Gary likes the durability of concrete buildings. Scratchbuilding means that one can add features like diamond panes and automatic doors, as well as copy plans from the prototype.
Gary Condry
Gary Condry
Wooster, Ohio, Zone 6
Concrete
I modeled Cleveland Railway’s Wooster Office and Interurban Car Barn. I used QUIKRETE Vinyl Concrete Patcher, which I use for all my buildings. I used Stoneworks (www.rrstoneworks.com) siding flat-sheet forms and Stoneworks windows and doors. The windows have diamond panes in them: I use 1/4″ hardware cloth behind the clear plastic. Unfortunately, one can only see it close up or when it’s dark and the lights are on. The garage-door wall is plastic to better fasten doors to for such large openings. Now I’m working on the operating system for the doors to automatically open!
