Blue Ridge Coal Company
February 23, 2011
The Blue Ridge Coal Company is a new HO Scale limited edition craftsman/laser kit. This is a very special kit and because of that this limited run will be 200 kits. The tipple is based on a prototype in New York State that would have seen its hayday at the turn of the century. Photos taken in the 1970s show a weathered and dilapidated structure. The Blue Ridge Coal Company can really be set in any era on any layout and be a focal point for your railroad.
I first saw the wooden coal tipple at an NMRA event in Woodstock, Ontario. It was built by Les Kauffeldt and I knew it was a winner when I first saw it across the contest room. Les won that competition and now you have the potential to build an award winning diorama with the Blue Ridge Coal Company.
This kit will allow you to take your modelling to a new level with brand new building jigs and techniques. This complicated looking kit goes together with such simplicity you will be amazed at your results.
The kit contains the following materials:
- 33 pages of detailed, step – by – step instructions (3 full colour pages reference photo graphs)
- custom designed signage
- detailed Weathering Tips & Techniques page
COAL TIPPLE (Dimensions 7″ x 2.5″)
- random scribed wood siding on the coal tipple
- corrugated metal roofing
- 49 highly detailed metal castings
- laser cut cardboard jigs to construct straight and square timber frame bents for your coal tipple
- laser cut coal bottom with laser cut timbers
- cardboard jigs to erect your tipple, keep it straight and glue your tipple together so that you don’t need 3 or 4 hands.
- templates to construct; x-bracing, and several loading docks
- coal elevator with in-ground coal pit
- coal chutes with handles
- laser etched coal plates and sliders
- stairwell and walkway jigs to construct the stairs
Weigh Scale Office (Dimensions 4″ x 5″)
- Random Clapboard Siding
- 2 tier resin foundation
- laser etched roof guidelines
- detailed metal roof castings
- laser cut rolled roofing
- detailed in-ground weigh scale
- highly detailed plastic window and door castings
- template to construct a loading dock
- laser cut window glazing
OTHER DETAILS:
- lots of stripwood to brace and complete your diorama
- a bag of coal to complete your diorama
- small tool shed that tucks under the coal tipple by the coal elevator and pit
- Vehicles are not included
U.S.A. Residents and Canadian Residents $99 + $15 Shipping
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Model of the Month — Law Office
February 5, 2011
The Model of the Month for February is the second kit in a three part series of heritage buildings in Calgary, Alberta. This month I have built the Law Office.
Look through the series of photos to see this kit come to life. Remember the steps for building a wooden craftsman kit are all the same:
1. Brace Walls or Distress Wood
2. Distress Wood or Brace Walls
3. Paint Walls
4. Prepare Windows and Doors (paint and glazing)
5. Prepare Castings
6. Paint Roofing (set a side)
7. Paint and add corner bracing
8. Install windows, doors and trim
9. Assemble Walls
10. Install roof panels and rolled roofing
11. Add details (castings)
12. Set in as a diorama
NOTE: As part of the series I am going to add signage and set in a diorama as part of my third installment (March)
Check out the photos below.
