Thank you guys 
Josh...I am glad that Russ was here to answer your question ...I will be putting a beam with a block and tackle under the peak of the roof.
Galen...I will be adding hinges and handles to the bottom door and just hinges to the second floor door.
Josh...You could definitely do a building like this! If you have the patience to neatly work with plastic kits (you obviously do) then you have all the talent you need. If a person likes to rush through a project, then they would have problems...but the same can be said for plastic kits. How many times have you seen kits that were just slapped together, no flashing removed, gaps in the seams, out of square? Plenty. The real talent is just caring enough to do a good job.
Scott and tetters....thank you for the kind words
Because the back of the coal house will not be visable when placed on the layout, and can only be photographed on edge (not straight on) I will not be doing board by board, but I thought it would be a good chance to experiment with scribing.
I cut a sheet of basswood to size and glued it on. I figured scribing after glueing would keep me from inadvertently slicing apart the soft wood:
![[Image: 04g6j6.jpg]](https://i.vgy.me/04g6j6.jpg)
The pencil marks lined up with the boards on the side of the building:
![[Image: gdDxND.jpg]](https://i.vgy.me/gdDxND.jpg)
Then I made a some vertical slices to simulate board ends:
![[Image: and4yI.jpg]](https://i.vgy.me/and4yI.jpg)
I think that it looks OK. We will see for sure after it is painted. If I were staining or ink-washing the wood only, I would definitely use the board by board method.
Josh...I am glad that Russ was here to answer your question
...I will be putting a beam with a block and tackle under the peak of the roof.Galen...I will be adding hinges and handles to the bottom door and just hinges to the second floor door.
Josh...You could definitely do a building like this! If you have the patience to neatly work with plastic kits (you obviously do) then you have all the talent you need. If a person likes to rush through a project, then they would have problems...but the same can be said for plastic kits. How many times have you seen kits that were just slapped together, no flashing removed, gaps in the seams, out of square? Plenty. The real talent is just caring enough to do a good job.
Scott and tetters....thank you for the kind words
Because the back of the coal house will not be visable when placed on the layout, and can only be photographed on edge (not straight on) I will not be doing board by board, but I thought it would be a good chance to experiment with scribing.
I cut a sheet of basswood to size and glued it on. I figured scribing after glueing would keep me from inadvertently slicing apart the soft wood:
The pencil marks lined up with the boards on the side of the building:
Then I made a some vertical slices to simulate board ends:
I think that it looks OK. We will see for sure after it is painted. If I were staining or ink-washing the wood only, I would definitely use the board by board method.
Steve