Quarry Stone Crusher Building

The article describes building both the crusher building on
the left and the bunker on the right. I am only going to use
the drawings and dimensions of the crusher building.

Using ¼" foam core I made a mock-up of the building to see how it would fit in the spot I wanted the crusher building to reside.

I liked where the building was to set. The auger and holding bin will be in the position as shown. Another building will be added with a conveyor coming out that will go to the loading bins.

With the location finalized I built, using luan plywood, the bottom half of the crusher building. The blue foam represents a cliff. This will hide the auger and holding bin. The green outline will be the beginning of the HOn3 coal mine portion of the layout.

I noticed that the luan structure had warped after assembly.
So I tried some Gator Board with good success.

After much contemplation on what I wanted to use I decided upon a block wall for the crusher building. But how to make
HO scale blocks was the big question. You'll find the answer at:
Rock Crusher and Engine Roundhouse Projects

The two doors and two windows were laid out and penciled in.

The first row ready to be glued on to the base. The styrene pieces
will be used for spacers between the blocks for mortar lines.

The first row glued on with the styrene spacers. The styrene is
.010" thick giving a mortar line of close to an inch in HO scale.

Three rows done. Many more to go. A strip of .010"
styrene was used between rows to give a mortar line.

A view of the corner of the building showing the corner blocks.