Wood Shingles and Cement Floors - Locomotive Shop Part Three finishing up!

This week we FINISH THE LOCOMOTIVE SHOP on the logging railroad. We are adding 2,000 wood shingles and making "cement" floors out of balsa wood.

First, we apply 2,000 wood shingles made by Houseworks. (Houseworks half-scale (1/2" scale) dollhouse miniature cedar shingles 400 fer about seven bucks) Applied with good-old Elmer's Glue. Then stained with Watco Danish Wood Oil. (40% Walnut 60% Natural)

On to the "cement" floor. Just as the walls are balsa wood, the floor is made the same way. Except rather than the joints being burned in with a. wood burning tool, the joints here are cut in with a Zona Saw and then beveled with a three-sided file. Paint applied (should have shot with rattle-can primer first - OOPS) with Walmart acrylic colors mixed with a bit of Golden Acrylic Ground for Pastels Primer. Then cracks scratched in with a sharp point. And finally thin washes of the same type of paint in ick brown and flat black. And a few dobs of enamel gloss black fresh oil spills.

A bit of "soot" added to the roof and FINISHED! Except for the door hardware, hinges and knobs to be added as we get to them.

And no onto Angel's camp at Strebel Springs! The "big city" on the line.