Excellent structure build. This series has been very enjoyable ..full of tips, tricks and information. A great encouragement to someone who has never attempted scratch building.
A tip - the best thing I have found for glueing in doors, windows, and glueing *painted* styrene together is "canopy glue". It's like PVA on steroids, and will glue all sorts of things wonderfully. Best of all, it dries clear and stays where you put it. No solvent fingerprints! Really loving this series!
With the plans I have in mind for the little switching layout I'm building, there is probably some scratchbuilding in my future. If my efforts turn out even a third as well as yours, I will be ecstatic. Nice work.
Ron, that turned out perfect, great job. I like the weathering the way it is, but I am guessing that seeing it in person is a bit different than in a video. Thanks for sharing and stay safe. Ken
Nice video, Ron. Maybe add some rust on the edges of the dock door roll-ups? For the windows, why did you use tacky glue instead of canopy glue? Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks.
At around 8:40 you said, "I cemented the shed to the side of the head house with a mounting strip." What do you mean a mounting strip? Is it like double sided tape or what is it? The building looks awesome. It came together really good. Stay well. -Wil 👍
Good question. The back of the she'd is open,no back wall where it connects to the head house, so I glued a horizontal strip of styrene to the head house for the roof of the shed to sit on and glue to.
@@RonsTrainsNThings I got you now. I didn't think about the back shed wall being open when attaching it to the rest of the structure. If I'd used my brain a little bit more I wouldn't have had to ask. Thanks for answering my question. -Wil 👍
Love watching your videos! I have just got back into model railroading after a 12 year hiatus, and your videos are very helpful. One question I have about scratch building, where is the best place to get the materials? I want to use styrene and wood to scratch build all the structures on my future self layout, but am finding it difficult to find material in N scale.
If you have any general hobby stores in you area, that is a great place to get wood, brass, and styrene. The same materials are used in military modeling, war game modeling, rc model planes, etc. If you don't have a general hobby store near you, you can get what you need in styrene online at sites like Evergreen Scale Models and Plastruct and wood at Midwest Products or Micro Mark.
@@RonsTrainsNThings I'd also put a plug in for Midwest Model Railroad (no relation to Midwest Products). They also happen to be in my area, but far enough away that I usually mail order. They do a pretty good job of keeping scratchbuilding supplies in stock. I've only had one complaint over the years and that was a case of them accepting info from the manufacturer, not something they did themselves. And I can't expect anyone to double-check everything the manufacturers say, they're listing products, not reviewing them.
Check out this video of another scratch built structure you can build: ruclips.net/video/TwGB5EC1HII/видео.html
Excellent structure build. This series has been very enjoyable ..full of tips, tricks and information. A great encouragement to someone who has never attempted scratch building.
A tip - the best thing I have found for glueing in doors, windows, and glueing *painted* styrene together is "canopy glue". It's like PVA on steroids, and will glue all sorts of things wonderfully. Best of all, it dries clear and stays where you put it. No solvent fingerprints!
Really loving this series!
Your video are so well prepared I truly enjoy watching. So much I don't get my own hobbies done.
Thank you...now go do some work. 🤣
Very nice. Excellent job 🏆🚂
Very good series of videos Ron, thank you.
Nice video 👍🙋🏻♂️
Greetings Gert
Very nice building. Nice video series also. Thank You !
Great looking structure Ron . A job well done.
Awesome build!!!
Awesome Build Ron it looks fantastic, I enjoyed the whole series. Barry
Nice structure Ron, like the way it turnout....thanks for sharing....Jack 👍
Looks good, I like the amount of weathering you added.
Thanks, Joe.
With the plans I have in mind for the little switching layout I'm building, there is probably some scratchbuilding in my future. If my efforts turn out even a third as well as yours, I will be ecstatic. Nice work.
helpful to see how you handle those small parts.
Wow looks great Ron!
Awesome job on your great build Ron. Bob
Great stuff, Ron. So few people doing this type of work in N. Thank you!
Well, if your ar going to build an N scale layout of any size you will have to do some kit bashing and scratch building. I've come to really enjoy it.
Ron, very nice work!
Operations Next? Great Video
My first apartment wasn't as large as that model! That really anchors the scene.
Great vedeo Ron
Another great video!
Ron, that turned out perfect, great job. I like the weathering the way it is, but I am guessing that seeing it in person is a bit different than in a video. Thanks for sharing and stay safe. Ken
Hi Ken. I'm probably going to leve it as is. I think it just surprised me being against the white stricture.
Nice video, Ron. Maybe add some rust on the edges of the dock door roll-ups? For the windows, why did you use tacky glue instead of canopy glue? Inquiring minds want to know. Thanks.
I've used canopy glue. They both work equally well for window glazing.
I can’t wait to scratch build some of my stuff. I put 3 plywood tables as my train table. One sideways and two straight away from it. Like an L
At around 8:40 you said, "I cemented the shed to the side of the head house with a mounting strip." What do you mean a mounting strip? Is it like double sided tape or what is it? The building looks awesome. It came together really good.
Stay well. -Wil 👍
Good question. The back of the she'd is open,no back wall where it connects to the head house, so I glued a horizontal strip of styrene to the head house for the roof of the shed to sit on and glue to.
@@RonsTrainsNThings I got you now. I didn't think about the back shed wall being open when attaching it to the rest of the structure. If I'd used my brain a little bit more I wouldn't have had to ask. Thanks for answering my question. -Wil 👍
What glue do you use for the weathering powder
No glue. The pigment powders stick with just a bit of scrubbing. They are paint pigments after all.
Love watching your videos! I have just got back into model railroading after a 12 year hiatus, and your videos are very helpful. One question I have about scratch building, where is the best place to get the materials? I want to use styrene and wood to scratch build all the structures on my future self layout, but am finding it difficult to find material in N scale.
If you have any general hobby stores in you area, that is a great place to get wood, brass, and styrene. The same materials are used in military modeling, war game modeling, rc model planes, etc. If you don't have a general hobby store near you, you can get what you need in styrene online at sites like Evergreen Scale Models and Plastruct and wood at Midwest Products or Micro Mark.
Thank you for the info! I’ll check these sites out!
@@RonsTrainsNThings I'd also put a plug in for Midwest Model Railroad (no relation to Midwest Products). They also happen to be in my area, but far enough away that I usually mail order. They do a pretty good job of keeping scratchbuilding supplies in stock. I've only had one complaint over the years and that was a case of them accepting info from the manufacturer, not something they did themselves. And I can't expect anyone to double-check everything the manufacturers say, they're listing products, not reviewing them.
this would be gigantic if done in HO scale
Yes it would. That is one advantage of working in N scale.