The shingles were lined up with the laser-scribed lines and fitted into place along the curved portions of the rolled roof. A bead of Lightning Bond was applied along the edges of the shingles to reinforce the bond. The area below the window sill was shingled with single pieces of the shingle material, held in place with white Elmer's glue.
The shingles were applied in courses up to the top edge of the tower, but no higher.
The shakes next to the tower wall were painted about an inch because it would be difficult to reach them once the tower roof was in place.
The interior support for the tower roof was assembled and temporarily set in place. The rear triangular element of the tower roof was glued to it's holding edge, BUT NOT the roof, because it would need to be removed for the preceding steps.
The three remaining roof pieces were glued to the frame and held in place with tape and weights. The roof is still temporarily resting in place.
When the glue joints were solid, the roof piece was removed and the edges filled with Squadron putty. The finished edges needed more work, so Durham's Water Putty was mixed up with a small amount of yellow Elmer's glue and liberally applied along all the four seams. It was temporarily set in place on the tower once again while the putty hardened.
The roof was removed and the putty sanded to a hard edge with the sand paper sitting on the hard surface of my shop table saw.
With it's edges sanded and sealed with sanding sealer, the tower roof was finally glued in place.
Additional Squadron putty was forced into the gaps that were between the tower roof and the main roof. When dry, the excess was carved away and sanded smooth..
The tower roof was painted with "Scatter-Grip" and the shake shingles were worked into place.
The main roof was shingles up to it's peak. The seams along the panels of the tower roof were finished with 1/4" wide strips of the shingle carrier sheet.
The roof was completely painted with Polly Scale "Grimy Black".
The three metal chimney castings were primed with Krylon Gray Primer, then brush painted with the same depot buff and brown colors used on the walls.
After the holes were checked to make sure the castings could be aligned vertically, a tiny amount of 5-Minute Epoxy was applied to the bottom and inserted into the proper hole. It was checked often to make sure that it remained vertical until the bond had set.
When the castings were firmly in place, additional epoxy was placed in the seam between the bricks and the shake shingles. A dental pic was used to carefully place the adhesive.
The epoxy "fillet" was painted a glossy black color to represent roofing tar that was applied to prevent water from leaking into the building.
The supporting framework for the loading platform was assembled using a small metal square to keep everything at right angle to one another.
The scribed decking and the facing for the platform were stained with a black shoe dye and alcohol solution. When dry, the protective covering for the facing was removed and the three pieces were attached with their "peel and stic" adhesive to the outer edges of the platform framework. The completed framework was then glued to the building, making sure that its lower edge was even with the base of the structure.
The small amount of wainscoting that was below each of the baggage section doors would interfere with the platform decking.
The excess material was removed with a sharp #11 Xacto blade. The area will eventually be filled with a piece of strip wood.
Before attaching the decking, it was test fitted in place to make sure that the vertical pieces of the door frame didn't cause interference. A small amount of material was removed to allow the decking to fit tightly against the building.
The end piece of the decking was aligned on the framework at the end of the building and glued in place with yellow glue. When dry, the remaining decking for the sides and ramps was attached to the rest of the framework.
A short length of 2x4 strip wood was stained and glued into the area between the decking and doors to represent a threshold.
Here's a finished view of the bay window side of the building. It's been weathered with powered pastel artist chalks and white powder from a home improvement dry wall project.
This is the tower side of the depot. All that remains is to set it in place along the tracks and add some station details and waiting passengers.
Here's a view of the baggage end of the building.
The final image in the document is of the station end of the depot.
