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Randy, the shed in the back is the 6 pole shed from the woodcutter shack kit. This is where the track will lead for the handcar to be worked on under this shed, which is why it is sitting back. Have not tried it up front but I'll give it a try. You mentioned the bare spot on the front-left which is an area I've been thinking about also. My ideas have ranged from the elevated oil tank, a big pile of pallets and/or ties, a 2nd track to give the impression of a siding, or low/overgrown vegetation.
These are great ideas, keep them coming. This is why I posed the question because everyone here is very creative. I've now confirmed the footprint needed and I have some time to play around with the placements.
I'll move back to finishing the tank and shed while I ponder this.
I've also decided that if the station stays here, it will get shingles to match the water tower and if it gets its own diorama, I'm leaning towards get green tarpaper.
I like the standing seam but the ribs look to close together, it throws off the whole look for me. 50% more or twice as far apart on the seams and I'd love it,
but, out of those two options I'd have to go with the corrugated. But that's just my opinion. Personally, I think I'd shingle it.
Everything is coming together so well on this and the variations are playing out nicely.
Great stuff.
The station is going to be next for a roof though. The interior is in place as is a light so on to the roof. Shake shingle to match the water tower.
I kept the doors open wide to give a nice wide view of the interior details. Bigger details that are easy to see with just a few smaller details for interest. The open doors also act as a view block to focus attention. I should probably add some hint at hinges on the inside of the door frame.
Many neat little details to see in the interior of the depot. The one that jumped out at me was the empty soda bottle on the desk top.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
Ken and Tom, thanks and this is why its so hard to put the doors facing away from the front of the diorama. Such a wide opening to draw the viewer in.
Randy, I picked up those bricks years ago. A few have made it into several dioramas. Most notably into O'Neills where I built a round foundation for a donkey powered crane.
Actually, I was not as happy as I wanted to be with the smaller workshed and I liked Randy's free standing shed so much that I decided to add on. I put the small shed on brick footers and 6x6 to raise it enough to make room for a traveling hoist. I think the wood blended in OK. I kept the new side wall open to see the stonework on the tower.
Now I just need to coax that last bit of chain down into the block.
Randy, something just a bit different was the idea on the angled corners. While prepping for the floor, I did realize yesterday that I made it bigger than expected. Instead of building the framing for the outer corners into the header, I added the length of the corners to the header making it about 1/2" longer than expected. Oh well. Room for another workbench I suppose.