Another Tower Build

“If you give away your arse, you’ll have to shite through your ribs”

That little pearl of wisdom was often quoted by my grandfather. Made good sense, don’t give away something you need, although I don’t think he ever took his own advice as he gave away everything.

The original Tower Kit I built for display I lent out to a store, and needing one for a local train show tomorrow (Copetown) I had to quickly build another one. I finished it up this morning, here are a few shots.

Sitting next to some glasses, for scale.

I did a quick count, this is the 5th one of these I have built. Got it down to about 4 hours.

-T.

About the Author:

I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!

Posted by: Tim | 02-21-2009 | 12:02 PM
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Introducing Warris KitWorks

Elevated Crossing Tower

For the last couple months we have been developing an HO scale laser cut kit to add to our Fast Tracks line.

I designed this structure a couple years ago when we first got our laser cutter. I had always intended on making it into a limited run kit, and now it has finally ready!

This is our first release, an Elevated Crossing Tower based on a CN prototype. While it is a prototype model, it would be at home on any layout.

There are a lot of great features to this kit, such as:

Laser cut micro plywood construction – very solid finished model
Removable roof – reveal the interior
Detailed interior – complete with wainscoted walls, desk and cast pot belly stove
Laser scribed styrene window glazing – simply bend and break for very precise glazing
Multi-layer construction – painting in contrasting colours is a snap
Laser cut and etched sandpaper shingle roof – simple pieces to complete roof
Very detailed exploded view instructions – included on a CD
Stair Jig – for easy staircase construction