Waterville & Washington Railroad

Merry Chirstmas! Work continues on the Mopac's Blue Rapid, KS, depot. I've assembled the depot exterior walls and completed the asbestos siding on the ends. All windows are glued in. The bay window piece isn't glued in yet as I want to finish the interior to include the floor and walls. I received another order of styrene from Evergreen so I can work on the exterior corner trim pieces. I still need to install the interior trim around the windows/door and the wainscoting. I'm waiting for temperatures to warm up to allow me to airbrush.   South side of the depot Interior view looking west - awaiting floor, interior walls, and finishing North side of the depot - minus the bay window

  Progress images of the Blue Rapids, KS, depot build. I tackled the north side of the depot along with the bay window. You'll notice the skirting and asbestos siding are lower on the bay than on the side of the depot. The bay window as added in 1911 - 40 years after it was originally built in 1871 (haven't found documentation that it's not the original depot). All the door/windows and the bay are test fit. I still need to build and paint the trim pieces. Once the bay is installed, I will then assemble the four sides of the depot.   Line marks for asbestos siding installation.       Test fit of windows, doors, and the bay   Bay window   Down view of the bay window showing the four laminated sheets of .020 styrene   Interior view of the bay with windows test fit.

 Continuation of the Blue Rapids, KS, Missouri Pacific build in O scale (Proto:48). I went back and examined the south side of the prototype depot and it appears that there were a series of windows above the freight room door. Using the entry door as a guide, I scratch built the windows and sill. I've noticed that there are three different style of doors used on the freight room. I'm not sure what was used on the south side and made an educated guess to have it look similar to the north side door. The bay window build proved to be challenging especially trying to laminate three sheets of .020 styrene. I made an educated guess at the size and angle of the bay. I still need to laminate one more sheet for the interior of the depot to the bay.  Test fitting the bay to the depot. I still need to paint the north wall and then I'll attach the bay window. I haven't decided on when to install the asbestos siding. I think I may do it prior to installing the bay. There is a wood t...

  I started work on my Proto:48 Blue Rapids, KS, Missouri Pacific depot using a Cricut Maker to cut out the sides with window/door openings. The Circut software has a little bit of a learning curve, but there are a ton of online tutorials to follow and assist with doing just about anything with it. Using modified Tichy Train Group window/doors parts along with various Evergreen styrene parts and BEST 18" asbestos shingles to match the Rail Scale Models Asbestos siding. This is will be next project going forward. I want to model Blue Rapids (maybe Waterville too) circa late 1959/early 1960 time frame in P:48. This will be exciting for me.