Model Railroading > Scratchbuilding with ..... Hardie Plank ?

Sounds crazy, but its true.

Pic 1 - two sides assembled - I found the Hardie board in a pile of junk
behind a warehouse I own. It has been there for years but I never
bothered to get rid of it as the tenant didn't care, and it is made of
cement so it will not deteriorate or rot. 2x4's salvaged from another
building I own - tenant was a costume shop and they had 4 dressing rooms
made of 2x4 and 4x8 masonite sheets. They moved out and new tenant moved in
and wanted the rooms removed so I salvaged the lumber. Massonite is now on
my HO scale train room backdrops, 2x4's used here.
Pic 2 - 3rd and 4th sides assembled to sides in first pic
Pic 3 - Door made from old cedar fence planks, "chute" made
from old PCV 1" conduit, roof panels made from discarded galvanized metal

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The only thing I bought was a gallon of "Barn Red" paint from Home Depot,
and a tube of caulk and liquid nails.

The final touch was the hand lettering with white paint. The lovely Mrs Murphy
(RightWayMurphy?) models the model which will be delivered next week to a
7.5" gauge live steam track that I am helping to build. We have installed
some sidings on the large track layout but this will be the first real "scale"
structure on the line.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/14 17:39 by WrongWayMurphy.

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The grain elevator is big enough to double as an outhouse.

Always nice to find a use for the offcuts of Hardi-plank and most would suit your project. Generally will last but unused stuff doesn't like it if it sits in a wet place for great lengths of time. That is not likely a problem in Texas though. You can get aluminium corners which are dirt cheap and will protect the edges better than the chaulk you used. Too late now.

I don't know if I agree with how you placed your roofing corrugations though.

Rick

The Hardie cement board siding needs the ends to be primered once it has been cut. Looks like you found some cedarmill.....

Peter

rschonfelder Wrote:
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> The grain elevator is big enough to double as an
> outhouse.

More likely, his outhouse now looks like a grain elevator. :)

rschonfelder Wrote:
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> I don't know if I agree with how you placed your
> roofing corrugations though.

Yes well, the corrugated panel is 30" wide and I needed 34". I only found this
one panel so the only way the dimensions would work was turning it 90 deg.

Not my preferred placement either but it has been rained on already and it drains fine.
My goal was to build this using all recycled or discarded materials. I actually
considered making the paint but after researching that, it would have simply
been too much work and required purchasing ingredients I didn't have access to
so I punted and bought the paint (glad I did).

The goal was not to build the perfect scale grain elevator, but to build one that is
somewhat realistic, will handle being outdoors, and using free materials.

I like it! Out of curiosity, how much does it weigh???

Mike

unclebob Wrote:
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> I like it! Out of curiosity, how much does it
> weigh???
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> Mike

Best guess, about 200#