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Springwell: The Packing Shed

Creating buildings from scratch isn’t something I done a lot of.

However, Springwell needs an horticultural packing shed … in 16mm scale.

I’m not sure anyone makes one of those so I guess I will have to do it. Click on a photo to get a larger version.

Packing Shed at Doddings Farm Watercress Farm
This little packing shed is the inspiration, but I need something a little larger.
The facade is 9mm ply. Office to the left, two packing areas to the right.
Initially, I planned to use a resin cast door and window.
Side walls from scrap wood.
A support for the roof.
It will be corrugated iron.
To make the doors I cut rectangles of 1mm (40 thou) plasticard.
To make wooden doors I cut coffee stirrers and bass wood pieces.
The wood was glued to the plasticard.
The wooden doors and resin window were painted to look old and used.
Here’s a first mock up of the building.

This is looking like what I had in mind. The sliding doors will give me two positions for wagons in the shunting puzzle.

The mock up is encouraging, I think it’s gonna work.

There’s more to do. The facade will need painting, the sliding doors need tracks and track guards, and a roof is required.

Keep going…

2 comments

  1. thick art paper usually has a course flat surface good for that kind of wall, just be careful if you add extra paint on top, it can cover the course effect.

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    • Hello Henrik, Thank you for the suggestion! Reckon that would work well. Perhaps worth trying for canvas roofs on wagons / coaches too.
      I have brought a pot of MIG AMMO Wall Whitewashing texture paint. I will try that on a test piece before deciding what to do.
      All the best
      Steve

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