My first scratch built project was this trestle. I have 2 four foot dry
gultches to span. For one of them I scratch built a trestle bridge. Those
old Model Railroader magazines really are a great research tool. A number
of years ago, they ran a multi-part series on various railroad bridges.
The first two sections of this series where on trestles. Because of the
information in the series, I was able to create this model.
I have completed the second bridge. Instead of wood (trestle), it was as a brick bridge. I used Jig Stones (picture will follow). I want to complete a small one stall engine house using this technique sometime in the future.
 
This station was scratch built from a plan in the 1976 Model Railroader. It was called Christopher's Station. Above are two views of it. As can be seen from the first picture, this little station looks rather good int he garden setting. |
We always wanted to add a full size gazebo in our yard. Anytime we came
to discuss it, we always found that the project required too much time
and money. A scale one is the answer. I worked up a design that I thought
would work. It is about 18 inches in diameter. It was built entirely out
of cedar striped from 1x6 by 8 foot cedar boards. The top of the roof is
a copper piece that someday might have a weather vane on it. Can't you
imagine a small country wedding taking place in it?
From a plan seen in Model Railroader. It was actually meant to be a small
gas station. I thought it might make an excelent office for the lumber
yard. |
Here is one of a couple of views of the lumber shed. My HO layout always
had a lumber shed very similar to this one. The interior is all striped
cedar. I left it natural so that the beauty of the wood would age wth the
model. |
Here is shot of both building together. |
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Again, a model whose plan was found in Model Railroader a number of years
ago. I is meant to sit on the side of a sloaping hill. Being a one room
building, maybe the yard agent used this as a place to keep warm during
the winter. |