

[Alec K]

More work today. I wanted to put a floor in . Eventually I want to add workbenches and tools and lights . 1/2 inch beams were cut and placed on the concrete slab then 3/4 inch wide strips of wood were glued down over the beams. I used a bogie to roll on the tracks to make sure the wood flooring wasn't to close to the rails . But I wanted the wood as close as possible to rails. View attachment 242000View attachment 242001View attachment 242002View attachment 242003View attachment 242004

Now that's something to live up to! (if only I could ....). Brilliant.

 

[Capt. Jack]

You have a great chimney sweep...it hardly looks used..

Yes I think I need to dirty it up a bit more at the top

 

[Capt. Jack]

Now that's something to live up to! (if only I could ....). Brilliant.

Thanks alek . I've been watching and learning from this forum. It helps so much.

 

[Capt. Jack]

No work on the engine house today. I have to do my real job today. Taking the boat I work on to fort Myers for coast guard inspection and hullout . 10 hour trip. Blaaaaaaaaaa. I shouldn't have stayed up so late playing with trains lol.

 

[Paul M]

No work on the engine house today. I have to do my real job today. Taking the boat I work on to fort Myers for coast guard inspection and hullout . 10 hour trip. Blaaaaaaaaaa. I shouldn't have stayed up so late playing with trains lol.View attachment 242016

What a life!

 

[Capt. Jack]

Lol . Pretty boring trip though. Made it in 9.5 hours new record lol.

 

[Paul M]

Lol . Pretty boring trip though. Made it in 9.5 hours new record lol.

Try following a juggernaut up the A14, that'll show you what boring is!

 

[dunnyrail]

No work on the engine house today. I have to do my real job today. Taking the boat I work on to fort Myers for coast guard inspection and hullout . 10 hour trip. Blaaaaaaaaaa. I shouldn't have stayed up so late playing with trains lol.View attachment 242016

Boating in all that blue stuff, some just do not know how to enjoy themselves!

 

[Capt. Jack]

I know. I do enjoy it.

 

[Capt. Jack]

Working on the lights that will hang in the engine house today. I'm using suction cups for the globe's. I did a thread on these lights . They seem to work well. They are clear so it takes a bunch of coats of paint so the light doesn't shine through. I start with several coats of black then I'm top coating them with green and white underneath to help reflect the light down.

 

[Capt. Jack]

Working on the lights that will hang in the engine house today. I'm using suction cups for the globe's. I did a thread on these lights . They seem to work well. They are clear so it takes a bunch of coats of paint so the light doesn't shine through. I start with several coats of black then I'm top coating them with green and white underneath to help reflect the light down. View attachment 242042

Working on the lights that will hang in the engine house today. I'm using suction cups for the globe's. I did a thread on these lights . They seem to work well. They are clear so it takes a bunch of coats of paint so the light doesn't shine through. I start with several coats of black then I'm top coating them with green and white underneath to help reflect the light down. View attachment 242042

 

[Bill Barnwell]

yes I see said the blind man to the deaf lady!!! They look good

 

[Capt. Jack]

Worked on installing the lights today. I got them all wired in. I also got the light in the fireplace wired in . I cut aluminum cans up and used the aluminum sheets to cover up the wiring. Also got the first workbench built. I think I want 2 of them.

 

[stockers]

Excellent.

 

[Capt. Jack]

Excellent.

Thanks so much. I'm so glad I found this forum. Lots of great inspiration to keep me going and learning from you all.

 

[Alec K]

Thanks so much. I'm so glad I found this forum. Lots of great inspiration to keep me going and learning from you all.

I'm learning from you ! Great pictures of a great model construction.

 

[Henri]

That is a marvellous piece of modelling!!! Very Nice!

 

[Capt. Jack]

Thanks for the comments guys. Digging through my parts and pieces I have been finding things that I can use for details. Most are tools that came with a couple of my climax and shay locos. I'm using them for the work benchs . the toolbox in the picture was a Christmas ornament I found at a yard sale. I cut the hook off and cut it apart where the one box set on top of the other looks pretty good. I also got a couple workers from eBay one is a welder so I will have him welding something. I got a flicker light that is supposed to look like welding to add in the lighting circuit. Here are a couple pictures.

 

[Capt. Jack]

More work done today. Took a short video of the interior. Took it through the window. I reached through the window . It's turning out pretty cool.