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Ledman's Lumber Ledman’s Lumber is based on Model Power’s Valley Lumber Mill (Catalog No 407). My construction method for this building varied from that used in the other wooden building: because of this building’s nature (painted with open access bays for drying wood) I decided to assemble the individual panels and then paint before final assembly. 
The back wall, gable ends, and interior panels for the lowest level were constructed from 6"x6" and 1"x8": 
Before assembly, each was painted Floquil’s dark green. I used Elmer's white glue for assembly so as to not cause damage to the paint. 
The flooring for the upper level is 2"x12" glued directly onto the lower level dividers and painted dark green where it is be outside the upper front wall. The upper floor wall is 1"x8" (for the wall) and 2"x6" (for doors) attached to a 6"x6" frame and painted dark green. Since the doors on the original model had hinges and handle details impressed from the mold, I modeled hinges and handles using 1mm x 2mm and 1mm x 2.5mm pieces of copper embossing: 
The next part of assembly was to add the upper tower. Rather than build this as sections and insert into the mill, I decided to build it board by board inside the structure and then paint. The gaps were purposely left to provide drying air flow. Since the roof has a small overhang, the gable tops were built separately and then glued on to the top of the upper story. The original model had a large horizontal boiler for steam power. Instead, I decided to go with a smaller vertical boiler (catalog # 1191 from Frenchman River Model Works - see the HO detail parts page) and move it from the back to the side of the mill. This way, the finished mill would fit better into the footprint available for it on my layout. CA is used to glue the piping to the side wall. The boiler and piping are painted with weathered black and the shed roof over it built from metal roofing (because of cinders). The shed roof is supported by a trio of supports built from 3"x3" lumber 
 | Ladders provide access to the front gantry. For these I used pre-assembled ladders (available from here – catalog #8492) cut to size and painted to match the rest of the mill. |
To support the roofing, I glued 3"x6" top beams between the gables and the upper story and the gables on the top and the main roofing consists of slate paper shingles glued onto the support structures. The cyclone blower was built up out of ABS and brass wire to get the right size and shape. After assembly, it is also painted weathered black and the piping is glued to the upper and lower roofs. 
 | The crane structure consists of a piece of copper foil cut to the proper size to act as a track and attached to the front of the upper story with CA. The gear is a small pulley from Alexander Scale Models (catalog #425) and a chain from A-line (catalog #29219) is used to run to the hook (available from American Model Builders (catalog #402) - These components are all painted weathered black. | The finishing touch is to add the cut lumber piles. For these, I cut fresh scale lumber and used 2"x4" as spacers (which would aid drying). 
The finished result is shown here in its temporary siding space during layout construction. 
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