inspired by the Tim Warris’s amazing Bronx Terminal layout, I tried to copy his idea of rivets on the fascia. Unfortunately, I didn’t embrace them the way he did, and so my “rivets” are too sparse and small and just look like, well, #8 Round Head Robertson screws, which of course they are.
I’m about to start on turnout control installation again, and once those are in place, along with a mini-shelf I have planned, making the screws disappear is going to get a whole lot harder. So this week I am countersinking and filling all the screws.
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Hi Rene,
I actually think they look good, but I’m sure a smooth surface will look good as well. What is your fascia made from?
Greg
Thanks Greg. The fascia is 1/4” Masonite that I reclaimed from the renovation.
If you want a smooth surface don’t use screws. Maybe they are in the way of the new shelf or something but making a giant hole with a screw behind it and filling it is asking for trouble. The screws looked good.
There’s Rene “smooth” and there’s Andrew “smooth.” I’m only aiming for my level of smoothishness. 😀
For the Bronx layout, the robots fit a theme of boats. But I don’t feel it fits your 1900 rural Canadian seeing setting. A raw rough cut wood, with iron nails and splinters sticking out would be much better. Your operators could get the true experience of sliding there hands across your fascia and feel the essence of the time (and love with the consequences for days). Would be proper for my SR&RL too.
LOL. I think I’ve failed to convey the big idea of Pembroke! This is no sleepy rural backwater, but Canada’s Newest City! For the townsfolk, building the Pembroke Southern was their way of telling the CPR that they were a thoroughly modern city and wouldn’t sway to the whims of the money bags in Montreal. We have six scheduled trains a day, including through-service to the nation’s capital, from which direct sleeper connections are available to Boston and New York! Heck, you’re practically there already.
Hey, the SR&RL had six passenger trains a day serving Rangley, a Parlor Car, and connections to Boston and New York. So your definitely big time. How about Red Velvet on out fascia, lamps on the valences and stained glass like clerestory in the valence?
Hehe, now you’re talking!