Fenway Park in O Scale?

Hoping Marty Fitzhenry chimes in..he probably has Gillette stadium on his layout

On one of my last visits to Marty's house, he showed me a replica of Fenway Park that someone gave to him. The lights work and everything. If I remember right, he and Dotty were going to make a home for it on the layout. 

John

There was a gent (now deceased) out in CA that had a killer Ebbets Field.

Simon

SCALE???? It'd be HUGE!!

In O scale the field alone would be over 6 ft down the lines and almost 9 ft from home plate to the center field wall. Then factor in room for the stadium itself and it's huge. Probably need a space 8 ft x 16ft.

Well, I was hoping someone would mention other baseball parks. Gentlemen and ladies (we must never forget the lady hobbyists among us), let me present, once again, my Popsicle old Yankee Stadium:

To make Fenway Park look original you need to put some rats in it.

eddie g posted:

To make Fenway Park look original you need to put some rats in it.

They did a couple of nights ago..the Dodgers

AMCDave posted:

SCALE???? It'd be HUGE!!

It was/is. I guess it's still around. The layout which was never completed had it's own building.

WILLYGEE from So. Portland. Never heard of him. Are you a TCA member?

Arnold, my father took me to the old Yankee  stadium one double header. 

What I remember were big burly guys carrying giant coolers announcing

"get your beer here" and "hot dawgs here" 

this and the excitement of the baseball game is what I am reminded of when you post your stadium photos. Gotta love it, layout details From a time machine creation. Always something awesome in your postwar layout.

leroof.

PS I dig the Red Sox too but my heart is in the Bronx, and PW trains.

Leroof posted:

Arnold, my father took me to the old Yankee  stadium one double header. 

What I remember were big burly guys carrying giant coolers announcing

"get your beer here" and "hot dawgs here" 

this and the excitement of the baseball game is what I am reminded of when you post your stadium photos. Gotta love it, layout details From a time machine creation. Always something awesome in your postwar layout.

leroof.

PS I dig the Red Sox too but my heart is in the Bronx, and PW trains.

 

We have much in common, Leroof, thank you so much for your kind words.

Concerning model railroading, if I can do it, anyone can do it. I have extremely limited modeling skills, but have managed over a long time to create a Postwar layout that I am very happy with. And it is wonderful to share it on this Forum. Arnold

PS: And it is so great to see photos of the layouts of all our Forum friends. I find something beautiful, clever and/or interesting about every one of them.

https://www.homefields.com/pro...-park-boston-red-sox

I have NO experience with these.

They are not inexpensive ($100 +) but they can be had in 3 different sizes (up to 19" at $200+) , 3 dimensional layered, L.E.D. illuminated, so forced perspective might work. Check them out.

justakid posted:

https://www.homefields.com/pro...-park-boston-red-sox

I have NO experience with these.

They are not inexpensive ($100 +) but they can be had in 3 different sizes (up to 19" at $200+) , 3 dimensional layered, L.E.D. illuminated, so forced perspective might work. Check them out.

Thanks, Justakid. I think up to 19 inches would be too small for O Gauge. My Yankee Stadium is much bigger than that. I think 19 inches might work for N scale. 

I would have no need for it to be precisely O Scale. Just for it to be a very rough aporoximation to O Scale. 

And away we go!

Simon

Simon Winter posted:

And away we go!

Simon

OMG, THAT'S  AWESOME!

For those who are Ebbetts Field and Brooklyn Dodger fans (and the Redsox just tied the LA Dodgers as I'm writing this), do yourself a favor and read the charming and beautifully written book, Wait Till Next Year, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. She is a great writer, a renown Presidential historian, who also was a huge Brooklyn Dodger fan and is now a huge Boston Redsox fan. This book is about baseball and much more: life in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Mom and Pop stores during that era, the good values and neighborhoods of that era, etc. Arnold

Our Fenway

shorling posted:

Our Fenway

 

Magnificent! Would love to see more close up shots of the Green Monster, the front facade, the playing field, the stands and little people there, etc. Arnold

Great World Series game tonight. 

That's a beautiful model, wish I had the room for something like that.  I went to many games at Ebbits field, left field, talked to Sandy Amoros once, the .50 cent seats in center field and occasionally O'Malley's seats behind the dugout (my Dad had connections ). 

When I first met my wife, we lived at 451 Park Drive in the Fenway, that is literally right over the Fenway station green line stop and about a block from Fenway Park. As someone else said it would be too big for the average layout but someone could surely make a Fenway Park fascia on a wall and create a nice Green line trolley stop in a Boston themed layout. Of course, none of this excited me being that I am just an old Bronx boy myself exiled here in Boston.

The science museum in Pittsburgh has an extensive O layout, and it includes a nice model of Forbes Field - it's way under scale, but still huge. 

As mentioned in an earlier post, anything approaching scale would consume a lot of real estate.  The distance between bases is longer than a pair of 40' boxcars. 

The old Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan might make an interesting modeling project. The stadium was right next to a railyard.

Sean007 posted:

The old Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan might make an interesting modeling project. The stadium was right next to a railyard.

Those were the days! New York City had three baseball teams. You rooted for one team and "hated" the other two.

MELGAR

Sean007 posted:

The old Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan might make an interesting modeling project. The stadium was right next to a railyard.

I agree, and I believe Yankee Stadium could be included because it was just on the other side of the tracks and river.

Using "Historic Aerials" measurement feature, I put the longest distance between any two points on the building's outer walls at 814 feet.

That is 5.09 feet in N Scale, 9.36 feet in HO Scale and 16.96 feet in O Scale.

Sean007 posted:

The old Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan might make an interesting modeling project. The stadium was right next to a railyard.

That yard served the IRT Ninth Avenue El. The Polo Grounds Station is shown at the upper right , while the bridge crossing the Harlem River to eventually connect to the Jerome Avenue El ( just a block north of Yankee Stadium) can be seen over the center field clubhouse.

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Sean007 posted:

The old Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan might make an interesting modeling project. The stadium was right next to a railyard.

I agree, and I believe Yankee Stadium could be included because it was just on the other side of the tracks and river.

The shortest distance between the two structures was 2385'. That would require one heck of a basement!

Nick Chillianis posted:

Using "Historic Aerials" measurement feature, I put the longest distance between any two points on the building's outer walls at 814 feet.

That is 5.09 feet in N Scale, 9.36 feet in HO Scale and 16.96 feet in O Scale.

 

 

Sean007 posted:

The old Polo Grounds in upper Manhattan might make an interesting modeling project. The stadium was right next to a railyard.

I think compression will be necessary for models of stadiums on layouts, the same way there is compression between towns and train stations on our layouts.

A scale model of a stadium on an O Gauge layout would be way too big.

eddie g posted:

WILLYGEE from So. Portland. Never heard of him. Are you a TCA member?

Eddie G, Looks like we may have another train guy in our neighborhood. 

John

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Great World Series game tonight. 

At least Red Sox Fans who model Fenway Park won't have to worry about the "Curse of The Bambino" possibly affecting their layout any more!  As a Detroit Tiger fan, I'm concerned we may be living with "The Curse of Dombrowski".

Firing that wonderful  General Manager several years ago has not worked out well for the Tigers.  It has for the Red Sox though: Rick Porcello, David Price,  Ian Kindler and J.D. Martinez.  The Houston Astros haven't fared too badly with one of my all time favorite pitchers either - Justin Verlander!  Well, we've managed to put some excitement in Boston and Houston with that move.

As to modeling Fenway Park, that is an awesome stadium.  You may have just inspired me to model Tiger Stadium - another old, venerable stadium - Ah, Rocky Colavito, Al Kaline, Denny McClain, Micky Lolich.....

Would love to see models of other stadiums for O gauge.  No more room, this is the best I can do.  I would be willing to spend a year, building a good model, but.....

My outdoor version.   Those facade pieces go all the way around.  They are made by a guy in Florida, I'm sure you could google it.  He can make them practically any size you need, could be perfect for an O gauge model.

This model of the new stadium is actually IN the new stadium, on the second level, Yankee museum.

Simon:  Completely awesome!

Dennis:  Cheer up, Fenway is already compressed, down the leftfield line.  My son and his catcher played there.  The sign reads 310, but, they say it is really only about 280.  They go crazy if anyone tries to step it off.

Norm Cash hit .361, with 46 homers in 1961.  Maybe the best second place team ever.  I think they won 103 games.  Frank Lary won 24.  Colavito hit 45.  It was the best year of Maris and Mantle though, who hit 115 between them.

Jerry

Note To Arnold:

Arnold, thanks for the very enjoyable thread.  I'm not a New Yorker, but, isn't that, "The House That Ruth Built" 

Note To Jerry:

Thanks Jerry!  Awesome pictures!  Pretty cool that your son pitched in Yankee stadium.

I remember the 1961 season very well, and enjoy the reminder about the Tiger's Stormin' Norman Cash!  Louis Arroyo was our Yankee nemesis, and, Frank Lary was the "Yankee Killer" for Detroit.    I wonder if anyone makes "O" gauge sized statues of famous baseball players.  That would likely require licensing fees, but would really be cool -- especially if made by Arttista. Wouldn't those be great on a stadium model, although, as noted above some compression from "O" scale might be required.

The animated baseball park on the gorgeous Lionel layout at the Carnegie Center in Pittsburgh, PA, the Miniature Railroad & Village ™,  is wonderful, as is the whole layout.

Baseball parks and model railroads are great combination.

Dennis, thanks, but it is Fenway that is purposely mis-marked.  Too embarrassing, I guess.  The boys got to hit a few off the wall in BP, but not during the few innings you play in a high school all-state game.

Fenway is a real phone booth, and they do a good job of shoeing people in there.  It's quaint, and, pretty antiquated.  You don't want to have to go to the bathroom, though.  Not during a real major league game with 37,000 in there.  The best part is, the stands are real close to the field.

The new Yankee stadium is the most comfortable and spacious of all.  There are tons of bars, restaurants, and clubs.  You can get practically anything to eat that you can think of, including fresh lobster, filet mignon, and prime rib.  Only costs you a small fortune....unless, of course, you're just there to see the ballgame.

This is a view from above Monument Park, then my son, his wife, and my daughter, with Mickey's monument.

You're correct, the old stadium was the "House that Ruth Built."  It was just across the street, and is now a park with multiple ballfields.  Loved that place.

Also, I'm having a hard time getting over that model of Ebbett's Field that Simon posted.  Beyond belief.

Jerry

Thanks Jerry.  I was thinking about Fenway and typed Yankee Stadium.  That picture with your son in Yankee pinstripes, his wife, and, your daughter is priceless. That would be so exciting to have your son playing in Fenway, and playing in an All-State game is quite an achievement. Congratulations.

This Yankee fan who likes the Redsox and Fenway Park is hoping the Redsox win the World Series, but hoping it goes at least 6 games so I can see Fenway at least 1 more time this year. LOL

Arnold D. Cribari posted:

This Yankee fan who likes the Redsox and Fenway Park is hoping the Redsox win the World Series, but hoping it goes at least 6 games so I can see Fenway at least 1 more time this year. LOL

Boy, and I thought Babe Ruth was the only Yankee fan that liked the Red Sox!

I hope your wish is granted!   I'd hope for 6 games to watch more of J.D. Martinez, one of my favorite players.  He went from literally being cut by the Houston Astros, to being picked up by the Tigers.  What a wonderful story!

...But, if you record the game, you can use the video to help build your Fenway replica for your layout....