Guess. That. Station!

Great progress! As another Canadian train nut, I will be following this thread! JohnA

Does your company, Railroad Avenue Reproductions, have a website? Thanks, JohnA

Sorry, Railway Avenue Reproductions….Canadians say railway, not railroad! JohnA

@John A posted:

Does your company, Railroad Avenue Reproductions, have a website? Thanks, JohnA

Not currently.  For now its just a hobby making station kits, or places found on the frequently named "Railway Avenue", and selling through ebay (whatever is in stock) or in person.  Usually whenever inspiration hits me, or by custom commission (size depending, and plans provided).  Probably will look into something after October when life settles down a bit. 

@DylTrains posted:

A WIP fresh off the 3d printer! The walls alone took 11 days straight of printing!

Anyone care to play "Guess. That. Station!" ?

I'll release a new photo or two, every time I hit a new milestone on this project.

If your guess is correct, I'll let you know in the comments.

The game ends with either a correct guess, or if the station is finished (with painted name) first!

Hint: Out of 5 near identical stations on this North American railway, Only 2 survive, this onewasn't one of them (meaning if you guess any of the 3 that were demolished its an accepted answer!)

First Photo:

Next step, Processing! Might contract out painting the brick walls later though...

I'm pretty sure that the roof line is totally different, but seeing those rounded window frames on the near end reminded me of the old Boston and Maine station in Laconia, New Hampshire, which I visited earlier this summer.

Those 3D printed brick walls look fabulous, by the way! I'm curious to see how the build progresses.

I have no idea but it looks good.  11 days for printing though?!? 

Brick Coloring!  Trying to decide between attempting to add white between the bricks, or keep it straight brick paint...

If yes, I will probably add some black 'aging' and select brick discoloration...

The Roof will be slightly weathered for sure, but the pale yellow of the trim/windows will not...

Makes me think of something that the CN would have had.

After the building proper has been painted!  After asking some local scenery experts, I was recommended to first paint the building in the mortar color, then use stiff makeup foam sponge wedges to apply the brick paint evenly on top, without filling in between the bricks (wipe excess off wedges first!). 

As I had already added enough coats of spray paint (more would make sure there was no gaps), I opted to spread slow-dry acrylic medium with a mortar color and wipe off the excess (with makeup sponges).  The brick color was re-applied with the same sponges on top.

Working on inside mock-ups of floorboarding, wallpaper, and wainscoting.  Stairs and interior doors 'added', but wont usually be seen.  Clear window panes were then used in windows (massive pain to install)!

As of posting, the station is already done and (temporarily) decorated for Christmas. (updating tomorrow here, and the forum weekend scenery posting, for a suggestion on adding snow temporarily to structures!).  Based off a former set of 5 CN stations, but these buildings were erected for a different eastern railway around the late 1800's (vastly predating CN). 

Looks like the Wallace, Nova Scotia station (or Tatamagouche station). There was a string of stations NS that were similar.

@Bruce Brown posted:

Looks like the Wallace, Nova Scotia station (or Tatamagouche station). There was a string of stations NS that were similar.

You know its a decent model when its recognizable! (Ding Ding! Correct!)

For the Intercolonial Railway (or the ICR), 5 near identical stations in Novia Scotia (Canada) were built around 1887 with PS Archibald as the architect and Sir Sandford Fleming as the Chief Engineer.

The stations located in Wallace, Oxford, Oxford Junction, Tatamagouche (or 'Tata' for short), and Pugwash, were along what was later known as Canadian National's Oxford Subdivision located between Amherst and Pictou(?).   

While Tatamagouche and Pugwash still stand (The train station inn, and Pugwash Library respectively), the other 3 in the set are no more.  These days the track has largely been lifted from the former line and converted to rail trail. 

If anyone is wondering about the snow on the roof/platform, it was created from Crayola Model Magic! Modeled to fit parts of the roof and dries in 3hours-3days to a slightly elastic smooth shape!  Easily paintable with Titanium (snow) White paint after and sticks with either double sided tape or sticky tack!

I would suggest using blue Model Magic, as you need 2-3 coats of white for the best color, but an undertone of blue would add definition to the snow blobs!