Elmer Lane 16 - Storage Shed

 DB says:

During the modelling day last week, Ev whipped up a goods shed for Waihao Forks (see previous post). This success prompted me to follow suit and build the big 'storage shed' that will hide the Kato turntable controller. 

This is conveniently labeled '29' on the partial Ian Coates pic from Steam Inclined below. This is a fairly tall building with a little brown door on the end, and 5 windows along the side facing the track, along with a little loading dock and door out there as well.

Since the Waihao Forks goods shed is quite tall, and Evan had put so much work into getting it all square and symmetrical, it has subsequently become the 'standard' building. I simply traced around his ends onto some Evergreen clapboard and added a lean-to out the back. This isn't on the prototype but will give me more coverage over the Kato turntable controller. This 'Forks' roof has a slightly steeper pitch than the prototype too, but nobody is going to notice that unless I tell them. Dammit. 

I added the loading dock door further leftwards on the windowed-side than the prototype, because I plan to have an LC of coal for the shed boiler down the right end. 

I then went to town on the windows, thinking I could get away with one or two, and ending up doing four. .030x.030 strip was used to add the middle sash which is prominent enough to show up on some aerial pictures of the depot. Test fitting:

Then in a flash of genius, spare acetone-laser-printed window grids left over from the roundhouse, were stuck in behind the walls, then a little bit of black card from a woodland scenics product was slapped along the back. This came out really well and I'll definitely use this idea on the other buildings here.

The eaves are some .080x.080 styrene strip and the roof is that same Metcalfe malthoid-tarmac-printed card used on the roundhouse roof, here a single piece was scored and folded twice. My brown trim is a bit orange here:

The loading dock is yet to be built, and ballast will be added up to the steps:

I may remove some of the lean-to roof for better access, or maybe shorten the depth of the whole lean-to. Arguably I didn't really need the unprototypical lean-to at all, but as they'd say on The Castle: "adds a bit of charm."

The plan was to glue this storage shed down, but there is the real possibility that the Kato box might need to be accessed at some stage in the future if the connections out the back come undone. Maybe I'll tack in down in a way it can be removed if need be.