Not plane,
nor bird,
nor even frog…
Ray can’t help you decide on the door. But as for securing it I’m a big fan of pinning. Drill out all 4 corners for 1/32 or 1/64 rod and put a very tiny dab of silicone on each rod or put a little fresh paint on the rod before putting into place. It won’t go anywhere.
Ray Dunakin said:
I’m planning to give the quarry stone blocks a colorful, banded sandstone look, similar to the blocks on the Nevada Northern’s depot in Ely, NV:
I am wondering if Ray will include working Christmas lights like the picture shows on the model. Just kidding, Ray. love the writing on the phone booth wall, how did you do that with brush or decal? Thanks for making these builds public , so that us mere mortals can learn from a master. I just noticed they are really trying to discourage people from sitting on the ledges there.
“Love the writing on the phone booth wall, how did you do that with brush or decal?”
I just used a sharpened pencil. Most of it is just tiny squiggles.
I had made such a mess of the dial, that I decided to try to fix it even though the phone is already glued into the booth. I carefully reached in with a tiny piece of emery board, and sanded off the existing dial. The I scaled down a photo of a real dial, printed it onto self-adhesive vinyl, cut it out, and mounted it on the phone. I touched up the edges with bit of black paint. I also added some small ads and posters to the interior of the booth:
Another casting I got from Bob Santos was a pot-bellied stove – just what I needed for the interior of the depot. I used a piece of brass tubing for the smokestack, and also glued a block of Sintra PVC to the bottom. This allows me to secure it with a screw from under the floor. That part of the stove won’t be visible through the windows of the depot:
The phone booth just keeps getting better and better.
Too cool, although I’m a bit disappointed that apparently the phone doesn’t actually work. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)(I’m probably wrong; that will be the next update.)
Now you just need a phone book with some pages torn out.
Great Bruce, now he going to add a cell phone speaker under the seat and have it play a ringing phone. That will drive the local feral cat nuts.
Ray you forgot the gum under the shelf!
Needs anther scrawl
Call Jenny 867 5309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON56AKnqbog
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Vic, who told you that was the password to our… (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-embarassed.gif)(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-undecided.gif)
Never mind.
To change the subject;
Quite a ‘ship in a bottle’ recovery on that dial (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
If it were my phone booth I’d add a Shakespeare quote, and a “Call BR-549”
Maybe something like “Toll free or not toll free, that is the question.”?
Lately I’ve been busy installing and wiring the depot’s lights, both interior and exterior, as well as making some more interior details, installing doors and windows, etc.
I made ceiling lamps out of clear plastic beads and brass-plated plastic buttons, with 3mm LEDs:
Here are a couple of the simple background details for the interior – a wall clock and a safe:
The safe is tucked into a corner and will only be partially visible through the bay window, which is why I didn’t put too much effort into it:
This next photo is a bit out of focus, but it does show some of the ceiling lamps:
I also made a vintage typewriter for the station master’s desk, just inside the bay window. I’m not very happy with the keys but it’ll have to do. I couldn’t think of any better way to represent them:
That’s all for now, more later.
Good thing you didn’t put too much effort into the safe because I’m already speechless. The lights are brilliant, imagination at its best.
Amazing to say the least!
and again you outperformed yourself…
Simple details? I think the details are perfect. I sure hope you can see them when they are in place on the pike.
What a great looking building ! If it was on my railroad you would most likely be purchasing your ticket from a giant spider by around July.
Ray,
I would tell you how great the detail is and I would talk of the magnifying glasses you must use and how steady your hands have to be to accomplish a quarter of what you accomplish on all of your builds. But, we’ve been asked to cease with the superfluous posts and redundant commentary just to increase our post count. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Oh, the hell with it. Damn that is some great modeling. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
