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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Dec 20, 2023 1:17:18 GMT
Thanks Bill!
The Metcalfe kits are great, but Healey does excellent work from scratch!
Tom
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Post by healey36 on Dec 20, 2023 15:39:33 GMT
Thanks Bill! The Metcalfe kits are great, but Healey does excellent work from scratch! Tom Hey Tom, I find the kits a bigger challenge. Cutting, mounting, aligning, that can all be a lot of work requiring quite a bit of precision, and by the looks of it, you've got that process down. The glittered buildings I've been making recently, not so much. The Mod-Podge, glitter, and an occasional piece of added trim covers up a lot of mistakes. The hard part is developing the idea...after that, it's pretty straight forward.
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Post by healey36 on Jan 13, 2024 18:15:00 GMT
Okay, almost done with this. Got the rest of the vellum paper window glazing printed and cemented in, the roofs are on, the signage all attached, the mini loading dock cemented in, the snow mounds applied, and lastly, it's glued to the base. Totally missed the wife's pre-Christmas deadline...oops. It's been a slog:  If this was to be a scale model, we'd have covered it in a variety of brick and stone paper, but it ain't. Next up...the glitter bin! |
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Post by Adam on Jan 13, 2024 18:49:44 GMT
Okay, almost done with this. Got the rest of the vellum paper window glazing printed and cemented in, the roofs are on, the signage all attached, the mini loading dock cemented in, the snow mounds applied, and lastly, it's glued to the base. Totally missed the wife's pre-Christmas deadline...oops. It's been a slog: If this was to be a scale model, we'd have covered it in a variety of brick and stone paper, but it ain't. Next up...the glitter bin! Looks great! |
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Post by healey36 on Jan 13, 2024 23:20:21 GMT
Okay, it's a bit tough fishing the lights into it, but I'm calling this done:  Looks like Chicago, last week. Brrr... |
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Post by rtraincollector on Jan 13, 2024 23:40:42 GMT
I have some I have never even opened, I would be willing to let go. I need to take pics and let who ever want them to make me an offer, not sure what I paid or they are worth
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Post by healey36 on May 11, 2024 11:55:45 GMT
Recently completed putz-style church (O-gauge approximate):  Last one of these for awhile. I'll be tracking glitter through the house for months after this. |
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Post by healey36 on Aug 16, 2024 16:30:58 GMT
Built this awhile back, "The Cornell" from the 1926 Sears, Roebuck Company Catalog of Houses:  Another for the under-the-Christmas-tree display. |
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Aug 16, 2024 17:27:10 GMT
Does paper *clad* count? My recent scratch built model of the old Cambridge train station used cardstock-printed texture files for the roof, siding, and brickwork, and even the windows and doors were laser cut from laminated sheets of plasticized cardstock:  The underlying structure is constructed of one-sixteenth inch basswood, and some of the trim is built with balsa wood or wooden coffee stirrers, but otherwise just about everything visible is cardstock, including the shadowbox images of the prototype building's interior (visible behind all the doors and windows) and the location signboards. |
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Post by josef on Aug 16, 2024 18:21:02 GMT
Built this awhile back, "The Cornell" from the 1926 Sears, Roebuck Company Catalog of Houses: Another for the under-the-Christmas-tree display. There were several of these Sears homes, the Cornell in my home town in Illinois.
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Post by healey36 on Aug 16, 2024 18:29:37 GMT
Does paper *clad* count? My recent scratch built model of the old Cambridge train station used cardstock-printed texture files for the roof, siding, and brickwork, and even the windows and doors were laser cut from laminated sheets of plasticized cardstock: The underlying structure is constructed of one-sixteenth inch basswood, and some of the trim is built with balsa wood or wooden coffee stirrers, but otherwise just about everything visible is cardstock, including the shadowbox images of the prototype building's interior (visible behind all the doors and windows) and the location signboards. Absolutely, and an outstanding example!
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Post by healey36 on Aug 16, 2024 18:32:31 GMT
Sears, being based in Chicago, probably sold beaucoup of their "kit" houses locally (Illinois). There are quite a few around here (Maryland), although it can be tough to identify them given nearly 100 years of "improvements".
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Post by healey36 on Sept 18, 2024 15:40:58 GMT
Being that these are paper models at their core, I should probably post pics here. I built another version of Paul Race's Vintage Lithograph Station, this one modified to include a covered platform at one end:  The graphics were modified slightly using MS Paint (made the doors green, deleted a couple of windows and added a door and the train schedule board, blackened the window interiors but added shades in random positions). The bench is just four pieces of matt board. I should have included a simple semaphore signal similar to those that Flyer had on some of their #90-type stations...maybe next time. |
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Post by atsda on Sept 18, 2024 15:51:54 GMT
Paul, very impressive with editing. Alfred
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Post by healey36 on Sept 29, 2024 13:35:00 GMT
Okay, one more, than I'm done with these for awhile. I've been looking for the approximately O-gauge size West Side Warehouse that was part of the Marx The Untouchables playset. It's a neat little tin building, but tough as nails to find in nice condition. I decided to make a paper rendition until a nice original turns up:  The heat's really on now to get the basement layout cleaned up and back in good operating order; the wife's decided to host a holiday gathering this December and wants the trains back in service. Good motivation. |
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