Seaboard Central 2.0

[160pennsy]

None of the windows or doors are glued yet, as I think it will be easier to cut the openings for the styrene "brick" veneer by using the holes in the cores as guides.  The 0.010" x0.060" strip along the bottom of the structure is to represent the brick ledge in the foundation that supports the brick.  I'll need to add another 0.010" strip, because my brick veneer is 0.020" thick.  But, the placement of this first strip will allow me to go ahead with the installation of the brick veneer.

DFF

DFF,

Looks like you're moving along at a fast clip with that second attempt. The new arch top windows really look MUCH better than what you were using before. Which vendor's brick veneer are you planning to use? If it were my structure & I was doing this work, then ===> I would make sure to carefully measure those DPM windows & doors (height & width) using a dial caliper before cutting out the final openings in the brick veneer. You probably want to cut the openings smaller than what's needed and then use needle files to carefully bring them into the right height, width & upper roundness, while constantly checking fit using the DPM windows/doors along with the dial caliper. This advice might help you to avoid hiding any sins like ===> large gaps between window frame & brick wall. Your mileage may vary

[davefoxx]

Paul,

I'm using 0.020" styrene brick veneer that I bought from the N Scale Architect.  Although I bought the rectangular punch, I think I have gotten really comfortable with filing the opening to the final dimension with all of the practice that I got getting the windows to fit into the 0.040" wall cores.  I can be neater than I was with the cores.  Since I haven't glued in the windows, I will carve out most of the opening in the brick veneer (which will be easier to file than 0.040" styrene) and use my needle files to reach the final dimensions, just as you proposed.  Instead of measuring, I'll insert the window to check the fit as I go.  That's probably more accurate than measuring, especially since I don't own a micrometer.  Besides, I not only have to get the opening to specific size, it must also be located in the correct spot on the wall.  Cutting and filing seems like the best option for my meager skills.

Thanks,
DFF

[davefoxx]

This doesn't sound good for the Styrofoam depot 

Haha!  I still have it.  In fact, it was pressed back into service last week after my abortive attempt to build the station last weekend.  I'll keep it for posterity, you know, in case something happens to the new station. 

DFF

[160pennsy]

Paul,

That's probably more accurate than measuring, especially since I don't own a micrometer. 

FYI...it's called a dial or digital caliper (all the cool kids  , n-scale modelers  & scratch builders  have em) ...Order online or pick one up while running around doing your other labor day sale shopping errands 

http://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-Digital-Caliper-with-SAE-and-Metric-Fractional-Readings-68304.html

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200629284_200629284

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-2-in-3-Mode-Digital-Fractional-Caliper-1467H/206007130

http://www.lowes.com/pd_190130-56005-1433_0__?productId=3138565

[davefoxx]

Only $17.00 at Lowe's?  I never knew a digital caliper was so inexpensive.  I definitely can appreciate its uses.  Thanks for the heads-up.

DFF

[davefoxx]

I haven't gotten much done on the station today, because my wife, our daughter, and I found another railroad-related activity to do today.  My daughter wanted to go on a picnic, so we went over to the Wilmington & Western RR and rode the train to Mt. Cuba, where they have a picnic area and a thirty-minute stop.

Here's the motive power today: W&W (ex-LV) SW1 #114:



We rode in W&W (ex-DL&W) combine #410.  Oh, and here's my daughter taking over as engineer for the return trip to Greenbank:



I'm a proud Daddy!



Mommy and Aly:



Good times! 

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I love the W&W. Great folks and a neat little operation they have going.

The 114 is the scene of one of best nights of railroading.

I spent a summer during college volunteering for a number of positions there. One of which was simple brush cutting at the picnic grove.

Since it was not road accessible, we rode the 114 out there.

After the work was done, I had a wonderful ride back on the battery box behind the cab. It was a beautiful night and a great moment of just riding throught the woods on what was, almost, my own private excursion.


I can't recommend volunteering at a place like that enough.

[davefoxx]

I definitely want to volunteer, because I want to see the W&W continue to operate and survive.  Very nice folks today,  and every one of them was a volunteer.

I'm pretty lucky; I live about ten minutes from the W&W, less than an hour to Strasburg, and within an hour or two from many of my TRW friends.  Considering I am also mere minutes from CSX's Philly Sub and the Northeast Corridor, we really do live in railroading mecca.

DFF

[davefoxx]

A little bit of progress in a whole lot of time:



The brick veneer has been installed on the two story center section of the station, and the six windows in this section have been fit into place.  This is taking me a reeeeeeeally long time to carefully cut the windows into the brick veneer with a drill bit, knife, and needle files.  It's not perfect, but, so far, it should hold up to the three-foot rule.  The windows are still not glued into place, so they'll likely get some further tweaking.

DFF

[VonRyan]

I definitely want to volunteer, because I want to see the W&W continue to operate and survive.  Very nice folks today,  and every one of them was a volunteer.

I'm pretty lucky; I live about ten minutes from the W&W, less than an hour to Strasburg, and within an hour or two from many of my TRW friends.  Considering I am also mere minutes from CSX's Philly Sub and the Northeast Corridor, we really do live in railroading mecca.

DFF

Funny you mention volunteering there. I was planning on doing the same thing this year, but things just didn't work out for me to fit it in.
Next year, however, I plan on committing and signing on as a volunteer.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I definitely want to volunteer, because I want to see the W&W continue to operate and survive.  Very nice folks today,  and every one of them was a volunteer.

I'm pretty lucky; I live about ten minutes from the W&W, less than an hour to Strasburg, and within an hour or two from many of my TRW friends.  Considering I am also mere minutes from CSX's Philly Sub and the Northeast Corridor, we really do live in railroading mecca.

DFF

And just a few more hours from Horseshoe Curve, Sandpatch, and the EBT (if they ever get their act together).

It's really true.

[Philip H]

A little bit of progress in a whole lot of time:

So how does the brick veneer going back from the second story dormer intersect with the roof line?

[davefoxx]

So how does the brick veneer going back from the second story dormer intersect with the roof line?

Like this . . .



 . . . so, I just ran the brick veneer long enough to allow for the exposed brick on the sides of the dormer.  It didn't make sense to veneer the entire side of those walls.  Oh, and figuring out those crazy rooflines will be a real pleasure.   

DFF

[Philip H]

I was actually thinking about whether it would make sense to try and cut the veneer back to the roof line . . . . but since the prototype roof would be flashed to the brick anyway it should be ok.

[wazzou]

I really think you should use some of those windows that Lee sent, if you have spares to cutdown and install them above the doorways. 
The current door/window juxtaposition just doesn't look right.