Comments on: Scratch Building 101: Section House

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remove system tool 2011 virus — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:36:00 +0000

Great job, master!

By: Building « life stories

Building « life stories — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 07:07:33 +0000

[...] started with a template from N-Scale Limited. If you click on the link, you’ll see a beautiful N-scale model built from wood. I’m [...]

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woodworking ebooks — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:36:00 +0000

Nice little buildings ChrisThe structures were built about a year ago and were not documented to the extent that I do with my current projects.

By: Chris Brimley

Chris Brimley — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:26:14 +0000

John,
If you want me to, I can email them to you?

By: JOHN

JOHN — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:12:26 +0000

Building looks great , but I could not down load plans. Help

By: Frank Giacobbe

Frank Giacobbe — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:41:06 +0000

I completely agree about the Post-It Notes you mentioned in the Bright Idea box. I have a large, multi-colored one sitting on my desk for this very purpose and I’d give up other tools before the stack of Notes.

By: Chris Brimley

Chris Brimley — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:08:44 +0000

Philip,
I couldn’t agree with you more, I was a bit surprised when I first saw it, not something I would expect to see.

By: Philip H

Philip H — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:19:41 +0000

That’s got to be the most interesting trackback I’ve ever seen on a model railroading blog. The actual SuperGlue corporate blog picked this up.

The Internet never ceases to surprise me.

By: Awesome N-Scale Section House » Super Glue Blog

Awesome N-Scale Section House » Super Glue Blog — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:02:11 +0000

[...] Wow, check out the plans for this great project, by Chris Brimley, on the N-Scale Limited Blog [...]

By: Chris Brimley

Chris Brimley — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:52:12 +0000

It is a very common design, in the West you would find similar buildings in company owned mining towns and in the South as well as you stated. It is also very easy to modify it into something different as well.

I built these about a year ago and I was doing a few structures in basswood at the time. I don’t mind working in basswood and you can get some great weathering effects very easily that take more painting skills in styrene. Styrene is by far the best material to model with, but sometimes my moods change. Also that is why I said below the materials list that everything I used is not required and please use what you want.

As for the floor, it depends on the situation and maybe I should have addressed this better in the article. If you are going to light them or do an interior then a floor is a must. These are going on a module near the skyboard and atleast three feet from the viewer, so I left it out.

I thank you for bringing up these questions, on why I did or didn’t do something. There are dozens of ways to build a structure and it comes down to personal preference, there is nothing wrong with that.