Taking all of the techniques used in his series so far, MALCOLM BRIGGS applies them to create a power house which, with adaptation, could easily find railway use.
In this series of articles, I have covered the basics of how to construct model buildings using plastic sheet, in particular focusing on brickwork, roofs and interiors. Along the way, we have built a small yard hut and looked at how shops can be put together.
In part five of the series, we are going to take those principles and apply them to a much larger building – in fact, it’s a whopper!
The building I’ve selected is the power house I built for my ‘OO’ gauge North Cornwall Brewery layout (HM163) – originally it would have been a boiler house to produce steam that was piped all around the site, but these days it powers a turbine that produces electricity.
Above: In this latest Making Buildings from Scratch instalment, Malcolm Briggs shows you how he built the superb power house building for his ‘OO’ gauge North Cornwall Brewery exhibition layout. Mike Wild.
However, it is very similar to a large engine shed or goods shed and so it is relevant to use it as a demonstration piece here. The techniques are largely the same as we have already used but the key differences …
