08-17-2009, 05:04 PM
Thank you Russ. HO King and Tetters, thanks for the kind words and the tips on sources for glass. Nice to hear from you again Val, glad you were able to drop by. I assume you've been very busy?
Today I glued the walls to the base, and while the glue dried, took the platforms into teh shop for painting. Once the walls were sturdy I measured for roof supports. The roof is so large, and part is to be removable, so I need supports. Seems odd to be building an HO model and so far have used 3/4 ply and now 2x3's! None of the 2x3 supports are permanent yet, but I placed the second story rear wall on one of them so as to see how it will look. Here are a couple views of it, there are no stiffening strips on the rear of the wall yet, so it bends a lot but you can get the idea.
Today I glued the walls to the base, and while the glue dried, took the platforms into teh shop for painting. Once the walls were sturdy I measured for roof supports. The roof is so large, and part is to be removable, so I need supports. Seems odd to be building an HO model and so far have used 3/4 ply and now 2x3's! None of the 2x3 supports are permanent yet, but I placed the second story rear wall on one of them so as to see how it will look. Here are a couple views of it, there are no stiffening strips on the rear of the wall yet, so it bends a lot but you can get the idea.