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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2021 2:53:01 GMT
Looking good again, George!!
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Post by Country Joe on Apr 30, 2021 21:34:37 GMT
George, you are doing a very nice job on these small models. 👍
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Post by g3750 on May 1, 2021 0:16:44 GMT
Updated 4/30/2021:
Thanks guys! Hard to believe that April is over, isn't it?
Today I managed to get the painted windows and window frames glued into the wall openings. I also cut the foundation lengthwise.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by g3750 on May 6, 2021 3:32:41 GMT
Updated 5/5/2021:
Classes are over! Final exams have been given and grades recorded! Only some paperwork remains!  So I began assembling two walls for the 3rd house (the second Tillman Farm House) on the hillside behind the Steubenville PRR Station. Here's the front gable end and the right side wall. I had to touch up the corner with some white paint.
In this next photo, I have clamped and glued two different walls where they form an inward corner. Only their backs (painted black and with curtains applied) are visible.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 10:34:45 GMT
George progress continues. That’s a good thing.
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Post by g3750 on May 6, 2021 14:28:31 GMT
George progress continues. That’s a good thing. Yes. Somehow amongst all the distractions, I'm making progress in spite of myself. 
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Post by g3750 on May 8, 2021 9:16:02 GMT
Updated 5/7/2021: Work on the 3rd house progresses! Here we have clamped together and glued the final wall assemblies.
A couple more photos of my favorite structure-building clamp.
As you can see, we have curtains hanging in the windows. These are made by City Classics. I wish we had them for O scale.
And for all that effort, the CA failed and the walls came apart as I removed them from the clamp. I ended up gluing everything together after positioning it on the house's foundation. Fortunately, holding things together for 10 seconds worked.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by Country Joe on May 8, 2021 14:20:10 GMT
The curtains add a lot to the building. I would think you could copy them into a file and print them in O scale on a heavy paper.
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Post by ptc on May 8, 2021 14:46:43 GMT
Nice work, George. The ten second option worked.
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Post by g3750 on May 10, 2021 0:31:36 GMT
Updated 5/9/2021: I made a determined effort today to get most of the 3rd house assembled. I didn't get there, but I have managed to mask off the upper story (lighting only the bottom floor), get the roof on, and paint the trim (to be installed either later tonight or tomorrow).
I still have the roof vent and chimney to paint and the porch needs to be assembled.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by g3750 on May 11, 2021 1:35:16 GMT
Updated 5/10/2021: More progress today! Got the roof vent painted and installed along with roof trim and the chimney. The gutter got installed as well.
The porch is in the process of being assembled.
More when I know it.
George
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Post by Adam on May 11, 2021 11:06:37 GMT
The house is coming together nicely!
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Post by ptc on May 11, 2021 12:06:56 GMT
Going o be a nice looking model house. Scenery does make a huge difference.
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Post by g3750 on May 11, 2021 13:20:02 GMT
The house is coming together nicely!
Thank you, Adam! Yes, this one (practice makes perfect, right? ) has been a bit smoother.
George
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Post by g3750 on May 11, 2021 13:32:38 GMT
Going o be a nice looking model house. Scenery does make a huge difference.
Yes, indeed. "Huge" is the word. My current approach is very different from what I used before. Because of inaccessibility, I can't just build bench work, lay and wire track, and then think about the scenery "in the future". I am having to finish areas of the layout and then move on. In a way, it's slower. But it is satisfying to know that a certain section is truly done.
Here's a composite photo that kind of sums up the area. Description below.
This is my 3D backdrop of HO houses along Highland Avenue in Steubenville, Ohio. It is a work-in-progress. When completed it will provide forced perspective for the O scale layout below it. Clockwise from the top left: 2020 Google Earth photo of Highland Avenue; a cross-section plan of the hillside from the siding to the crest; the second house on the street (a Walthers 933-3789 Tillman Farm House) in its 1950’s coloring; a 2010 photo of the first house on the street; a photo showing the test-fitting of the houses against the backdrop; the first house on the street in its 1950s color-scheme (a Walthers 933-3786 Two Story Frame House). The house models have been cut down to an appropriate depth, painted, and weathered. Curtains have been installed and their first floors are lighted.
George
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