A while back I built a model of a roadside diner using an old Eggerbahn 009 coach body as the eating area. It was a cute model but on the layout, whenever I looked at it I wanted to rip it out and start again. It was just too much of a pastiche even for me! So today I did rip it out of the leyout and rebuilt it to more realistic proportions.
The shack was reunited with its diner front and the signs refitted.
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| The original model |
I took off all details and then separated the rear kitchen shack from the coach body. I cut out the central window and fitted a Grandt Line door. Primed and then painted with acrylic. I matched the fence with more pieces and painted these white and weathered heavily. I didn't want the vestibule roof overhang so sawed a chunk out with a razor saw. Then I made the deck from Evergreen V groove siding and fitted the fencing.
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| The components |
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| Underside of deck |
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| Completed deck |
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| Underside of roof with first layer of tissue |
The roof was joined and filled roughly with plastic and covered with layers of tissue glued on lengthwise. 3 foot wide strips were then glued on perpendicular to the first to represent tarpaper.
The shack was reunited with its diner front and the signs refitted.
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| Complete |
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| Trying for size |
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