Windows

 

I have moved back to working on the engine house as I wait for turnouts to be delivered. I am using the Walthers Rolling Mill as the base for the structure, but I needed to get some widows to match the ones in the real engine house. I found some from Ticey that are a nice match for the ones down the side and I thought I found some that matches well for over the main doors from Grandt Line. I laid out the side windows and they look very good compared to the prototype.

The side windows.

I am not sure what happened to the ones over the doors, I received 3x2 pains not 4x2. I don’t know if I ordered the wrong ones or received the wrong ones, but they are incorrect. I figure I would try kitbashing the windows. I simply used a #17 chisel blade, making sure to keep the flat side towards the portion of the part I wanted to save.  A little extra trimming to make sure the windows were square I glued them together. Quicker and cheaper than looking and buying a more correct part and simpler than going through the process of 3D printing.

Careful trimming. 

Four built in less than 15 minutes. 

Not perfect, but much closer.