Federal Compress Building for my layout.

Beautiful job!

Cesar

That looks great.  Thanks for showing it.  So will it be on your layout.  I also like the interior.  Did you print the walls yourself.  

That looks fantastic.  

I have 2 questions you could probably help with.  I have checked to see what type of foam board is best to use and come up with various answers. I am also wondering what type of adhesive you used to apply the card stock.

i really want to try my hand on something like this.  

Thanks,

Ed

Cesar, Thank you!

T8, Printed them on my home printer.

Ed, I started with spray adhesive but I did not like it, too much overspray mess. I used some double-sided tape but mostly Elmers wood glue spread thin with my finger on both surfaces. Forget ACC, it does not work with the foam. I used some Elmers glue sticks is a few places too. I am going to spray the whole thing with Krylon acrylic clear when finished. The foam core is from Walmart.

Malcolm

What's a Federal Compress building?

The building I am modeling was in Tylertown, MS and they stored baled cotton there after it was ginned. It was eventually shipped out in boxcars. The building and the railroad that served it are now gone.

 Great building

 What do you think is your final cost,and what type of foam from Wal-mart are you talking about,from the craft supply section ?

Malcolm....

Very nice!  I have used this same technique to build retaining walls and other structures on my layout and it really works well.  You have done a great job capturing the type of building that many of us here in the south have seen in "cotton towns".  The brick you chose looks perfect and the interior wood planking on the walls reminds me of the old compress in Trumann Arkansas....

Alan

Mack, Have calculated total cost, but the Clever downloads are $1.99 each. The foamboard is from the stationary section in Walmart. I found some at Dollar Tree over the weekend and it is a little thinner, I will try it on the next project.

Alan,

Thank you. My cousins and I used to play under the one in Tylertown when I was a kid, the town creek ran under it. I remember some big ole moccasins under there. It seems crazy now that we did that as kids.

Malcolm

For anyone needing brick sheet printouts I found this site that lets you customize your own style, size, and color of bricks. The program will also generate multiple different patterns of the same brick. It is very easy and fun to use. You can find it <HERE>

Looks great Malcolm,

I have used the 3m super 77.  I think it is okay, but not the best in humid climates.  Switched to black Foam Core from Staples. I like that better, especially around the window and door openings.  I have 11 Clever Models kits mixed in my layout with MTH and Lionelville structures.

-Ted

Be careful with the Dollar Tree foamboard, the backing tends to want to separate from the foam. I have several sheets of it.

Ted...I really like how you have mixed the Clever models within the rest of your layout.  Wish you would post more pictures!

Alan

Alan,

I'll start a new topic sometime later today or tonight.  I need to take some other photos.

-ted