Elmer Lane 18 - Railcar shed.

DB 'builds' upon the previous entries:

Next up for tackling was the railcar shed. This would have been built around 1940 or so for the Vulcans and survived until quite recently I believe. 

A crop from a Hugh Bennett pic and a review of Retrolens aerials was done a few months ago. Prominent are the five distinctive fan/stacks on the roof, the skylights, and the lean-to. On the side which faces the Hokitika line, there are five side windows. The end faces seem covered in corrugated. Maybe the whole building is. 

This looked to be about "one metric Waihao Forks" big after placing that goods shed on my tracks. I decided to make it a smidge longer and to lower the pitch of the roof. 

The ends were made from corrugated leftovers from Waihao Forks. The doors being cleverly arranged so the corrugated sides face the audience (Hoki line) and the flat sides face the back. A little detail was quickly added to the doors with some strip styrene from my library of such stuff. It didn't take long and makes the building look a lot fancier than it is. I'll probably follow the same idea for the roundhouse doors.

A slosh of paint and its testing time:

I made the long side out of clapboard, also ex Waihao Forks. I'm not sure if the original had wood or tin on the sides, but there wasn't enough tin to spare anyway. Mine has 4 windows instead of 5, as the building is a little shorter. The windows were made like those for the storage shed, but without the black backing so you can see inside.  The back wall was made from plain styrene and a lean-to added. 

Note that I did an Evan and installed that wall upside down.....  Lower window sills were hastily re-added (visible in the pics at the bottom of this post). 

Like the storage shed, the roof was that imitation Malthoid card. Skylight holes were cut out, the edges blackened, and more roundhouse leftovers installed.

I'm not crazy how these look. Having them 'inset' looks a bit odd, so I'm glad I didn't do this with the roundhouse. Also going in are the roof van/vent/stacks. Made from some Dollar Store wood sticks and some plastic I had knocking about. 

Plastic capped:

And placed on the roof:

Obviously I built these while not looking at the top picture, as these are waaaaay too big. I have a terrible habit of researching these things... and the building them without my computer being nearby....

A few sticks of wood (below) will hold the building in place, but allow removal for track leaning and possible future lighting:

The next day, the big vents were lopped off their stalks and some smaller ones installed. Still oversize, but better than before:

The roof has been weathered, and scenery is quickly advancing down each side of the railcar shed and its tracks. The Hoki line has also been glued down: