This storage shed is the first structure that I built for the Lake Superior Northern Railroad (and my first S scale structure too!). It was kitbashed from an HO Scale Lionel Boiler House plastic kit. When I first saw the model, I noticed that the walls were fairly tall for an HO scale building. I thought that by adding a scale door and window, I could turn the model into a very reasonable S scale structure.
I began by removing the molded on brick foundation from each of the main walls with a razor saw because the bricks were just to small for S scale. I then discarded the office from one side of the model and the coal shed from the other side. I enlarged the door opening on one end wall to fit an S scale door and then cut a new opening for a small window. The S scale door and window came from Tichy Train Group. The openings for the two large windows were enlarged to approximately 6' x 8' and then I glued a piece of scribed styrene to the back of the walls to represent a large door on each side of the shed. The doors were then framed with scale 2x6 strip styrene and a piece of piano wire was used for a door handle of both of the large doors. Then once the walls were glued together, I used more strip styrene for bracing on the inside of the structure.
At this point, I painted the structure, the main roof, the cupola and the cupola roof with a spray can of gray primer. Once the roofs and cupola were painted, I glued them together and weathered the assembly with acrylic craft paint. Next I painted the body of the shed with white craft paint. A 1/4" thick piece of popular was cut to form the foundation of the shed. The foundation was painted with Rust-Oleum Camouflage Khaki spray paint and then attached to the building permanently. I then weathered the shed with powdered chalk to represent an older, but fairly well taken care of building. The weathered structure was sealed with Testor's Dullcoat. Finally, window glazing and shades were attached to the door and window.
This completes the first structure on the LSN railroad. More details with be added once the building is installed on the layout. I'll leave the roof removable to add interior lights in the future.