Lionel Rico station kitbash to CPR

It's a beautiful work! like these colors you choose for the inside. 

jpv in France

Albert the interior is coming out just as nicely as the exterior did.

Nice! Taking notes for sure! May I ask what are you using for the "wainscoting"?

Lol

   I’m not sure what “wainscoting “ is

I have not heard that term berfore please help me out here 

Al

Wainscoting is wood panels or milled bead board installed on the walls from the floor to some height usually 3 to 4 feet up the wall with a horizontal chair rail type molding at the top and baseboard molding at floor level.   Looks from the photos like you found something depicting bead board ?

Really nice job, makes me want to take my Rico station out and do some remodeling in the future, of course mine too is 90% assembled, bummer...  Great colors for that structure

albertstrains posted:

Lol

   I’m not sure what “wainscoting “ is

I have not heard that term berfore please help me out here 

Al

Here is a quick link with pics...

https://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/topics/wainscoting

Thank you Gentlemen for the clarification

  I would call it panelling lol Good to know the correct terms   

  I have been using Evergreen Plastic sheeting and Plastruct for materials     

  The wainscoting is O scale 3 1/4” car siding as well as the roof soffits that I ripped to 1” strips on my mini table saw

  Stocked up on some more plastic supplies and glue today at the local train shop 

Al

Like what you did with the windows, gives it that Sicamous Station look.

Hi Arthur I am trying to use standard or close to standard CPR colours and paint styles

   I am including a couple of pics of a preserved CPR station (Midnapore)as guide 

  The red primer could stand to be a little darker but shows detailing much better imho

Al

Beautiful work Al

Joe

Thank you Joe!

   I have done some modifications to my modifications lol

  1st floor was flimsy due to the thin styrene sheet I used so I strengthened with some 1” x 1/4” strips laminated with the panel design to pose as a pony wall around the perimeter     

 I also painted the interior walls the same colour as the first floor module

  I decided to make it easy to pull the floors out to detail for sanity sake   

  Here are some pics 

Al

That's going to be one nice station once done.  Will you be detailing the freight side as well?

   Well progress has been slow but i have almost finished the 2nd floor module  

 I will be installing another room for a bath tub sink and water closet if I can find some detail parts

   The ground floor still requires a ticket office built as well

  Coach Joe - I will be indeed be detailing the freight shed side as well

  I just thought I would cut my teeth on the easy part first lol

  Here are a few pics 

Al

Great job!

George

Excellent work!

 I have finished all the partition walls and now looking at installing a few led lites for illumination  

  Detail parts and glazing are next on the agenda . I need 3 toilets 1 bath tub 5 sinks and 2 wood stoves lol

Al

Very nice Albert.  Where are you planning on getting your detail parts?

Hi Joe

I am not sure at this time. Been checking on the bay but not much available that’s on the cheap lol

  I am quite open to suggestions as well 

Al

Al, the interior looks great!  On the landing a few stairs up from the main floor, where the stairs turn back, are you going to have a railing, half wall, or full height wall.  The half wall or railing would make the stairs more visible from the outside.

Mark Boyce posted:

Al, the interior looks great!  On the landing a few stairs up from the main floor, where the stairs turn back, are you going to have a railing, half wall, or full height wall.  The half wall or railing would make the stairs more visible from the outside.

A railing is a must there Mark (and Al;-) to keep the view clear! Fantastic build.

 Yes I concur about the railing in the landing

safety first! Thank you All for the kudos hope you’re enjoying the mods this far 

  I have been looking for detail parts like railings bannisters to no avail but nothing  lol

  This has been a project that one could totally go over the edge with in details but I need to balance $$$ available and where do you draw the line? I made it modular so I could easily work on it in the future with out to much fuss

 I am looking at making metal bed frames from copper wire and brass angle for the upstairs bedrooms but I need to run trains too!

 Detail parts via the internet will be costly so they will be added down the road unless I make the parts 

Al

Wonderful work. The colors make the model pop.

I agree on the detail parts.  You could grow broke buying everything you could fit in a station.  That is a great idea to make it modular, so you can add details when they become available or you build some.  You are right too about the need to take time out to run trains!!

Really nice work! Almost makes it worth taking my Rico Station apart.

Anyone know how to dissolve Testor's model glue?

Hi Sean

  You can dissolve old glue carefully with liquid styrene cement applied to the existing joint until it gets soft  and use a sharp blade to help separate the pieces   

  Some sanding required usually to clean and square up the pieces for reassembly

   I had to break apart the main roof for example to correct some of the errors in the original build

   It can be done just be patient lol

Al

Still playing around with scratch building more details to add some realism   

 I decided to make an orderboard and CP sign to dress up the exterior by using scrap styrene paint and some HO decals for graphics   

 I wasn’t sure how to detail the order board with chaulk writing until I came up with scribing the black painted surface with a sharp

point of an xacto blade. Im happy with the results   

 Here are a few pics 

Al

That method worked great, Al.  The board looks like it is really hand drawn with chalk!  

Good handwriting for something so small, especially with an Exacto knife.

Al - excellent job!

Joe

Wow!! Impressive. 

Fantastic work and great detail Al. First class job.

Andy