Ripon & Wolf River RR

**Sakrison** · #1 01-02-2015, 12:13 AM

I hadn't noticed this forum section before. There is some neat stuff here.

Here's another background building I scratchbuilt over the New Year's holiday. I'll add side walls and roof when I figure out how far the building needs to extend from the backdrop.

The brick paper and freight door came from Clever Models. I used Photoshop to add the signs to the brick. The windows and foundation are from Paper Creek, the building design is from a 1953 issue of Model Railroader.

I printed the plan full-size from the magazine article (I have MR's digital archive on disk.) I laminated that to 2mm card, cut out the window and door openings, and applied the brick paper to the opposite side. (It occurs to me now that I could have applied the brick paper over the printed plan. My build is a mirror image of the plan; it didn't have to be.) Then I carefully cut through the brick paper from the back of each opening and folded the sides around the 2mm card.

I used Photoshop to size the windows and doors. One could just as easily fit the openings to available windows and doors, if you don't have Photoshop. The not-so-great image is a scan; my camera is out for repair.

Cheers,
--David

**Sakrison** · #2 01-02-2015, 09:49 AM

Here are some other paper models I've recently built for the shortline.

**Don Boose** · #3 01-02-2015, 09:59 AM

Acme Rocket-Powered Products reminds me of the Superior Detritus Company on the old G&D. The box cars advertised, among other things, "Basic Baloonium Ores."

All very fine building, David. I look forward to more on the R&WR. Perhaps the Carlisle and Cape May Railway and Steam Navigation Company will some day see the light of day.

Don

**Sakrison** · #4 01-02-2015, 10:10 AM

These aren't paper but the bridge, gravel loader, and Ruhmer Mill are prize winners.

I built the covered bridge from plans in Model Railroader. It required some rather elaborate jigs.

The gravel loader was a kit condensed from the prototype. I didn't like the kit materials so I threw them out and scratchbuilt the loader using the kit's prototype drawings.

Ruhmer Mill came from drawings in Model Railroader and was built as a mini-diorama back when I didn't have room for a layout.

W.I. Shaw & Co. was freelanced and named after my good friend jim Wishau.

**Don Boose** · #5 01-02-2015, 12:17 PM

These are really superb models - not surprisingly.

Don

**RAFleischman** · #6 01-02-2015, 12:48 PM

David,

Those are absolutely beautiful models! Do you have a layout, if so, I'd love to see it. I pulled out some of my HOn3 trains over the holidays (I'm not sure what I want to do with them.)

russ...

**Kevin WS** · #7 01-02-2015, 01:31 PM

Excellent building! Very impressed!

**Kevin WS** · #8 01-02-2015, 01:32 PM

I have been thinking of Z gauge, but the size of any buildings are tiny. Card would be the answer for these I guess.

**Pgtaylorart** · #9 01-02-2015, 02:20 PM

Great work as always David! I love to see the model RR stuff here, keep the pics coming.

**draccus** · #10 01-02-2015, 02:38 PM

This bridge is awesome