Blackwater Canyon Line - September 8, 2024 - Town and Scratchbuild Planning

Mark,

You're doing great!  Trust me, I know what you're feeling.  But it's a marathon, not a sprint. 

George

Thank you, Peter, George!

Here is a photograph of the surviving stained glass window with the backlight on at night.  All these years, I didn't realize the case was even lit.  I think the colors are more uniform than the daytime photograph.  I will size it up and see if it looks any better in the building.

That window looks beautiful Mark! Can’t wait to see them all in place!

Mike

Thank you, Mike!

Here are two in place.  The left window is the one taken with daylight and interior lighting.  The one on the right is the one taken at night with the interior lighting off and only the backlight on.  See which you think looks better anyone. 

I should state that the glass window itself has a spade shaped top with the point pointing towards the ceiling.  I was thinking of blocking light from shining through the two concave sections of white which is actually part of the wooden frame painted white.

Mark color seems better with the right side window. I would black out all the edges to show only the glass curve. Nice job. Jeff

Hi Mark, I am with Jeff on this one, the right one with its color and lighting seems to give more to detail!

The right one looks far more natural, go for it.

All RIGHT Now!

@Mark Boyce posted:

Thank you, Mike!

Here are two in place.  The left window is the one taken with daylight and interior lighting.  The one on the right is the one taken at night with the interior lighting off and only the backlight on.  See which you think looks better anyone. 

I should state that the glass window itself has a spade shaped top with the point pointing towards the ceiling.  I was thinking of blocking light from shining through the two concave sections of white which is actually part of the wooden frame painted white.

Mark, I like the right one, and I would block the light on the white portion as well. The curved top portion will look great when lit at night.

Mike

I like the one on the Right also.

The right one also Mark, the colors seem clearer and more pronounced.

Gene

All RIGHT everyone!  Thank you for helping me get it RIGHT!  😃

I agree, I like the one on the right also!

Thank you, Jeff, Mike, Dave, Bob, Mike, Dave, Gene for your participation!  😊

It has been a few days, and I have cut out all the walls for the church.  Some won't have any windows like the back wall and the back of the tower, so I glued the brick siding to the lauan.  I got carried away and glued some of the siding on walls that will have windows anyway.  Oops!  Well, it is easy to slide a knife blade in to separate them to install the windows after painting.  Here are two photographs showing what I have now.  None of this really took very long, but I did all of it in 15 to 30 minute sessions.

Someone on a Facebook group was writing that his current train room was small at 13' x 20'.  I took these photographs to show him mine in 11' x 11'.  I told him I do get claustrophobic in this room from time to time. 

Things are looking good and the Boyce train room! I think you're doing a wonderful job on the church and even more that you can hold yourself together in such a small train room! LOL Just kidding Mark I think everything looks great!

Mark, I have driven passed here numerous times and the light bulb finally came on. This church is on route 322 in Campbelltown, PA; about 15” east of Hershey. I thought it looked very similar to yours.

Jay

Thank you, Mike and Jay!

Jay, that church does resemble mine.  I wonder if the white section between the top and bottom sections of stained glass is there because there is a balcony there.  I don't have a good idea of how the right side windows looked with the balcony inside on my prototype.  I haven't found anyone with a good memory, though I thought of one fellow who I haven't talked to yet.  If I don't find out, I'll just ad lib.

Mike, the small room came up several times yesterday.  I went over to Altoona, a 2-hour drive away, for a train show.  This was a strictly N-scale show.  Yes, I know; I'll explain.    The Altoona Train club has both an HO scale and an N scale layout, and offers open houses.  I have thought of going to the open house, but never have.  Last week I saw on Facebook that a former co-worker was listed as interested in a special N-scale event; modular layouts, vendors, layout tour.  I knew he was an N-scale collector when I worked with him, so I wasn't surprised.  I messaged him about the event and he encouraged me to go.  He introduced me to a friend, who has the premier N-scale hobby shop in Pittsburgh, as a former N-scale guy who is cramming an O-gauge layout in an N-scale sized room!    Spot on!!   The hobby shop friend said I had gone over to the dark side!    It was a great event for anyone who likes trains.  There were some masterfully done N-scale layouts and modules.