Photo 1

The main structure included tabs and slots to align the corners. Once they were secure, the tiny, peel & stic battens were attached and their bonds were further reinforced with drops of "Lightning Bond" AC adhesive. Once everything was secured, I painted the complete exterior with a golden colored acrylic craft paint, then dry brushed it with white and gray colors.

Photo 2.

The doors are movable and can be positioned anywhere from fully opened...

Photo 3.

to partially opened.....

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to fully closed.

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The secret to their movement is not much at all. A simple track or raceway was created with some scraps of strip wood glued over the door way opening. There's also a short piece of strip wood glued to the floor also to help keep it in place. I also added a simple block of wood as a door stop.

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The interior of the building is a printout of vertical lines, representing boards, that were created with Cadrail software and printed on index card stock. They were trimmed to fit and lightly weathered by dry-brushing with gray and white acrylic craft paints.

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This overhead view shows the interior wall printouts being test fitted in place.

Photo 8.

Once glued in place, the printed interior looks pretty good. All that would be needed to make it more realistic would be to have some tools, ropes, chains and other track working tools in sight.

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A removable roof was made with styrene and covered with tar paper made from silkspan that was held in place with Polly Scale "Grimy Black" paint.

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The model was placed on a level foundation and wooden ties instead of rail were used for the hand car.