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 Timberhonger plus a low-relief highish 'Jig-Stone' factory facade for one end of Timberhonger 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'!
