It's winter again and I'm back to building items for my future O-scale train layout.
I picked up this Victorian roof off ebay last summer.
In O-scale, it measures 41 foot for overall length and 16 foot wide at the back.
The hexagon section on the front measures 9 foot across and each of the dormers on the side measure 12 foot wide.
Two strips of wood are attached to the underside of the roof.
These will form the bracing for the side walls and hold the roof in place on the finished building.
This will be a store at ground level with living space on the second floor.
I cut out a base from 1/2 inch plywood.
The side walls are cut from old paneling and are being glued to the base.
The framework for the outside stairs has been added to the one side.
Once the outside of the building has been finished, two plastic stair sections will be mounted in place.
There is a landing about half way up on the staircase.
I have a set of side rails for a staircase but they are HO-scale.
The two sides are glued together and trimmed to fit on the staircase.
The rest of the framework for the staircase is covered with pieces of the paneling.
The outside of the staircase will be covered with a brick pattern the same as the rest of the building.
After looking at these last photos, I think that I will put a small window in the side of the staircase to show that this space under the stairs is being used for the store.
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For those of you that are interested, here are the links to the O-scale projects that I did last year.
general store http://gardentractor...rains-3-a-4279/
barn http://gardentractor...-finished-4663/
factory http://gardentractor...-finished-5477/
farm house http://gardentractor...ale-farm-house/
