Happy Sunday everyone!!!!!! This week on the showcase we show you the new bridge at the entrance to Schenectady bought at York from Bridge Solutions for the Bellevue and Schenectady RR and we will do a little Rail fanning at the bridge and other locations and check out the incoming Trains. Enjoy!!! And show us those Scenery Projects- Big, small, Holiday Style and everything in between!!! Happy Railroading!!!-Don Klose









This Photo caught the tail end of the Mott Haven Merchandiser arriving in Schenectady from the Cleveland Avenue Interchange with Jim Policastro's Central NY RR.





Everybody hard at work at the Barnabas O'Reilly Lumber Company built by forum member madmike 3434- Mike Lynch

Hey Don, you do have trains!

This weeks weathering project…

Don, your scenery skills are outstanding, the shot of the lumber mill area is amazing!! Nice job!!

SIRT, what can I say, your weathering jobs always look so real!!

I have been working allot on the layout this week, mostly paint buildings and some boring stuff like wiring accessories but I was able to start on the Moonville station area, I still have a long way to go but I thought I would share some pictures of my progress so far.

The first set are a refinishing job I did on a Lionel toy store pre-built building. I even added my first interior, it's not as good as the fine folks Mark and Maria do for Don's but I think it's not bad for my first attempt. Here a similar building and what it looked like before...


Now heres the after....











My next project was working on an OGR Amerti-towne Burke Building, I've finished painting it and am still deciding whether to attempt another interior or just use the window coverings that came with the building....



And finally here is the progress on the Moonville station that I've started, I still have allot to do yet but here it is so far....










After working on the layout everyday all week long you look back on Friday at what you've done and it doesn't look like you've done anything?!?!?!? Sorry to be so long winded.

Paul

There was a request awhile back for more photos from the Kitbash contest. Here is my ACE Hardware in operation on my layout.

I've been working on a small little corner of my layout. My son did the boxcar. He put the flooring in and also made the crates. The pillar crane is a kit I picked up in York last week.

Dave

Every one of these projects are top shelf!

I'm still working on Sharky's Loan and Plaza Liquors

We are in negotiations with the USO and may be renting out the third floor to them.

Top notch work, guys!!

Catchy slogan, Ray.

This little project has been working on me all week.



The HO version was done from pictures and drawings which I no longer have, some I'm using it as the guide for the On30 version, with some modifications to narrow gauge it.



Both pictures were taken at the same time, in the same light.

Ray, The USO space should be "rent-free"! With the indecision of today's Commander-in-Chief, our brave military needs all the help we real Americans can give!

WOW!!!! You folks are true craftsman! I look in awe at these pictures every weekend in amazement. You make the scenes look so real. You should all be proud of what you have and will create. I know it does not mean much coming from me but I did want you to know that your work and pictures are appreciated.

Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing more!
Ken

Lots of great stuff posted this Sunday everybody

dk
I have been sitting here trying to visualize how to layout my new diorama area and you post this picture which solidified the idea of having a town area built on a hill. Your multilevel effect is terrific



The diorama is 7 feet long by 30 inch at the widest end. And want to showcase a brewery in the background and an 30ish type small town.



Would appreciate ideas or pictures of similar building scenes.

Dave, we sat down over a beer and decided $1 a year (paid up front) would be enough.

Wow, another great Sunday Showcase!

SIRT - I love that car to begin with and your top notch weathering is a beautiful touch.

Dave - Your son really has talent! Nice work on the crane too!

and Raymanssr2, I hope you will post another round of pictures once you rent the 3rd floor out at Sharky's.

I've continue my work on Fallingwater. Here are a couple photos of my progress. Today, I cut all the windows and terrace walls for the 3rd floor so I should be able to finish that section in fairly short order. (FYI, at least on my computer the red appears a little brighter in the photos than it really is, actually I'm not thrilled with the way the piece is photographing at this stage, but unfinished work is always a little raw)




I was worried about getting all these windows square and straight in this long run. For these I made a rectangular tube out of clear 1/16th" plexi and carefully shaved thin slices off on the band saw. A little clean up around the edges, paint and voila perfectly sized and square windows.


I am using real sandstone on the entire exterior and where it will be seen on the interior.


This terrace shot shows the stone floor.


Patty

Patty - Very nice work!
My Dad worked on the Frank Lloyd Wright house (The Crimson Beech)on Staten Island in 1959.
He also made scale models like yours on all his houses prior to building them.
He was from Bradford PA.
Brings back memories.

Keep up the good work.
Steve

Wow! There's some really terrific and innovative stuff in here this week. All of you keep raising the bar.

Patty - what you're doing is really interesting; I've been following it since the beginning. I am really digging that stacked-stone facade. Very interested in seeing the progress as it unfolds.

John

Nice job everyone!

Wow -- those windows turned out extremely well, Patty.

Steve,

How neat that your dad worked on the Crimson Beech house! Not many folks can say that. Was your interest in modeling sparked by your dad's model building? No wonder you are so good, it's in your blood! Did he do a model of the FLW house?

Patty

Beautiful work here again.

Patty, Where do you get the sandstone veneer. That is something that would work well for Leslie's next project.

Jim,

I found large flat stones on my property that were starting to break apart in very thin, small pieces the result of years of exposure. From there I used a diamond cutting wheel on a dremel to cut them into rectangular pieces for the walls but ones I'm using on the floors are "as is" in size, thickness and shape to what I picked off the large stones.

Patty

Patty,
Thanks for the tip! I can't wait to see how Fallingwater turns out, it's looking great so far.

Leslie is busy planting weeds around the barn so we don't have anything to show this week. :-(

Wow, Super nice work from everyone!

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Originally posted by MiniRR:
Steve,

How neat that your dad worked on the Crimson Beech house! Not many folks can say that. Was your interest in modeling sparked by your dad's model building? No wonder you are so good, it's in your blood! Did he do a model of the FLW house?

Patty

I'm a Lefty.
FLW House, no.

quote:

Originally posted by Jim M:
Patty,
Thanks for the tip! I can't wait to see how Fallingwater turns out, it's looking great so far.

Leslie is busy planting weeds around the barn so we don't have anything to show this week. :-(

We don't mind seeing "in-progress" weeds.

Don, beautiful work, Dirt as always, great weathering, KGsouth, Ace is the place, Dave Great detail, Like the hobo box car, Ray Great work, Vulcan as always...nice, Patty things are coming along nicely.
Here is a spray booth I finished today. Not much on scenerey but this should help me with my weathering and detailing. It's 26x20 and it's a little stout but I had the wood laying about. The fan is quiet which is nice and I built the light in the front. Can't wait to use it, maybe next weekend

Paul, that looks great!

But with all that electrical around it I would plug into a GFCI outlet. (Just a thought). I'm mainly concerned about the light in the paint booth. They are usually sealed, even in large industrial paint booths.

quote:

Originally posted by Vulcan:
We don't mind seeing "in-progress" weeds.

She does not know how she feels about this yet:

Great work everybody!

Patty, I think I see one of Scott's fingerprints on the third window down on the right

Dave

quote:

Originally posted by Jim M:

quote:

Originally posted by Vulcan:
We don't mind seeing "in-progress" weeds.

She does not know how she feels about this yet:

I think it's coming together great! I can tell there is a lot of time and thought put into it. And I know it's tedious work.

I also would like to see how you have the doors hung (sometime when you're ready), they look really cool.

And is that a basement vent I see in the lower section of the foundation?

Very nice work.

quote:

Originally posted by Vulcan:
Paul, that looks great!

But with all that electrical around it I would plug into a GFCI outlet. (Just a thought). I'm mainly concerned about the light in the paint booth. They are usually sealed, even in large industrial paint booths.

Thanks Vulcan, I have a GFCI in the garage outlet I'll be working in, but is there another way to get light into the booth or hang the light differently? Appreciate the input.

Thanks Vulcan,

I think what you are refering to as a basement vent is actually a window that is partially boarded up, just like the prototype was.

Here is a closeup of the hanging door:




Wire from a twist tie was used to fashion an eyebolt and drilled and glued into the top of the door.

quote:

Originally posted by Lip61:

quote:

Originally posted by Vulcan:
Paul, that looks great!

But with all that electrical around it I would plug into a GFCI outlet. (Just a thought). I'm mainly concerned about the light in the paint booth. They are usually sealed, even in large industrial paint booths.

Thanks Vulcan, I have a GFCI in the garage outlet I'll be working in, but is there another way to get light into the booth or hang the light differently? Appreciate the input.

Paul, I'm probably being overly cautious (which usually in these situations, I'm not) but having worked as an electrician and around commercial spray booths in the past my concerns are mainly with the light being in the booth ( as I mentioned earlier), not only is there an outlet in it but the switch is on it. Anytime you flip a switch there is a small electrical arc. That and paint fumes don't mix.

Light switches and the actual booth lights are mounted outside of the booth. In the case of the large commercial ones there is a plexiglas shield in the roof of the booth.

So, in your case, I would cut a hole in the roof and mount a sheet of plexiglas over the hole (sealed with caulk) and mount the light above that.

This may be overly cautious but you should err on caution. And let the vent fan run for awhile after, you think you're through, in case you find in a few minutes, you're not. And decide to flip that switch again.

quote:

Originally posted by Jim M:
Thanks Vulcan,

I think what you are refering to as a basement vent is actually a window that is partially boarded up, just like the prototype was.

Here is a closeup of the hanging door:




Wire from a twist tie was used to fashion an eyebolt and drilled and glued into the top of the door.

Thanks, Jim, Leslie, whoever I'm talking to?!?! I like it!

Paul, I should have added earlier, if you use only water-based paints, such as PolyScale, it won't be a problem. Just the petroleum-based paints, such as Floquil, that there might be a problem.

Patty:
That is one beautiful project. The Kaufmann family and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, (present care takers of Fallingwater) would be proud. You have real water on the layout, are you going to use real water/a real water fall, as part of the model?

Pictures from the Fallingwater website.

A link to the Fallingwater website.





Driving directions.

Nice pictures every one!
here my contribution.

quote:

Great work everybody!

Patty, I think I see one of Scott's fingerprints on the third window down on the right

Dave

LOL! I KNEW it!!

Good thing I have a case of Q-tips left over from Forbes Field!

Patty

quote:

Originally posted by dgauss:
Ray, The USO space should be "rent-free"! With the indecision of today's Commander-in-Chief, our brave military needs all the help we real Americans can give!

"we real Americans"???????
Please, let's leave the political commentary to the main OGR forum, where it's highly entertaining. I don't expect to see it here.

Other than that, another week of inspiring yet humbling work!

quote:

Originally posted by Vulcan:
Paul, I should have added earlier, if you use only water-based paints, such as PolyScale, it won't be a problem. Just the petroleum-based paints, such as Floquil, that there might be a problem.

Vulcan, thank you for all your input. I will move the light, caution is always better. I appreciate your feedback. I have a lot of water based paints but also wasnt to use Floquil, so I like to keep my options open.

A little late, but I was busy with schoolwork Sunday.

Took a break in between quant/pchem homework to snap some pics. I like this one:



(Weekend(s) project is that new industrial building.)

Thanks, Paul. I feel better about it.

That is a nice shot, Stephen.

Things are starting to move now

The USO will be occupying the third floor starting the 1st of the month.

We were able to get a couple of unauthorized pictures of the hall.





We should have better ones by Sunday.

Ray that's going to be terrific! I can see the band and the soldiers and women having a great time!! Happy Railroading!!!-Don Klose

Nice! I can envision GIs and girls dancing to a Glen Miller tune. Very cool.

"A dime a dance".

that looks awesome, Ray. You have a great skill for detailing. That room is totally convincing. What brick pattern/sheet did you use for the inside wall?

Thanks for sharing,
Nick

Nick

I used MBS brick from Evan's Software for the walls

the yellow brick for the stage was something I found and saved for future uses.

Looks great Ray, I can't wait until Sunday to see how it turns out.

Paul

quote:

Originally posted by ddurling:
"we real Americans"???????
Please, let's leave the political commentary to the main OGR forum, where it's highly entertaining. I don't expect to see it here.

We don't want it over there either.

Great stuff, everyone....I'm in San Diego for another day...I still get up at 0430....my problem is I'm still physiologically on Eastern time!

quote:

Originally posted by dgauss:
Ray, The USO space should be "rent-free"! With the indecision of today's Commander-in-Chief, our brave military needs all the help we real Americans can give!

Unless you're a full-blooded member of a Native American tribe,
you're no more real American than the rest of us. This is a
railroading site, not a political one.

Happy railroading!
Lee