Hot outside, little work inside!
Here are some seats for the restaurant and the first curtain I cut in a cloth I used for my curtains (scale 1/1!)
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Hello, all,
I have worked on the left part of the station; now, the walls are glued on the floor; the ceiling and roof will remain removable to keep an access inside.
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Work of the day: ceiling and lights in the information office and waiting room; this evening, I will take another photo (this side of the station and the main hall together).
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Great job, it is really looking fantastic!
Art
Thanks, Chugman, it's very kind; sorry for the photo yesterday evening, forgotten!!
The beginning of the framework above the information office and waiting room; it is asymmetric as in reality; under, you can see the electric system on the ceiling; this one can slide along the walls to have an access inside the building(the station is in 3 parts not fastened but just side by side which is easier for work).
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Continue with the framework; all cardboard 3 and 1 mm thick for pieces in length; perhaps you think it will be fragile, but once the roof glued on, no. Light but strong!
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Fantastic modeling. I love the whole thing, amazing work. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful station and work.
Thanks JEM, big pleasure to share with you in the USA!
Today, the roof has been done and put in place on the building to have an idea of the appearance(painting is for tomorrow!)
Before beginning the building of Lyon Perrache last year, I hesitated between two stations: this one and the other one, Lyon Part Dieu, witch is the most important station in the city (120 000 passengers by day), but it was too big to reproduce! just one photo to see this huge building!
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jpv69,
I only know of one way to spell and say, "Wow!". You can share your fantastic work with this old man in California anytime, my friend.
There are still a few existing train sheds on this side of the pond. This one in Harrisburg Pa. is very similar in construction.
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/s...la&hsimp=yhs-004
Bruce
Thanks, Prewar Pappy!
----> Bruce: that's right, perhaps these two stations are sisters! I have seen the link and found a picture witch is very amazing when I compare with LYP. I will go to LYP and make a photo with the same point of view, very strange....
So, today I finich electricity in this part of the station and add "light well" (I don't know if it's correct!) on the roof of the corridor.
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And now, roofs are completed and painted on the left (south) side of the station; doors are lacking in the restaurant area; paint is drying!!
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Are you kidding me! Your station is unbelievably awesome!!! What a great talent.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on all of your progress.
I just found this topic today. Excellent work! It is a great looking station.
I did not know about the one in Harrisburg, that's only about 3 1/2 hour drive for me. Or maybe I should drive an hour to Pittsburgh and ride the train.
I'm speechless. Outstanding, beautiful work
wish I had the patience to do something like this
That is fantastic work! 
Thank you very much for your kind comments; now the week-end is coming and the " cardboard cutter" takes two days off!
However, I keep on working in drawings 2 and 3d; I will show you in another topic to have your opinion; it's not the same subject.
Hello,
As I said in my post on the 21st of August, I went to LYP yesterday evening to take a photo and compare with Harrisbourg station as Bruce told me.
First photo is Lyon Perrache; second one, Harrisbourg station; amazing, no?
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Uncannily similar....that is why I commented. And had passenger revenue been as healthy in the US as it is in Europe, maybe the Harrisburg station would have undergone an upgrade by now. Still, there's something to be said for retaining it's original structural appearance.
There's a few fascinating aspects of the passenger bridge that connects the platforms. It's entire length was raised to accommodate the catenary when the PRR electrified here. Apparently the jacking up process, by a small army of workers, took only a little over 2 hours, without an interruption of service.
Bruce
An amazing productions. Well done.
On the contrary, in LYP, the passenger bridge was added to the station and built in the 70'; they only had to lower the catenary which was installed in the 50'. I will show you soon some other interesting details of this station(and news of the model, of course!).
Thanks for your replies.
Only been spot checking the Forum lately and missed this thread till now.
Very nice work on this big undertaking. Please keep posting.
Thank you, redball342!
Don't think that Walthers kit comes close to this!
Amazing craftsmanship JPV
Joe
Thanks, Joe
I will work again on this station later (probably end of the year) because I have to do some building inside my apartment; after I will have space to display it. But it doesn't prevent me to work on it for some details or finishs.
jpv in France
jpv69 posted:Some others pictures after re-sizing
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3: main hall at night from the outside; I have not yet installed street lights!
The main hall with the interior lighting and arrivals/departures board is wonderful! (I was interested to read that you were using double-sided tape. I am finding so many modeling uses for it myself.)
Tomlinson Run Railroad
We need the TGV in O scale!
Thanks Tomlinson RRR, it's very kind! double sided tape is easy to use; the one I have is very thin but very strong; you sould not do any mistake when you fit two parts otherwise it's too late!!!!!!!!!!
BOILERMAKER-----> I know that a japaneese brand (KUMATA) has (had?) a model of the POS, the TGV which runs on the eastern line (Paris to Strasbourg and Germany); pay attention to your credit card, it could heat up.................
But in 1/1 scale, you will have soon an ALSTOM product on the NEC!
jpv in France
JPV:
I had time to read the whole thread.
Question -
When you say cardboard construction do you mean actual cardboard as in cardboard shipping boxes or some kind of heavy card stock that some kit manufacturers use? If normal cardboard how do you hide the serrated edges?
I have read about double sided tape. There is a 3M thin version of it here in the US that is good for model making (mostly as a base for roofing material) but the problem is it is $30-$40 per roll. So I never tried it. I was considering the tape for laminating thin plastic patterned sheets to plastic base to solve a problem with warping that occurs when solvent based cements are used. I changed from Plastruct Plastic Weld to 3M Super 77 contact adhesive a while back but this is still solvent based so laminated sheets (roofs / platforms / siding) have to be either glued in place or reinforced on the bottoms. Recently I read that Welbond white glue can be used to prevent warping since it is water based but have not tried it as yet.
Joe
Hi Joe,
Thanks for your interset!
The cardboard I use is called in french "carton bois"; I find it in a graphic arts shop; it is used for framing pictures or paintings (passe partout); available in 4, 3, 2 and 1 mm thick and sheets are 120 cm/ 80 cm. The one I use is 3mm thick.
I find in the same shop my double sided tape (brand: TESA, well known here) less expensive than your 3M (between 5 to 10€ per roll, it depends of the width). I use it for small pieces only; the big one are fixed with classic white glue (no warping at all). Except for this building where the beige frame is a single sheet of "carton bois" cut to dimensions in squares for the windows and fixed with double sided tape! (Marion is the first name of my daughter !)
jpv
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The backing boards I have seen in the US tend to be either corrugated (what I mistakenly called serrated) cardboard or foam core with plastic or paper lamination. I have used the foam core on occasion to make sidewalks.
I used foam core once to make a very large building . I laminated the foam core with plastic sheets using Walthers Goo as a contact adhesive (see attached photos). I have read in a few books that some modelers prefer a product called Strathmore board. It is apparently a 100% cotton product. If I had to do this building over again it would be all plastic sheets but it would also be a lot more expensive.
Joe
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That's really a well done huge building!
I used foam core once too as an attempt: it was a disaster......! back to the cardboard!
jpv
