I think you need to change the title of this post. It is hardly just another brick building. Very well done.
Now that look so real. Can really relate to that from the 40ths & 50ths.
Fanatic work.
Guys, never, ever tell Dunakin that he missed a detail. Not only will he call your bluff, he will also build a super-detailed model of same.
I have no more plaudits to give, Ray. “Ausgezeichnet,” as the VW ads used to say.
LOL!
When they say “insane detail”, the operative word is INSANE!
I love it!
Holy Crap Ray!!!
You’re mad. Yep, utterly mad.
OK crew
Did Ray miss anything?
Miss something?
I’m having trouble seeing such a modern soldering iron … they were called irons for a reason. A big chunk of metal was semi shaped to form a tip and the iron was heated in a charcoal oven… well that’s how I remember it!
John
Hmmm … Good point John.
I do remember that setup in junior high’s metal class.
That was how I learned to solder. That explains a lot!
Were is the messy can of flux paste?
Ray what time frame is your rail road set in ?
I think this is real. Ray just superimposed a giant penny…
I’m thinking when Ray does a video of his layout, the camera should be perpendicular to the tracks and the train should be going about 2 mile an hour. This way you can just peer in to every one of his phenomenal buildings! Pulling my jaw off of the floor now.
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Ray what time frame is your rail road set in ?
It’s kind of nebulous. Roughly, “post-WWII” to present.
“Is it real, or is it anther Dunakin model?” That’s a whopping great job (…modeling that penny). 
I tip ALL of my tools towards you Ray!
WOW… Ray… If I was looking into that vintage of a building, I would expect to see a ceiling fan slowly turning. And a Crosley calendar on the wall.
Dave Taylor said:
WOW… Ray… If I was looking into that vintage of a building, I would expect to see a ceiling fan slowly turning. And a Crosley calendar on the wall.
Uh oh. The gauntlet has been thrown… again.
I wanted the radio shop to have fluorescent lights, but of course there are no working fluorescent lights in 1/24th scale. However I had an idea for a way to possibly simulate the appearance of working fluorescents…
I started by using 1/16" acrylic rods to represent the tubes. Small rounded bits of styrene strip were glued to the ends:
The base of the fixture was made from a strip of .100" x .250" styrene. Three 1/8" holes were drilled through it:
I used thin sheet brass to make the reflectors:
After painting the fixture white, I glued on the tubes. To help disperse the light and to give the tubes a somewhat frosted look, I brushed on a very thin coat of fluorescent white paint that I had leftover from a Halloween project years ago:
I marked the positions of the three holes and drilled three larger holes in the ceiling. Then the fixture was glued in place. Three 3mm LEDs were inserted into the fixture, through the holes in the ceiling. You can just barely see the rounded ends of the LEDs showing through in this photo:
When I first connected a battery to the leads I was disappointed… the beam from the LEDs made three bright spots on the acrylic rods. However, when I tried photographing it, I found that it looks perfect in photos! Here are some test shots, looking through the windows of the building:
At this point I think I’m done with the radio shop. Next will be the barbershop details.
…winking…
Not gonna edit my original post but I need to say that your upper hinge pin on the back door is coming loose Ray and it needs tapped down