Buildings and locomotive supply points.
I should state here that I use the 'Jig-Stone' mould system for this scale. I use the native random stone for the building which I find looks exactly scale when a 7/8" scale figure is placed by it. The mould's last a long time, in fact I purchased mine from Peter Chandler, the chap who thought up this method of building. I build my walls on a sheet of glass so they are vertical. I find 'Hard as Nails' great for bonding the brickwork.. Windows frames have the frame stuck on a square of wood painted black (as this is what you see looking into a house) with a hint of white paint....sun reflection/bloom?! The 'wooden bogs' (or as they say in America... 'the bath-room') are wooden fence posts cut with a slant to make a 'pent-roof'.
Its quite easy to nail on stripe wood to represent the 7/8" scale planking in a random manner. The roofing is in lead cut to size as 'slates' ....looks great in the flesh! The water tower has a 'Jig-Stone' base and a large square solid wood body to which the 'planking' is afixed as above! The notice board is another 16mm scale item. There is a door on the other side of the tower where station staff run a regular illicit cribbage game....less said about this the better....!
There will be more buildings appear as time goes by. I need a contractors yard office for the goods yard plus a low-relief highish 'Jig-Stone' factory facade for one end of the above mentioned yard plus workers snack bar.... (Rene's Diner) There are lots of small parcels of land to be filled up in the yard and possible a bit of a platform for the workers 'paddy-wagon's' trains to load and unload at. As the contractors engine is a 'wood burner', a log bunker would help as well. Since finishing off the loading dock at Rhubarb End I think we need a 'check-weighers' office as well!
The pictured office above shows how the 'Jig-Stone' system works for 7/8" scale. The water tower below shows what can be made with imagination plus 'Jig-Stones'!
