It’s been setting on the work bench for a while but I finally found time to install the doors, windows, interior details, and lighting.

I built a false back interior wall, sides and ceiling from 1/4" plywood. The flooring is stained boards. I attached photos to the side and rear walls and mounted a few detail parts. The pots and pans are doll house accessories that I painted to look like cast iron. Most of the other parts are miscellaneous Ozark Miniatures detail parts from my scrap box. The candy jars are miniature glass bottles filled with tiny beads I stole from my wife’s sewing room (don’t tell her!)

I mounted a 14.8 volt Li-ion battery pack and added a 12 volt regulator.

I installed two strips of LEDs under the ceiling. Each strip has three LEDs.

Here is the view looking through the front door.

This shot is through the left window.

And this shot is through the right window.

Although the sign on the front says that Stan Cedarleaf runs the place, the truth is he spends most of his time at the back door watching the trains go by.

Until the next project strikes,

Bob

Nice, didya get the Cedarleaf discount?

I like the forced perspective, I used it in a mine tunnel once.

Excellent work.

John

Really nice job Bob. I love the perspective(s). How long do you think the battery will last with the six LEDs? A nice simple application.

Rich,

It’s an old 2200 mAh pack. Each three light strip draws 20 mA and the two strips are in parallel. The regulator is high efficiency but still draws a little bit, so I would expect to get about 50 to 55 hours on a fully charged pack. The battery is only used when the model is on display. When it is on the layout, it will plug into my low-voltage lighting system (Malibu type) that runs around the layout. The pigtails that connect the lighted structures to the low voltage wiring have a built in bridge rectifier to convert the 12 VAC circuit to 16.8 VDC. The regulators I use will handle up to 35 VDC input.

Bob

Looks good Bob

Yes, looking real good, Bob. Do you have pictures of the whole building from a couple of different angles?

Very nice. I have a new building I’m working on but it looks ridiculous all open and blank inside. I really like how you did that. Looks very detailed. I’ll have to try that. Thanks for posting. Great work.

some points of attraction, the jar of beads, arch over door, the window lintels, dual-power lighting.

Nicely done, Bob.

I didn’t realize Stan was born in 1892. Look good for your age, Stan!

that looks very good!

could you give a direction, where to get these jars?

and the boxes with fruit? (or are they homebuilt?)

Korm- local Michaels Craft store in my town sells them. I found a link online -

http://www.michaels.com/sparrow-innovations-miniatures-filled-corked-bottles/10397268.html#pmpt=qualifying&sz=24&start=62

Korm,

The fruit and vegetable crates are actually O Scale, but they work well in a forced perspective setting. They are available from Model Tech Studios as an unpainted set of four. Here is the link: link to crates

Bob

John Passaro said:

Do you have pictures of the whole building from a couple of different angles?

Here you go, John. I haven’t figured where it will go yet, but I took it out to the layout just to get a couple of photos in natural light. This is the front view:

Here is a 3/4 view so you can see the Burma-Shave sign on the side:

Here is a better view of the sign:

I’ll update later when I “plant” it permanently.

Bob

What did you use to model the block/stone walls? Looks great!

Pete Lassen said:

What did you use to model the block/stone walls? Looks great!

Pete,

Thanks. I used stone sheets from Lowe’s. Here are all the previous posts on this structure project that basically cover how I built it from start to finish:

http://largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22577/discontinued-stone-sheets-at-low

http://largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22740/using-paper-signs

http://largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22837/pictures-for-inside-buildings-st

http://largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22883/general-store-update

http://largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/22891/another-general-store-update

http://largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/23319/general-store-update-making-the-roof

Bob

Sooooooooooooooooooooo…you’ve been working hard since your retirement last Saturday, Bob ! Thanks for the pictures.

I’m trying to find something that doesn’t look right and I’m not seeing much. The birds, both signs, the weathervane are all nice touches, and the stovepipe and roof are weathered to perfection. I think you could have let the roof hang out farther past the walls on the sides of the building, but that’s so niggling compared with the fine overall effect.

Very nice store Bob.

Chris

John Passaro said:

… I think you could have let the roof hang out farther past the walls on the sides of the building, but that’s so niggling compared with the fine overall effect.

John,

Thanks for the compliments. I really thought long and hard about extending the roof further out over the side walls, but I was trying to stay as close as possible (within reason) to the look of the prototype. If I ever need to redo the roof due to the occasional hail storms we get around here, I may extend the next one out and have exposed rafter ends. Here’s what the prototype looks like today.

Bob

Beautiful building, Bob… (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)

Hi Bob… Wow… That’s awesome… Now I’m in the grocery business even after moving into a Senior Retirement Center…

Super job…

I can still watch trains, do business and eat at the same time… (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)