A "Hybrid" Structure

by Tom Carson
(Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Model Builder Version

I was in the process of looking for interesting rail yard buildings to add to the collection, and at the same time I have been practicing my skills with Evan Designs Model Builder software, (which I originally discovered on your site). The result was a machine shop from the East Broad Top Railroad in Pennsylvania. When I read about the restoration activities of the Friends of the East Broad Top group I became even more interested. My first project was the machine shop done entirely in Model Builder, which I did in weathered gray siding and one of the MB metal roof patterns. When I discovered that the restoration group had repainted the building to a red oxide color I decided to repeat the project, this time, to be different, using scaled siding from Northeastern, but I could not find a roofing idea that was any more suiting than what I had used in the MB version. I decided to do the roof of the wood structure in a Model Builder pattern. I went one step further by 'corrugating' my roof material with a Fiskars crimping tool. I think that the combination of materials worked out well, and I'm planning on doing more experimentation in the future.

Tom C.
www.ScaleModelPlans.com

Click here to post comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Showcase.

Back to Home Page