# Robert's Rigging Shed: Robert.G

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**Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://sierrawestforum.discourse.group/t/roberts-rigging-shed-robert-g/86/1 "2025-12-29T14:05:55Z")

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Robert started this thread in April, 2020

**Robert.G**  
April 2020 in O Scale Builds  
The Sawmill on hold ,for the time being, I started a new ,somewhat smaller kit. Smaller, but not less interesting , it’s the last one I have at hand here so I hope the corona misery will soon be over.

Anyway, whilst working on the walls, my attention was drawn in the manual by this little addition, The Outhouse. Holy sh°t, Never build one, my enthusiasm took the upper hand and I started Robert’s Rigging Shed build with this. Of course , and as usual, I deviated a bit from the manual. I ‘decorated’ the inside

I considered this as a mini diorama that will be placed on the final ’ ensemble’. As always final weathering, more specifically the grass and ground covering later.

I know, the roof is in need of repair, but nobody gives a sh°t…

I thought it would be a funny idea to put an old yellow pages phone book inside to be used for, well you know what. I only hope yellow pages were available at that time. If not, it’s a sort of poetic freedom from my side..

I know the photos are big, but otherwise you won’t see. …no, not that word again… 🙂

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**Comments**

**Mountaingoat**  
April 2020  
Love, love, love it! Incredible weathering of the wood and the vine is perfect. Even the yellow pages look tired. Rick

**MuddyCreekRR**  
April 2020  
Now that’s a fine outdoor Crapper…Very Nice

**brownbr**  
April 2020  
Very fine start to one of my favorite kits. It was the first SW kit that I built.

What did you use for the lichen. I like that a lot.

You may have a fingerprint on your camera lens.

**sdrees**  
April 2020  
Oh what Robert can do with an outhouse. Very nice!

**kebmo**  
April 2020  
mi kiaketsu no

**Joel**  
April 2020  
Fantastic stuff Robert. You never fail to impress. Just beautiful.

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
The wooden cable reels.

Now the thing is, compared with the ones that were cast in resin, which are perfect in proportion, I found the laser cut ones, cut in three layer plywood were too thick. Also on the top lasered layer , the woodgrain was perpendicular to the proposed boards of which the reel is made up from.

So, I decided to take off the top layer with an xacto knife and thus thin the thickness and also put the woodgrain in the right direction. MUCH better that way.  
It would be impossible to carve woodgrain in a longitudinal direction in a board that has a transverse cut.  
I also broke a piece of the underlying board so you could easily see that a side is made out of two layers. As in reality.

Anyways, I think it looks good.  
The weathering was done over a painted base layer of grey acryl paint. The different colors were painted on top of this. Chalk powder to finish it up.

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**brownbr**  
April 2020  
Turned out very nice.

**admin**  
April 2020  
outstanding! love the cable reels so much.

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
thanks Brett

**SteveCuster**  
April 2020  
Fantastic Robert. Your wood coloring is always perfect.

**Jerry**  
April 2020  
Just outstanding modeling!!

Jerry

**TomMich**  
April 2020  
Did the top layer of the plywood separate easily or did you have to do a lot of scraping? The cable reel with the underlying boards is a really neat detail.

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
Hey Tom, with a n° 11 xacto blade it went off without any problems. I did carve the lasered lines so the cut went through the first/top layer. The fact that this is transversal wood makes it very easy to take it off. It actually breaks in little parts.

**Joel**  
April 2020  
Great details and your colouring and texture are superb.

**TomMich**  
April 2020  
Thanks the explanation Robert. The reels turned out great!

**Mountaingoat**  
April 2020  
I’ve been around reels and the ones sitting out to rot look just like these. Well done. Rick

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
The first wall.

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**Mountaingoat**  
April 2020  
Fabulous! Rick

**brownbr**  
April 2020  
I really like the faded gray

**Joel**  
April 2020  
Great wood colouring and detailing. Fantastic all around.

**KCSTrains**  
April 2020  
Outstanding work. I have to remind myself that this is a model. You have a great sense of color. Phil

**trains4ms**  
April 2020  
Great job on the walls. The knots are some of the best I’ve seen. Some others are like 4 to 6 inches. These look great, as is all of your coloring. I wouldn’t mind getting on a plane either.

Mike S.

**TomMich**  
April 2020  
Wow! great detailing and coloring on the wood. Rusted door track is great also!

**Jerry**  
April 2020  
Beautiful coloring!

**EricMG**  
April 2020  
Unfair modelling. Admin. PLEASE bar this man for good!

**kebmo**  
April 2020  
we say that about you behind your back…

**kebmo**  
April 2020  
brownbr said:  
Very fine start to one of my favorite kits. It was the first SW kit that I built.

What did you use for the lichen. I like that a lot.

You may have a fingerprint on your camera lens.

bryan,  
it’s not a fingerprint on the lens. he captured the stench on film.

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
For Eric, more unfair modeling… 😃

The side yard wall…with a few extras 😉

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**EricMG**  
April 2020  
Different-sized nails depending on structural requirements. THAT IS REALLY UNFAIR!

**brownbr**  
April 2020  
Fine as usual. Really like how the last photo shows the working life of the sawhorse. What material/diameter is that rope by the way?

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
Sewing yarn, like the rope handles of the crates

**kebmo**  
April 2020  
i gotta get some.

**Joel**  
April 2020  
Just stunning. As always a treat to study and worth emulating.

**kebmo**  
April 2020  
robert,  
i can’t find sewing yarn anywhere. does it have another name?

**KCSTrains**  
April 2020  
Continues to amaze me. Phil

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
kebmo said:  
robert,  
i can’t find sewing yarn anywhere. does it have another name?

try sewing thread

**Robert.G**  
April 2020  
The rest of the walls. I tend to leave doors open so when a build is finished, one can piek inside.

There are always so many nice castings in the kits that I don’t won’t to hide them or see them only when a roof is taken off. And on a layout or diorama , that doesn’t happen a lot…

Also, one must not forget that all you see in the photos is in reality MUCH MUCH smaller.

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soon more.. 😉

**brownbr**  
April 2020  
Love it. Hope the LPs have their tetanus shots…that door handle looks dangerous.

**kebmo**  
April 2020 edited April 2020  
Robert.G said:

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try sewing thread  
i’ve got plenty of that! thanks for clarifying.

**MuddyCreekRR**  
April 2020  
Wow…just wow…

**KCSTrains**  
April 2020  
You are the weathering master!! Phil

**kebmo**  
April 2020  
Hear hear. And wouldn’t just love and greatly appreciate an on line clinic?

**Robert.G**  
May 2020  
OK guys, here it is. Robert’s Rigging Shed.

What did I do ?.. Well, I put a concrete base under the building because I wanted to make a small ramp for the reels. And it gave it some more height. I needed that because I made the corrugated area bigger so the panels had to start somewhat higher.

There is lightning inside. (pics later) No track yet because I want to put the two sheds, Rigging and Tool, together on a futur layout and it seemed easier to install track later in one go instead of connecting all the short parts of track.

The ropes, well I thought it was a nice idea.  
Hope you liked this build and now enjoy the photos. It was a fun kit with nice castings (as always ) . To bad it’s done.. snif snif… 😊

I don’t know about you guys, but I tend to keep the empty kit boxes with whatever is leftover. Not a space saving habit… 😊

Now I can move on with the Sawmill…

Thanks for watching and the comments you made.

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**MuddyCreekRR**  
May 2020  
Ok…enough of the real photos’…where are the ones of the model……..Wow…Just Wow…

**sdrees**  
May 2020  
WOW Robert!!!

**TomH**  
May 2020  
Incredible Robert! You’ve just reset your own bar which was amazing to begin with. Can’t wait for your next one!

**admin**  
May 2020  
Superb! What incredible modeling and photography.

**JayNSmith**  
May 2020  
Exactly - both are superb! Better than museum quality.

**Mountaingoat**  
May 2020  
You are a true master at making it all come together so incredibly believable. If you hadn’t said it was a model, I would surely thought prototype. Details, scenery, just everything fantastic.

Rick

**Karl.A**  
May 2020  
Outstanding modeling Robert.  
I always love the natural look, colour and texture throughout all of your work, can spot it anywhere.  
Your realism level is always among the highest, and the extra little touches you add to make it your own are always dead right.  
Beautiful stuff.

**TomMich**  
May 2020  
Outstanding! The scenery and details blend right in so naturally. The rope is a great addition. Especially love the “moss” growing on the reels. Not over done just right! Thanks for sharing.

**KCSTrains**  
May 2020  
I’m not joking when I say I thought it was a picture of a real shed. Your modeling is superb and when you combine it with good photography and a carefully chosen background, you pull off the ultimate - is this real or is it a model? I don’t know how it could be better. Great job. Phil

**brownbr**  
May 2020  
I love it. All around a fine model.

**Robert.G**  
May 2020  
Thanks guys. That last comment was for the insiders… 😉  
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Joel\*\*  
May 2020  
Thanks for sharing another spectacular build. Just a fantastic eye for colour and texture. Love it!

**geoawelch**  
January 2022  
There is nothing in any of the photos that gives away that this is a model in O scale. Amazing, Robert.

Thanks for including the link to this build in the newer thread.

George

**randyp**  
January 2022  
As usual great work Robert. The outhouse on the farm I grew up on was not in that bad a shape thank goodness.

**kebmo**  
January 2022  
interesting that you hang on to the boxes. i recently got rid of dueling shacks, woodcutters,and oneill’s boxes (both). i just cant hang on to them anymore…  
space eaters.

**Karl.A**  
January 2022  
Always a pleasure and an education to drool over these pictures and admire the skill and artistry. Beautiful and inspirational work.

**Pappy**  
January 2022  
Robert is the best by far!!

**JimK**  
January 2022  
Wonderful modeling. The realisim and artistry combined are fabulous. Just getting started on my build and like your idea of a concrete floor. Could you describe how you created it? I am thinking Durham’s Water Putty, but perhaps you had a better product, or just plain Plaster of Paris?

**Robert.G**  
January 2022  
Thanks Jim. It was a mix of plaster, cement and diluted white glue on a 3 mm cardboard base.

**JimK**  
February 2022  
This method seems quite complicated, but reveals the high level of artistry and skill which you employ in your fine modeling and resulting realism. Great results. Thanks for sharing your build.