Mayberry Barbershop

Nice job!  You may want to check out the Miller Engineering web site.  They have a barber poll that would look great outside the Mayberry Barber Shop.

WOW, this is a beautiful structure. Very nice.

You can't help but smile, looking at these photos.  Great workmanship.

Wow!

look terrific!

The LED color is fantastic!!

Andre.

I love it, and the whole Mayberry idea.  Fantastic.  Show us more pictures whenever you can.

Roger,

   Looks real good, definitely check out the Barber Pole from Miller!

PCRR/Dave

I didn't realize that the posted photos were before I put the window headers on and the three pieces of trim in the peak...

Makes me want to head on down to the fishin' hole...

Now if you can depict different episodes. 

The motorcycle side car with Andy sitting in it after Barney took off.

Great work.

Nice building. great talent

Brent

Looks really good. Interior ideas/sources? We gotta have an interior per Paula. Have a Miller barber pole. I'll see what we can find. Will be fun.

Any idea how many chairs were in Floyd's shop? You have watched shows recently. What other items?

Not sure if Floyd ever visited Manteo or not. Aunt Bea was there some and Don Knotts was a regular. Like most places, Manteo/Outer Banks have really changed in recent years. 

Back in the day, Andy did a lot for the town. Got his start there acting in the Lost Colony. It still plays every summer.

Lionel made an animated barber shop some years ago. I have one on the layout,but it stopped working. I have thought about putting some Grain of Wheat bulbs in it so it would at least light up.

Roger,

These are excellent buildings, Roger!  The Mayberry theme is an excellent idea!  Thanks for sharing these with us!

Nice work. I believe Floyd is cutting the Mayor's hair.

Andy was from Mt. Airy N.C., there is a block how set up as Mayberry. There is also a museum and playhouse to Andy. In the museum are the set pieces from Andy's Office. An interesting town to spend half a day.

Very nice work! America's got Talent!!

I like it.  Makes the store fronts pop out with the contrasting colors.  Nice work as well.

Is that Thelma Lou or Miss Crump? I was always kind partial to Miss Crump.

Great job as usual. Thanks for sharing

Love your "Mayberry" work! 

Roger,

you will try to make a stucco appearance on walls?

Andre.

I was able to get a few photos while Court was not in session...

Have you considered breaking a few windows and having Earnest T Bass running around the corner carrying a rock sack?

I see Walther's lists an O scale barberchair, but I can't seem to view any images- Has anyone seen or purchased? Calling this place a barbershop is plain false advertising if there isn't even a chair!

I ordered two earlier this week. Will let you know details as soon as received.

Check should go out Friday AM. Wife going to Madrid AM tomorrow and I have to do airport then go several places. That kills Thursday.

Loved the show, love your post. 

JohnJr

I finally made some lights for the front of my courthouse. I searched online, but nothing! These are made with warm white LED's and I have them scaled down to about a 12"-15" light in real life. I couldn't be happier!

I would have mounted the pair of them on the courthouse, but I couldn't find a small enough drill bit! They will mount almost flush, and have an adjustable trim piece for the wall. I will just trim down the stem once epoxied in. So, I shall visit the hardware store and hopefully by the weekend, this will be a respectable part of the town again. 

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I wish I had these for my AmeriTowne Fire Station project, but, at least I will have them for the Isaly's diner I am making out of the AmeriTowne Police station...

They never made references to any railroads on the show, did they? Would be cool if they had, you could model whatever RR they had mentioned...

I built some lights for the front when I couldn't find the style I needed- these are LED's, with a recessed LED in the ceiling.

I also repainted the trim, but still am not happy with the color. I guess that is the nice part of designing & constructing something- you tweak it until you're happy. I am pretty happy with the lights...

I went with LED's for the wall lights and ceiling light because I didn't want to worry about heat issues inside such a small plastic shade. I wired in resisters to handle 12v, but I am running these on 9 & I think they throw the perfect light. The warm white color turned out nice.

Now that the barbershop is done I will cut a single piece of masonite to mount the buildings- put in some sidewalks, benches, etc. It should be a pretty respectable diorama.

My wife just said, "That is a lot of empty space inside. How are you going to fill it up. Doesn't the town council meet at night in the courthouse."

I guess that the mayor has an office on the second floor. Have the furniture for that. But what the heck do you do downstairs?

Looks really good. The lights are perfect.

Was there a second tenant in the barber shop? Thinking about an old drug store unless there was something else. And maybe a pool table in between to serve as a wall. Only play after barbering is over.

Wil be fun.

Okay, found it above... T V repair. I think Miller has a sign.

In the barbershop you had Floyds, a TV repair and a grocery. I looked at the Miller barber pole, but it was like 6 feet tall in scale.