In November 2010, Barry started working on a building project he has planned for some time. Below is his summary so far...
Here are the first pictures of Durango
station next to the yard. It is big, but not as big as I thought it would be. I
wanted to get a feel for how tight things would be, and I will be cutting the base
off to get some clearance to walk by it. The bay window sticks out about 2 and
3/4", and I need an additional 2 inches clearance between the bay window
and the edge of the ties. Ward, there is 13 square feet of roof on the entire
structure, so I will need that much roofing material. Got all of the siding on the three pieces, save for a
few trim boards to tie the three together. I finished the base and got it
attached to the layout. It uses four wing nuts to hold it on and two brackets.
The whole thing is removable and will slide under the layout, but I will have
to remove one of the smoke stacks on the two story part. I finished casting all
of the windows and doors and got them cleaned up, ready to paint. The next part
is to build the bay window and get it attached. - Barry
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