First project for 2010, sort of.

Well after receiving some Christmas gifts, it was off to the L.H.S (local hobby shop) for some supplies. Metal wheel sets for my HO rolling stock, couplers for my HO rolling stock (While I love the Kadee #5s I had been replacing my Tyco X2Fs with, Bachman EZ-mate IIs are much cheaper, I will have to wait and see how the plastic EZ-mates versus the metal Kadees go) paint (Engine Black) and glue.
I also bought some materials for a HO engine shed type arrangement:

• styrene sheet for general construction
• corrugated styrene for the roof (later realised some sort of tiling material would have been better but it looks okay so far and will look better with roof type paint)
• a stonework material that has a layer of moulded rubber textured to look like stonework, a layer of foam and a layer of the same rubber on the other side but with no stone texture.

The shed was to cover a single line of track for as much length was practicable to allow some rolling stock to hide from the dust on the layout. With dimensions based on the location, clearances for my rolling stock and a fairly simple peaked roof box design concept, off I went. The stone material looks great and cuts well with a sharp blade. Roof ridging was redone with full length strips when one of my children was honest enough to point out the roof looked, "bumpy". So please enjoy the picture that shows the current progress on the shed (To be done: painting, drainpipes, hinged doors and anything else I think of on the way)