Modelling Maine Railroads

This morning I scratchbuilt a small tool shed based on a Washington and Old Dominion standard design. These tool sheds were found at most towns on the W&OD. It took me about two hours in all to build. I used clapboard wood sheet, and scale lumber for the trim. The roof is made from styrene covered in masking tape to represent tar paper.

Just thought I'd post this picture of the W&OD's logo. The logo is on a (non W&OD) caboose in a park in Herndon, Virginia, by the old right of way of the W&OD.

Here are a few pictures of a small scene that I started Yesterday. The building in the scene models a standard design section House on the Washington and Old Dominion. It is meant to go with my Dunn Loring station. The section house was scratch built in three nights with clapboard siding wood sheet. Scenery is a a layer of ground foam with static grass flock sprinkled over the ground foam, and the soaked with diluted white glue. The scenery is not yet finished. Looking towards the section house. I played around with the image color filters on my phone and converted the image to black and white. This is the so called vintage setting on my phone. I like how it looks personally, as it seems like a print from an old photo from the 1950s.

Like many (most?) model railroaders, I am interested in many different prototype railroads. Recently, I have been working on several structure models depicting buildings on the  Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (W&OD). The W&OD was a shortline that ran from Alexandria and Arlington Virginia, across fromWashington DC, to Purcellville Virginia. Last month I built a model of the W&OD's Dunn Loring station. The model was built from clapboard wood sheet siding with modified windows. I modified the windows to match a prototype photo of the station. The station was built in about five nights of work.