CO-OP Storage Shed - Part 2

Well with the vacation and nice summer weather, it has taken me longer than I expected to get this far along in the project.

I initially planned to kitbash this pretty heavily, including adding a loading dock.  After looking some more at the way the structure walls and base are put together, I determined a dock would not be easy to accomplish.  I realized some minor modifications would produce a more realistic structure, appearing to have been upgraded for a busier and larger/more powerful trucks making delivers/pick-ups.

The first thing I did was trim off the first set of pillars around the CO-OP base.  I saved the cut pillars, not really sure why I did it at the time, just thought it would be a good idea.  I then used the base height as a cutting guide for the resin timber retaining wall I purchased while in Denver.  I cut the retaining wall a bit larger than need if adjustments needed to be made.  Yes, I forgot to take pictures of all this.

I then measured and cut the retaining wall to a rough length and glued a short and long side together.

Because the retaining wall isn't 100% straight, I glued the corner of one of the glued lengths to  the corner of the base.  I then bent the ends towards the corner, straightening out the retaining wall.  Timber retaining walls do move over time, so not having an perfect straight wall is okay.  Once bent into place, I glued the wall in place.

I then fit and trimmed the other length, gluing it into place to form a complete supporting wall around the edge of the structure base.  I used four (4) of the previously cut off posts (thankfully I saved them) to put a post in each of the four corners, hiding the seems and as I imagine in the prototype protecting the corners of the building from vehicle damage.

The base did not sit level and was a bit too tall (on purpose) once the retaining wall was glued into one piece.  Using a metal ruler as a guide I determined where the high and low spots were on the wall.  The interior posts also gave me the proper height I needed to achieve.

Placing a piece of medium grit sandpaper flat on my work desk, I took the base and sanded it for a few minutes, making sure to hit the high spots.  I stopped and checked for height and level every few minutes.  With about 10 minutes of sanding and measuring, I was able to have a nice level base at the correct height.

Next steps will include gluing the walls together, painting, putting the roof on and weathering.

CO-OP Storage Shed

The CO-OP Storage Shed was being sold at my local hobby store on clearance.  It is listed as being sold under the Walthers Cornerstone Series, but I believe it is produced by someone else and sold under the Walthers name.  Nothing wrong with that, just a bit of information, as you may be able to find this product from a different manufacture.

This is a very simple project.  There are very few parts for this structure.  In fact there are more "extra" parts for other structures sold by Walthers in the Cornerstone Series than there are used for this structure.  This will allow for me to add to my parts bin.

Here is a picture of all the parts within the package.

With the structures required parts removed from the spurs.  In fact the two tan side wall parts with the single window located in the lower right corner of the picture are not needed for the project.

Here are all the items for the parts bin.

Because the structure is so simple and there are so many extra parts, I think this would be a good candidate for some heavy kitbashing.  I am not 100% sure what I want to do to the building, but I will be adding a loading dock area to make it more functional in a city environment.  More details to follow as I plan some more bashing.