A year or so ago I bought the Sewell station (made by State Tool & Die) at a train show. It is an old train station with a lot of gingerbread and flourishes. It is a laser cut thin wood.
Now to the problem. The wall with the bay window is 49mm tall and the opposite wall and both side walls are 47 1/2mm tall. Will this go together somehow, or will I need to trim some off? I don’t want to cut it and find out they made allowances for the discrepancy.
Anyone build this model?
I’ve got nothing to say, but I since I never heard of this company, I thought I would check it out.
http://www.statetoolanddie.com/ourproducts/sewell-station
There is no obvious reason why there should be that discrepancy, looking at the pics. Contact State Tool and see what they say.
After looking at Ed’s link, it’s affirmation for me why I no longer build wooden structures, either as scratchbuilds or kits, laser-cut or not.
With decent plans, often available from historical societies, that might have been a very enjoyable scratchbuild in styrene.
Kudos to the guy doing the building, though, especially for his perseverence.
Wayne
Sewell is appreciated by me.
Sewell has been modeled by many, done well by few.
Sewell is familiar with me.
Highlighted many times in Model Railroader magazine. Sewell was a Railroad owned mining town.
Sewell is a ghost town now… Sewell has a story… I’m sure someone can tell it… I could but not at this hour. G-Night-all
Thanks guys, and also Ed for the link to the story. This is a real pain in the butt mostly because of the extremely poor directions. But through trial and error, I’ve made some progress on it. The extremely thin window muntins are very easy to break, I’m up to 3 so far. [:O]
I just sent an email to State tool and die, so I’ll let you know what they say.
I’m going to make it an abandoned station that was turned into a restaurant (hopefully).
In that case, I’ll suggest a dumbwaiter going up to the second floor dining room.
Ed
That was rich… [(-D][(-D][(-D]
I already have a dumb waiter, will that work as a substitute? [swg]
Until he quits to go into politics, yes.
Ed
I have built this kit and am 99% done. I got it from the C&O historical society years ago. I don’t recall that particular issue when assembling the kit. It is challenging, but I found it fun to build.
Maybe you can post pics so I can get a sense of where your hang up is?
Joel
I got a reply yesterday from State Tool & Die. The fellow that answered me was the guy that built the model for the pictures in the website and also the instructions.
He said that he had to trim off the upper wall and around the section over the bay window.
So this is a known defect. They may have corrected it by now, but my kit was several years old by the time I bought it from a guy that decided it was too much work for him.
I figured that was the only way to correct it, but was hoping for a better solution.
Thanks guys,
Joe