Workday Wednesday - January 24

Workday Wednesday - January 24

Doug sent me along some follow-up of the recent Workday Wednesday happenings with our affable WDWD crew.  All words are his!

The Wednesday crew had barely started back after New Years when we took an unplanned two week hiatus.  But we were back at it on Wednesday January 24.  

Fred joined Bill Scobie and myself in Bill's RGS shops over in  Gatineau (Aylmer, Quebec) to continue work on the new Glen Hammond station.  

All the wall components were laid out on the workbench.

Bill had brought out a miniature hobby chop saw for cutting the battens 

To simulate board and batten construction, we had previously decided that 12" boards would be used with 4 inch battens.  Doug Culham had cut the battens for us though we had to trim them to length.  In our chosen 1:24 scale, that would place the battens only 1/2 inch apart - however that looked too close aesthetically so we decided to place the battens on 1 inch centres.  The first step was to lay out the battens and mark their centres on a wall with the windows and doors just laid into place.

Once the wall was marked for the batten placement, we began the tedious task of cutting and gluing the battens.  I cut the battens to length using the chop saw and Bill finished the placement of the battens on the wall.  Here is Bill applying glue (Titebond 3)...

...and then placing a batten and weighting it down till the glue sets.

About this time, Pat Brennan joined us in the shop to properly supervise the work being done.

The first wall was completed and passed inspection.

All the walls were worked on in the same fashion and we ended our day with the application of battens on the plywood end grain of the front wall of the operator's bay.  

Bill looks on proudly...a job well done with coats of depot buff!  The windows and doors which Chris Ellens so beautifully 3d printed will be painted olive green - Bill has Floquil paints for these colours.

Following my posting of this blog entry, Bill sent me an e-mail to showcase as Bill says, "What Doug hadn't shown in his e-mail my way!"  Big grin!

 

The Wednesday work section went well but what Doug did not show  was other things in the shop. 

I have been working on two RugRatResins kits. They are the DH 84 DH 90 also the old Heller DH89. The neat thing about the DH 89 it was a Christmas gift from my mother about 40 years ago so finish it as the Globe & Mail “Flying Newsroom is fitting I think. 

Also working are two OzMods PC-9s. These are the early trainers in the RCAF.

 

Other things not long out of the shop are a TCA North Star a CPA North Star. Early CPA DC-3 a later CPA DC-3 and a TCA DC-3.

 

So other things are ongoing in the shop.

 

These are beautiful models, Bill! 

It's great to see an avid model railroader having broadened horizons...as Bill has exhibited.

I know these few models of Bill's are but a fraction of the aircraft he has built over the years.

Thanks so much Bill for this update!

Pat also sent along these late-breaking images from the work session.  Bill and Doug are certainly dedicated to our cause.

As is our handsome Father Fred!  Thanks Pat for these last two images as well.

Thanks, lads, for the great update.  Our railroad will be all the better for the wonderful work you fellas are doing to upgrade the structures.

Your efforts are appreciated by all!

Signing off...our Workday Wednesday crew for another week!

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 

January MMXXIV