The thin frame for the tank was covered with pre-painted weathered boards. Tank bands were cut from note book paper and the water is Future Floor Wax. The brass wire supply pipes were immersed in Radio Shack Archer's Etchant, then chemically colored with gun bluing solution.

Photo 14.

A new sign was created with Adobe Photoshop and glued to a scrap of thin aircraft plywood.

Photo 15.

Before gluing the frame around the sign, the printing was scratched with the fine side of a sanding stick to "age" it a little.

Photo 16.

A short piece of 2x4 material was glued in place to represent a "door stop".

Photo 17.

The stove pipe casting was secured in place with "5-Minute Epoxy. An interior block was glued to the inner wall for additional support.

Photo 18.

The large smoke stack was secured to an engineered supporting bracket on the underside of the boiler room roof with epoxy. Additional epoxy was added around the roof joint and painted with Pactra "Glossy Black" to represent tar. The conical flashing was cut from index card stock and glued to the stack with Dr. Mikes Gap-Filling CA adhesive.

Photo 19.

The cellar door assembly was relocated from the end of the building to the side of the boiler room.

Photo 20.

The area where the cellar door was originally located was covered with plaster and new stones were carved in place. When the plaster was dry, the newly carved stones were painted limestone colors to blend in with the others.

Photo 21.

A supporting bracket for the stack was made with a strip of thin brass shim stock that was soldered into a circle and slid down the stack. The angled extension rubs against the fly rafter and appears solidly attached.

Photo 22.

The roofing is Silk Span that was cut into 3' scale widths and held in place with Polly Scale "Tarnished Black" paint. Patches were made with scraps of silk span. Seams were created by painting the Glossy Black paint around the edges of the roofing with a thin brush.

Photo 23.

Artist pastel chalks were used to weather the roof. The rust stains from the stack were created with the colored chalks and my 20 year old "sweet & sour" weathering solution.

Photo 24.

The building is definitely a "front of the layout" structure and will eventually be located along a double track spur. It was fun to build and has added another business to my town of Tall Timbers, CO.