Good Sunday!

A very AWESOME person hooked me up with a good supply of single face cardboard, so it was time to try my hand at a loggie.
It's been fun to assemble, but definitely requires a tiny bit different skill set. Trying not to crush the tubes on the single face board is a bit of a trick. I did find that you can stick a toothpick down them and pop them back out a bit if it happens.
Looking fwd to painting this one, I'm guessing that it is going to require a little more technique too than Im use to.
-Brian

I actually like your smaller, condensed version...we are sure your paint and finish job will be perfect...

Howard...

Thanks Howard!

Just got the primer on it... might start painting tonight.

This one should be cool.

Looking good!

Being a loggie fan....can't wait to see it finished!!!!

Hi Brian, this look great!!, I have the same problem with the one sided corrugated cardboard and I also used the toothpick when I glued the pieces in place so I wouldn’t crush the flutes. I even had problems crushing the flutes when I was cutting the cardboard so I but two pieces together, so the flutes interlock, then I cut through both pieces at once, this helped to prevent crushing the flutes.

Thank You Everybody!!

Lynn thank you for the tip! I will remember for next time! I think I got all the dents out, thankfully I didn't flatten anything beyond repair. I had a few ends start to flatten out when cutting too, but not too bad.

I've had a lot of fun painting this one. It looks a little different from the original but the same general idea I think. I believe I read on Papa Ted's site the original had white over spray, but I think Im going to leave it off this version. It's getting close to being done, I had to make a new batch of white coco for the roof and snow, and Im going to do a dark green coco on the base I think, and still need to make that. Hoping to have it all finished up by the weekend!

-Brian

P.S. Heres a link to building a Loggie that Howard and Paul did. Some great stuff in here!
http://www.bigindoortrains.com/primer/b ... loggie.htm

Good Morning!!

Worked on this house for about 3 hours last night after everybody went to bed and put the finishing touches on it while eating my Honey Nut Cheerios this morning.

You may notice I went with a little different color scheme than the original. Since this house was a Wee bit smaller the than its older counterpart, I decided to take a few more liberties with it. I only have one original loggie in my collection of vintage pieces, but I LOVE it for two reasons. The first is because it has a dark green base, and I dont have any other houses with a forest green base. The second is because it has Metallic Silver accents.
I didn't use the Silver on this house, but it was my inspiration for base color.

Hope everybody has a SUPER weekend!!
-Brian

DAG! You did it again. Thanks for posting!