Not only did I need another industry, but I really needed a place to store some of my rolling stock.

So, the idea was born for a large building.  This one is 42” long by 24” wide.   It is designed to hold 2 rows of seven cars each.

I decided it would be a textile mill.  Doug Matheson, from Ottawa, Canada, has been a huge source of inspiration and advice, so I decided to name the textile mill in his honor.   

I used Google SketchUp to come up with a plan of how it might look.

I decided to make if from acrylic sheet covered with brick siding. The roof will be removable, allowing access to the cars stacked inside.

I ordered the acrylic sheet from TAP Plastics. It was heavy - over 63 pounds, but it was all cut to size.

Here you can see a few of the panels covered with the protective paper. I drew up some windows and doors on the computer and printed them out to see how it might look.

I ordered a vinyl sign from G Scale Graphics and they sent a pdf to try it out. It looks like it will work out just fine.