Port Dock Goods Shed

Progress with the goods shed saw it completed in few days. A quick sketch of the shed was made and the length determined by the fouling points at each end of the passing loop that goes around the shed. The rear profile boards were added and cut out with a jigsaw (6mm MDF). This acts as a sturdy rear "wall" for the half relief shed to be glued to when completed.

Later after the shed was nearing completion, I cut out a section in the rear
profile board to allow light into the shed as it was too dark for
the operator to see his wagons for shunting.

A piece of aluminium sheet was used to "laminate" all materials to......timbers were bandsaw cut Western Red Cedar (but any timber will do except Balsa), ends are Evergreen 2mm "V" groove by 1mm sheet thickness for strength.

Hand filing out the ends of the valances

The compound curve end valance "teeth" were filed out by hand. Roof material is "Corrugated Card" available at the newsagents. This is a great representation of the old "Deep Six" asbestos sheeting used everywhere in the 50s, 60s & 70s

The Goods Shed at Port Dock around the 1900s.
This shows clearly the signage back when it was fresher.

The text for the "Amgoorie Tea"
advertising sign on the side of the goods
shed was printed out on some photo paper.

The side wall was covered with corrugated iron from "Slaters" range of styrene sheets. A base colour of pale blue painted on then the stencil for the "Amgoorie Tea" sign made. The font I chose is "Britanic Bold" which isn't exactly like the original but its good enough for me. I had to stretch the lettering before printing on my printer and made the right length to fit. The original did have more advertising at the southern end but this model is only half the length of the real one so just the "Amgoorie Tea" was used. 

The cut out stencil placed ready for airbrushing the letters.

End view through the completed shed

The shed placed in position to see how it looks.
The blue grey on the ends was repainted
after learning of the correct colour in the
late 1950s and early 1960s.

After repainting the ends with a peach colour that was used on the shed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the office built on the end, it was weathered and installed. I also cut out the rear profile board with a long opening to let some light in as it was too dark during shunting operations to see where the wagons were placed under the shed. 

The completed Goods Shed with a "P" Class shunting for the first time!