I recently scratchbuilt the Bluffs enginehouse, but there are still lots of details to add inside and out. The model was built from styrene with photo siding using Lance Mindheim's method described at http://www.lancemindheim.com/photo_wallpaper.htm .
Prototype view of Bluffs enginehouse (AKA "The Barn") looking southwest. By: Joe Atkinson
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Overview of the Bluffs engine facility as it stands today. By: Joe Atkinson
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Looking northwest. Basic interior work (walls, bracing, and doors) has been completed, but I still need to add a cement floor and numerous details. The first interior door leads into the yard office. A lot of railfanning trips started with a visit to that office. :-) By: Joe Atkinson
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Looking west. To better fit the scene, the overall structure was shortened by two sections, leaving only eight windows instead of the prototype's ten. The roof vents were based on the prototype, with the #1 vent leaning to the west and the #3 vent missing its cap. They were built using the roof vents from Walthers grain bins, with added peaks, inserted into Grandt Line 55 gallon drums.
The roof is Evergreen corrugated siding on the east slope seen in this photo, painted Rustoleum High Heat Flat Aluminum and weathered with oils, while the west slope is just sheet styrene painted Floquil Grimy Black and weathered, representing the prototype's tarred surface there. By: Joe Atkinson
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Brad Williams' November 2009 aerial view of Bluffs yard (used with permission) gives a nice overview of what I'm trying to model...minus the GEs and all the November mud. From left to right, this view shows the Bluffs engine facility, rip tracks, yard, and intermodal ramp. By: Joe Atkinson
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Looking south (timetable east) at Bluffs yard and the new enginehouse. To keep the scene from being too deep to reach in, I condensed the prototype's two rip tracks that run to the right of the enginehouse into one that stubs against it. By: Joe Atkinson
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View of the service tracks with additional storage box cars Photoshopped in. By: Joe Atkinson
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Prototype view of Bluffs enginehouse (AKA "The Barn") looking southwest.
Overview of the Bluffs engine facility as it stands today.
Enginehouse looking southwest.
Looking northwest. Basic interior work (walls, bracing, and doors) has been completed, but I still need to add a cement floor and numerous details. The first interior door leads into the yard office. A lot of railfanning trips started with a visit to that office. :-)
Looking west. To better fit the scene, the overall structure was shortened by two sections, leaving only eight windows instead of the prototype's ten. The roof vents were based on the prototype, with the #1 vent leaning to the west and the #3 vent missing its cap. They were built using the roof vents from Walthers grain bins, with added peaks, inserted into Grandt Line 55 gallon drums.
The roof is Evergreen corrugated siding on the east slope seen in this photo, painted Rustoleum High Heat Flat Aluminum and weathered with oils, while the west slope is just sheet styrene painted Floquil Grimy Black and weathered, representing the prototype's tarred surface there.
Brad Williams' November 2009 aerial view of Bluffs yard (used with permission) gives a nice overview of what I'm trying to model...minus the GEs and all the November mud. From left to right, this view shows the Bluffs engine facility, rip tracks, yard, and intermodal ramp.
Looking south (timetable east) at Bluffs yard and the new enginehouse. To keep the scene from being too deep to reach in, I condensed the prototype's two rip tracks that run to the right of the enginehouse into one that stubs against it.
Overall view of Bluffs yard.
View of the service tracks with additional storage box cars Photoshopped in.
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