In-ko-pah RR: Dos Manos depot

[Ray Dunakin]

Thanks!

After spending a few days cutting up styrene tubes and turning them into Spanish tiles, I was ready to start gluing some to the main roof of the depot...

I'm using Dynaflex 230 paintable sealant to secure the tiles to the model. Naturally, the concave, "bottom" rows of tiles must be put on first. I began by gluing a single tile at the beginning of each row, in order to test that the spacing was correct. I determined that spacing them on 1/2" centers would be just about perfect:




The bottom rows must be placed with the narrow end of the tile facing "downhill" on the roof. I goofed and did the first row, on the right, the wrong way around. Since it's on the end and not very noticeable, I just left it that way:




After all of the bottom tiles were glued in place, I left it to dry:




Then it was time to add the top rows of tiles. First I used more Dynaflex 230 to fill the spaces between the bottom rows. I only worked on 2-3 rows at a  time:




Each of the top tiles was partially filled with sealant prior to placing it on the model:




The top tiles are placed with the narrow end "uphill". Excess sealant can easily be cleaned off with water and a small, cheap, craft paint brush:




This side of the roof is now complete. It took 200 individual tiles for this. I figure in total, it'll take at least 1000 to do the whole job:

[finescalerr]

One of the better tile roofs I've seen. -- Russ

[Design-HSB]

you just have to have ideas.

Great idea, thanks for the show.

[Bill Gill]

Looking good, Ray.

[Allan G]

Ray; as always a great learning process fo me.

Does anyone know how much this might cost if done 3D?....Allan

[Ray Dunakin]

Thanks, guys!

I finished putting tiles on both sides of the main roof, and capped the ridge. The gaps under the ridge tiles were filled with Dynaflex to simulate mortar:




I managed to tile most of the north side of the baggage room roof, then ran out of styrene tubes and couldn't make any more tiles for a while. So while I waited for an order of tubes, I went to work detailing the interior. I built some stairs out of 4mm and 1mm Sintra, plus some .020" styrene for the baseboard. Here's a shot of the stairs under construction:




A few years ago I bought some 1/24th scale balusters from a dollhouse supplier, and put them away until I found a use for them. Much to my amazement I was actually able to find them now that I needed them. I drilled a hole in the bottom of each, and glued in a short piece of brass rod:




The handrail was made from a 1/8" styrene tube. I sanded two sides of it flat, and plugged the end. Then I drilled holes into the underside and fit it over the tops of the balusters. BTW, the floor is a photographic image printed onto self-adhesive vinyl:






After I built the stairs I sprayed them with white primer, followed by a very pale, yellowish color to match the walls. When that dried I masked it to paint the dark trim color:




The interior walls will have wainscot. These were made from .020" thick, V-groove styrene sheet, with trim made from styrene strips. This one is designed to fit the stairs. The wainscots were not glued in place until after they'd been painted:




Here's how the room looks so far. The stairs are finished and painted, though not yet glued into place. The wainscots and other trim have also been painted and installed:






I still have to make the crown molding, the ticket counter, and other furnishings.

[mad gerald]

... whoa!   (regarding the Roof tiles) ... wowzers!   (regarding the interior) ...

BTW: Had to look-up the term "wainscot" ... 

[Bill Gill]

Ray, that's going to be another terrific building inside & out! The tiles look great and the interior is shaping up really well.

[lab-dad]

All such a great job!
Your very clever Sir!
You need a fancy Newell post on that landing 
Marty

[TRAINS1941]

Ray if I didn't know it was a model...

Just beautiful work and detail.

Jerry

[fspg2]

Ray,
a little bit of aging, some trodden stairs ... and you can not distinguish from the original!
Always nice to watch your great progress again!
Frithjof

[Allan G]

I keep learning from Ray!.....Allan

[finescalerr]

Satisfactory. -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

Love it. The tiles are amazing/insane.

[Ray Dunakin]

Thanks!

I made the crown molding from strips of quarter-round, L-angle and .020" thick styrene. These were cut and mitered to fit each wall, then painted, prior to being glued in place:




Originally I had planned to just have a simple ticket counter. But after I built the counter, I found some photos of depots with ticket windows built into a kind of room divider with door, separating the customer area from the station agent area. I liked the way these looked and decided it might be a good choice for my depot. So I whipped up a crude mockup made from scrap matt board:




The divider/ticket window assembly was built up from various strips of styrene. Here's a test-fitting:




The rear of the ticket window will be partially visible through the bay window on the south side of the depot, so I built up both sides of the door, plus a separate piece to fit around the windows:




The security bars for the ticket window were made from .020" and .030" styrene rod. It might have been better to use brass but this was easier to work with and a lot less sloppy than my rudimentary soldering skills would have done. The bars were painted to look like polished brass"






Here's a close up of the finished ticket window. The rippled privacy glass was made from .015" slide cover glass, with clear gloss medium dabbed on the the back to create the rippled look:






And here are couple shots of the room with the divider/ticket window installed:






Here's the back of the ticket counter. This will only barely been seen so I didn't put too much effort into it, however I do plan to add a few items setting on the counter:




The interior still needs a safe, stove, signs, lighting and other details, which will be added later. For now I'm going to go back to work on the roof so I can get that finished and start painting the exterior of the building.