I recently bought the Union Ice House kit from a yard sale at the local model railroad club.  The kit I have was made by California Model Co. but I have seen it under a couple of other names as it is a very old kit.  I chose the kit because it was a cardboard type kit and I had no experience with building these.  The chief thing I have learned so far in the construction of this kit was that you can never have enough clamps.  At the suggestion of several people I used Elmer’s Wood Glue to build this.

This last weekend was the annual winter Open House at the San Leandro Historic Railway Society.  Overall it was a really good show, with no major problems or mishaps.

Here is a picture of three of the members running trains in the Roseville Yard.

And here is JJ dispatching.

And here is the temporary display set up on the future home of the G&O railroad.

I have finally taken the Fryxell Feed and Seed kit from JL Innovative Design as far as I intend before putting it on my (as of yet not built) layout; with the exception of the porch roof and the completion of the lobby roof.  I intend to leave the final weathering and details until that time to make sure that it will fit into the scene.  As you can see in this picture I have completed the weathering on the metal portion of the roof, added an interior to the office, and completed the office roof.

Notice how I have varied the individual pieces of the metal roof to make it look like some of the pieces have been replaced.  I used the Elmer’s glue pen to attach the signs into the office.  It did leave a residue, but as this area will not be completely visible it will not be a problem.  I painted the office roof black and then used the Eileen’s tacky glue to attach the gravel.