Building Waterbury 3: Progress on Feed Mill - Haze Gray…..
Tonight I put the finishing touches on the basic walls and roof for the Waterbury feed mill. The model is entirely scratch built from various Evergreen styrene sheets and shapes. The building is going to be a very, very light gray (almost white). I've found that light paints, especially white and yellow can be problematic when applied over raw styrene so I fired up my airbrush and gave the entire building a base coat of US Navy hull gray. At this point it looks more like a destroyer than a building - at least the Haze Gray offers a relatively even coat for the finish paint. I still need to decide what color to paint the roof. It likely should be very weathered galvenized panels, but I can't find a picture that confirms the color of the roof in 1954. I'm leaning toward very weathered red just to give some pop to the scene.
Marty, I'm in the process of completing my version of the feed mill and I didn't realize that the feed mill had a steel roof, thought it was rolled asphalt. In one of Nimkes' books there is a slightly wider shot of the front of the building street side showing a door to the left of the building Thanks, JOHN CVRHS
Hi John, There used to be a window on the extended portion of the front of the building that doesn't show up in later years. That said, I've made some alterations to the front of the building. For example, the roof on the side "extension" should be the same height as the gable end of the building - I made mine slightly lower since I thought it looked better. The roof was definitely metal by the first time I saw the building back in the 1980s - it was also metal in the late 1950s when Bill Decker took the photo included with an earlier post: http://centralvermontrailway.blogspot.com/2013/03/waterbury-station-agent-jim-murphy.html
I think I have a 1950s photo which more clearly shows the feed mill roof - I will post it this weekend if I can turn it up (my scanner is suddenly not working for some inexplicable reason!) Marty
Hi Marty: I looked through photos I took and those found in publications. The earliest colour photo that shows only a portion of the roof and wall behind a train is 1964. At that time the roof is metal in silver but with a good amount of dark colouring or dirty weathering at the very top. The lower sections of the roofing are still good looking silver colour. By the looks of the condition of the roof it had been replaced probably 10 to 20 years before the 1964 photo...it clearly is not original. The walls at that time are the same boxcar red -tuscan red as seen on the station at that time. The walls are the same colour as when I saw it in the early 1980's. By the way the CV freight house in the mid 1950's was bare of any colouring...just weathered wood. The roof was kind of neat also...lots of patchwork panels of different shading...George Dutka
George, the one photo I have that shows the gable end of the freight house from the 50s is b&w and seems to show it painted. Can you send me the photos you have from the 50s? Or at least give me a reference to where they've been published? Thanks, Marty
Marty or George, does anyone make sheets of steel roofing .010- .020 thick. At the present time I have a basswood subroof, and was thinking that I could glue the simulated steel roof right on top of the subroof., my other option would be to glue wood strips to simulate the steel roof....JOHN
Hi John: I did exactly what you mentioned on a large barn and it turned out really good. I used the flat roofing included in the kit then glued wood strips at even widths....this is cost effective also...George
Marty and George, I decided to go with the wood strips, I will also use sanding sealer to give the roof a smoother finish... how many ribs are on that roof ha!!!. Keep that info coming, not very many if any proto New England modelers in the Buffalo area. Thanks, JOHN
Hi. Really nice structure. :) I am searching for something like this to add to my small switching layout. What size is this? Thank you for your answer.
Hi. Really nice structure. :) I am searching for something like this to add to my small switching layout. What size is this? Thank you for your answer.
Marty, I'm in the process of completing my version of the feed mill and I didn't realize that the feed mill had a steel roof, thought it was rolled asphalt. In one of Nimkes' books there is a slightly wider shot of the front of the building street side showing a door to the left of the building Thanks, JOHN CVRHS
ReplyDeleteHi John,
ReplyDeleteThere used to be a window on the extended portion of the front of the building that doesn't show up in later years. That said, I've made some alterations to the front of the building. For example, the roof on the side "extension" should be the same height as the gable end of the building - I made mine slightly lower since I thought it looked better.
The roof was definitely metal by the first time I saw the building back in the 1980s - it was also metal in the late 1950s when Bill Decker took the photo included with an earlier post:
http://centralvermontrailway.blogspot.com/2013/03/waterbury-station-agent-jim-murphy.html
I think I have a 1950s photo which more clearly shows the feed mill roof - I will post it this weekend if I can turn it up (my scanner is suddenly not working for some inexplicable reason!)
Marty
Hi Marty:
ReplyDeleteI looked through photos I took and those found in publications. The earliest colour photo that shows only a portion of the roof and wall behind a train is 1964. At that time the roof is metal in silver but with a good amount of dark colouring or dirty weathering at the very top. The lower sections of the roofing are still good looking silver colour. By the looks of the condition of the roof it had been replaced probably 10 to 20 years before the 1964 photo...it clearly is not original. The walls at that time are the same boxcar red -tuscan red as seen on the station at that time. The walls are the same colour as when I saw it in the early 1980's. By the way the CV freight house in the mid 1950's was bare of any colouring...just weathered wood. The roof was kind of neat also...lots of patchwork panels of different shading...George Dutka
George, the one photo I have that shows the gable end of the freight house from the 50s is b&w and seems to show it painted. Can you send me the photos you have from the 50s? Or at least give me a reference to where they've been published?
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Marty
Marty:
ReplyDeleteWill scan and send...can't remember which magazine I clipped it from...George
Marty or George, does anyone make sheets of steel roofing .010- .020 thick. At the present time I have a basswood subroof, and was thinking that I could glue the simulated steel roof right on top of the subroof., my other option would be to glue wood strips to simulate the steel roof....JOHN
ReplyDeleteHi John:
ReplyDeleteI did exactly what you mentioned on a large barn and it turned out really good. I used the flat roofing included in the kit then glued wood strips at even widths....this is cost effective also...George
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ReplyDeleteMarty and George, I decided to go with the wood strips, I will also use sanding sealer to give the roof a smoother finish... how many ribs are on that roof ha!!!. Keep that info coming, not very many if any proto New England modelers in the Buffalo area. Thanks, JOHN
ReplyDeleteLookin' good, Marty. You've got some 'Mo going on... keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHi.
ReplyDeleteReally nice structure. :) I am searching for something like this to add to my small switching layout. What size is this? Thank you for your answer.
Hi.
ReplyDeleteReally nice structure. :) I am searching for something like this to add to my small switching layout. What size is this? Thank you for your answer.