Walthers Walton and sons lumber

[UlteriorModem]

I more or less finished this a while ago.

It is the Walthers kit Walton and sons lumber. I built it in option 2 two pieces. There pretty good but not happy with the roofing on the two larger buildings. These are just plopped down on the layout lots of scenery to be done. Also I forgot to do signage

20230718_165339 by Tom Whit, on Flickr

Anyhow first attempt at linking an image here on nscale.net, appears to be working.

[MRLdave]

Looks pretty nice.......I assume you aren't liking the gap between the large and small pieces of the roof? You can make a "cap" to cover that seam......some kits actually come with one. I make a lot of mine with heavy paper since it's easy to bend it to match the roof profile. I usually do mine before I paint the roof.........if you can find a close match colorwise, you can blend it in with some weathering. I've also done some with thin styrene, but it's hard to get it bent evenly. I've also just laid round stock into the seam and that works too.

[UlteriorModem]

Looks pretty nice.......I assume you aren't liking the gap between the large and small pieces of the roof? You can make a "cap" to cover that seam......some kits actually come with one. I make a lot of mine with heavy paper since it's easy to bend it to match the roof profile. I usually do mine before I paint the roof.........if you can find a close match colorwise, you can blend it in with some weathering. I've also done some with thin styrene, but it's hard to get it bent evenly. I've also just laid round stock into the seam and that works too.

Yea like a cap strip, thats good thinking! But yea the color match may be tricky, maybe just say 'it was recently replaced' and live with it

Not sure how round stock would work.

[WP&P]

I am used to seeing the spur for a lumber dealer be in the middle of some wide open paving, so there is room to maneuver a forklift around each side of the car for unloading. Accordingly, it feels like the two sheds ought to be set back a fair bit from the track. Maybe due to topography, one side is close to the track, while the other is away, and they just live with the hassle. But, some types of modern lumber cars (center beams) must be unloaded from each side, unlike a boxcar or classic flat car which can be accessed from just one side.

Also, the spur should maybe be buried in pavement, or else have pavement right up to the ties, again for forklift access. Once you settle on the configuration, the bases of each shed can be recessed or set flush into the pavement, whatever you choose to make that out of.

[Ekiben]

it feels like the two sheds ought to be set back a fair bit from the track.

I agree the building layout looks a bit tight. Could be cumbersome and dangerous for lumberyard staff and railway employees. I have the same kit and thought about maybe only using one in order to have more open space (pavement) on either side of the track...... but I still need to build the kit AND my layout .

Well done on the weathering and office roof texture. Can you share your techniques?

[MRLdave]

I added a lumber mill to the mix and placed the two storage buildings side by side with the mill across the tracks. I agree the clearance looks tight, but the kit may be designed to be a lumber yard before lumber was delivered on centerbeams and unloaded with forklifts,.......once upon a time, lumber was delivered in boxcars and was unloaded one stick at a time in which case you want the car as close to where you are going to pile the lumber as you can get.

[Ekiben]

the kit may be designed to be a lumber yard before lumber was delivered on centerbeams and unloaded with forklifts

This makes sense. My mother's uncles ran a lumber yard with a building like this in their small town on the Canadian prairies. I remember exploring the abandoned structure as a kid in the eighties.. Definitely not the kind of place you'd want to be running a forklift. A branchline to the town's grain elevator, located just down the street, ran alongside my uncle's road and I'm sure there was some kind of "team track" or unloading area nearby for them to receive lumber shipments. They probably unloaded them stick by stick into a wagon or trailer of some kind. Yikes, talk about hard work!

[MRLdave]

Looking at the kit, I wondered how a forklift would put lumber on the upper level. The bunks are perpendicular to the direction a forklift would be.

[P-LineSoo]

Neat kit. Would fit nicely on my layout, may have to pick one up, John Boy!