thickness as track ties to use as a base. I assembled the four
walls onto this base temporarily to get the building square.
Once this was done, I marked the track locations on the base,
and cut slots the width of track ties The cardstock serves as a
riser to bring the floor of the building up to rail level so, when
the floorboards are installed, the flooring is flush throughout
the engine house.
10. I painted the interior and exterior of the walls and
then temporarily assembled the structure to make
sure that everything lined up.
11. The roof card has been cut and temporarily put
in place for test fit. The corner trim pieces have been
added. Now it’s beginning to look like an engine house.
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Adding shingles to the roof
Next I added the shingles to the roof, a long and tedious job.
In [12] you see only half the panel has been shingled. My eyes
needed a break after laying so many courses of shingles.
I glued the roof halves together and laid the roof on a flat sur-
face. I covered the whole top side with strips of double-sided
tape. The tape is clear, so when I removed the backing on the
top side, I could see the shingle lines, as well as the smoke stack
cut-outs. I used a sharp hobby knife to cut out where needed.
Building a two stall engine house- 6
MRH-Jul 2014
