Last week I received the IHC Packing Plant and Cannery kits, which I bought from a german

ebay seller. During last week I built the kits and now they are nearly finished. Only some details are missing. And the roofs are not glued down, so that I can add some interior at a later date.

This is my laser-cut engine house in ON3 scale  I am testing mahogany plywood to give  an appearance of weathered raw (unpainted) shiplap.  I wanted to capture the varying shades of weathering from shaded brown  under the eves, to sun-bleached, and mud-splashed at the bottom.

The window system is all laser cut by me.  The 'glass' is plastic laminated to the mullions inside and out.

I thought it appropriate to introduce myself and my background first.
I've been a modeller for over 50 years (starting off with Hornby O gauge tinplate) and must have built more than 15 layouts, all UK Great Western Railway or British Rail Western Region and mostly UK OO gauge.

After reading and admiring all of the works of layouts, structure builds and rolling stock (in the back ground) I have finally decided to start some projects. I am starting a scratch bash project with a walthers round house. Some of the things I plan on doing include:

Full interior detail with lighting
Exterior lights
True wood beams
Upgrading the doors to central valley model works shop door (I really want them to work)
Weathering
Stone foundation (I was thinking that the outer edge would be a little lower then the track side)