Did some more work on the super structure - gluing the sides together was relatively easy but adding the cross bracing was a bear.
I will be struggling with the hoist assembly - instructions are real fuzzy plus not any good diagrams. I read the instructions twice, stared at the drawings and decided to move on to the hoist house...............
The hoist house is shown below. Since it would be real difficult to access the inside for paint I decided to stain the inside first then glue. I will leave the insides alone and paint the outside. The ore skip is put together (sits inside the hoist house). I will leave the door part open so one can see the ore skip machinery inside.
Since the ore skip assembly is included I am adding a floor to the hoist house. I still need to add bracing to the floor since it warped after applying the stain. A weight on it over night reduced the warp considerably. Right now I am thinking instead of adding bracing inside place it on the bottom so the building looks like it is lifted off the ground. I had to place a weight on the roof also but once glue to the rafters it should be ok.
