It’s screaming lambrequins and portieres
Rooster ’ said:
It’s screaming lambrequins and portieres
You made me look those up, haha! Sure, being a theater in the 1880’s, you bet!
BTW, that white’s just the primer; I have an off-white (supposedly) coming for the “white,” as you say.
Jim Rowson said:
Always fun to watch your builds, Cliff, and this one is no exception. You are doing a great job of hunkerin’
Hope the paint shows up soonish.
Thank ya kindly, Brother Jim!!
I just learned that, unfortunately, the paint is another 2 weeks out. For some reason, Home Depot kicked the paint order to the manufacturer (Behr), who is way behind on their special orders. I’m guessing the virus thing is forcing them to a reduced staff & etc. So I’ll keep messing with these windows next weekend… along with a bunch of yard work I’m in denial about… (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
Happy hunkerin’,
Cliff
I just saw this deal on ebay for streetlights. Not perfect in style, but WTH. Have to put in a resistor, but no big. Since the design consists of plastic parts slid onto a (looks like brass) tube, might be able to make them taller by inserting another piece. The price is right, so I ordered a set of 8 (for $13).
Cliff Jennings said:
Rooster ’ said:
It’s screaming lambrequins and portieres
You made me look those up, haha! Sure, being a theater in the 1880’s, you bet!
BTW, that white’s just the primer; I have an off-white (supposedly) coming for the “white,” as you say.
Disappointed you did not know this already Cliff!
Love it …(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Rooster ’ said:
Cliff Jennings said:
Rooster ’ said:
It’s screaming lambrequins and portieres
You made me look those up, haha! Sure, being a theater in the 1880’s, you bet!
BTW, that white’s just the primer; I have an off-white (supposedly) coming for the “white,” as you say.
Disappointed you did not know this already Cliff!
Love it …(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Well, I don’t generally stray to the pouffy stuff Rooster, but thanks for making that connection… and the opera house will be all the more realistic.
Just wait till we get to D street…
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Rooster ’ said:
It’s screaming lambrequins and portieres
Honestly the real question is what was happening on D Street back in the day in the hood ?
Funny you should ask…
Cliff Jennings said:
Funny you should ask…
Hopefully it involves lambrequins and portieres as I would like to do some lambrequins in my 1:1 home someday and been contemplating it for years.
Aw heck Rooster, most theaters have curtains, but do they have cherubim and seraphim?! Now if the cherubim and seraphim would just show up, we could finally settle that burning question left over since the Middle Ages. Just how many of them CAN really dance on the head of a pin! (Or was it Nazgul? Nah! Nazgul are kinda’ big!)
Dance Angmar! Dance!
Have fun, David Meashey
I Love it, David! However, I’m afraid Virginia City’s D street was on the other end of the spectrum, because this was where the “fallen angels” lived…
So Rooster, I expect that lambrequins and portieres were very much involved, haha!
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An interesting thread Cliff but for some reason the title makes me think it’s about a blue grass band. Sorry, I have a weird sense of humor (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Cliff Jennings said:
So Rooster, I expect that lambrequins and portieres were very much involved, haha!
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Absolutely Cliff!
So were roosters as they had a statue in the southeast corner!
Gary Buchanan, FOG said:
An interesting thread Cliff but for some reason the title makes me think it’s about a blue grass band. Sorry, I have a weird sense of humor (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Thanks Gary.
The title makes me think of a famous billiards player for some reason.
Cliff;
I think the term used in the latter part of the 19th century for the “professionals” who plied their trade on D Street was “soiled doves.” A rather interesting figure of speech, don’t you think?
Best, David Meashey
P.S. Had a turtle dove as a pet for about nine years. He was always leaving his opinion on the newspaper comics I kept on the floor of his cage!
Ah yes my little turtle dove I remember it well
This past weekend I worked on the doors and windows, starting with Piper’s Opera House. After a bit of knifing away the primer where it pooled in opening corners, the window & door parts finally all inserted properly. Then came screwing on the window light boxes from behind…
… and gluing the frames to the light box from the front.
Also had to dremel away the primer from where I need to glue parts directly to the foam (yes, next time I’ll mask it!!) (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-yell.gif)
Then I taped off the frames for a final round of black spray paint.
I could have done all the black spray paint at the same time, but I only realized I needed this area sprayed until this step. There’s little gaps between the frames and primed foam, and it would look really weird if light leaked out there. Anyway, here’s all the light boxes, ready for outfitting with curtains & stuff, and final installation.
Assembly of doors and windows themselves was fun, but I still need try to buff out some blemishes. These will all be glued directly to the foam.
I “stained” the balcony parts with spray paint, and then wiping it off. I let one represent a case of serious neglect…
I wrapped up with making some signs.
Except for the window box detailing, that’s about it. Mainly just painting ahead, and hopefully that’ll come the week. Oh, and all the rack-making, dirt moving, support blocks… OK, this’ll still be a while.
Thanks fer your continued interest,
===:> Cliffy
As usual: WOW!
Thanks Jim, haha!
WOW Cliff as usual looking extraordinary awesome