The roof on these kinds of buildings is often corrugated steel,
and I had on hand a fine set of material from the English com-
pany Wills, their part SS MP 219. [Wills was a brand name
of Ratio Models; Ratio is now part of Peco.] I have used this
material before and am quite pleased with the result, though
it is intended for OO scale. It is actually meant to represent
corrugated asbestos siding (and you could make this roof that
way if you prefer), but it also gives a good representation of
corrugated iron. I used 1/16" styrene rod (Evergreen no. 222)
as a ridge piece, and added a chimney vent with a piece of
brass tubing.
Once assembled, the roof was painted dark gray, and a ridge
sign added. This was taken from an old graphic that advertised
Associated. Though the original was black and white, I con-
verted the black to red, using Adobe Photoshop, and printed
28: The warehouse loading doors were fabricated from
styrene strip and scribed sheet, with overlap provided
all around, so they can be glued in place from the
inside. Modeling putty fills a few gaps.
27: The rough warehouse structure. Window and door
openings look a little ragged, but the trim around these
openings will conceal those irregularities. Corners have
been trimmed with styrene strip. Next step is painting.
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the resulting image at my local copy shop on glossy stock, using
a high-resolution color printer. The sign is shown in (30).
Since I have included propane in this dealership, I added a sign
on the warehouse, “Propane now sold here,” and an addi-
tional, smaller company sign on the building end. I also added
a buffer timber underneath the truck loading door on the
building end, simply a piece of stripwood.
Last, I added a loading platform for the rail siding. Inspired by
(6), I decided to make it fairly large, so I could include some
barrels or other details on the platform. My dock is a simple
styrene box, using scribed siding for the deck, and the same
clapboard siding as the main building for the enclosure under-
neath. Eventually I will add some oil drums and other detail to
this dock.
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