Show me your church

Here's mine it's on a pop out currently out of it's spot. I'm not sure of the manufacture I changed the steeple because this one had a bell in it.

Here's my church " Our Lady of Locomotion" custom made by Richard Kreig of the Railroad Crossing at York's Orange Hall.  He has several churches to select from.  His work is impeccable and his rates are VERY reasonable.  He's on line at The Railroad Crossing.

This is a Bachmann snap-together done by Master Modeler Walt in RC3R.

Joe, I am not sure which church this is, but I greatly modified it.  I added the steeple and cross, the stone-like exterior, and the stain glass windows. I also added the picket fence around the graveyard. The graveyard is filled with names that came over from the Mayflower, one of which is an ancestor...John Howland. 

Here ya go!

-Pete

Church I made for Christmas 2015.  standard guage layout with 72" rad. USA Track.  A few Barclay lead figures, skaters and sleigh

Started as a BTS kit that was too long and got run through the band saw to take off 25%....

This is smaller than O-Scale but being rather larger it will make an impression.  I intend to make an O-Scale sized 3 or 4 foot high foundation and add near O-Scale  steps in front.

mwb posted:

 

Started as a BTS kit that was too long and got run through the band saw to take off 25%....

So.....Martin!  If you bandsawed off the rear portion of the building, would you say this structure has been...'altared'?

(rim shot)

KD

New pump organ arriving, eh?

Joe,

   Ours are Ceramic, and there are a few of them.

PCRR/Dave

 In the 1st picture under the trestle are two, one behind the yellow and brown box car and the other behind the searchlight and Islays's tanker car.  In the 2nd picture on the left under the trestle beside the glass floriest shop.

dkdkrd posted:

mwb posted:

 Started as a BTS kit that was too long and got run through the band saw to take off 25%....

So.....Martin!  If you bandsawed off the rear portion of the building, would you say this structure has been...'altared'?

(rim shot)

KD

New pump organ arriving, eh?

Nah, it was sacrificed......

Piano actually that Rev. Maynard ordered in so that they could celebrate the harvest properly............you hear those cries?  Those are the cries of the carrots for tomorrow is harvest day, but for them it is the apocalypse.....

Mine is a wooden church my wife picked up at a Michael's craft store.  The size and footprint are a good representation of a small country church.  She painted it whit with a red roof, even painted stained glass windows.  I used some K-line spot lights for exterior illumination at night.  It fit right in to our little Lemax suburban neighborhood. No picture available because it is packed away right now.

Those are the cries of the carrots for tomorrow is harvest day, but for them it is the apocalypse.....

so then tomorrow it's apocalypse now?

This Church is one of the first building I purchased for my layout. I bought while I was visiting the old Mizells Hobby Shop in Colorado. Thanks for the opportunity to show it off.

"Show me your church"

I can't.  I don't go there anymore.

Dennis

Roger Wasson posted:

This Church is one of the first building I purchased for my layout. I bought while I was visiting the old Mizells Hobby Shop in Colorado. Thanks for the opportunity to show it off.

WOW..From searching I would guess it's not available anymore

No I am sure you could not purchase this again. I bought it in 2004. Mizells use to have a gentleman by the name of Rick that did these beautiful buildings. I have about 4 or 5 other buildings that Rick built on my layout.

If it's going to be a "squeeze" to find room for a flockominium, this one that shows up from time to time on 'That Infernal Auction Site' would probably be a press fit....

At 1:48 it's not your roadside chapel.

And, yet, it's kind of classic in its own way, ....IMHO, of course.

Hey, for the price, the parish shouldn't need a building loan from the archdiocese.

KD

Plasticville, untouched other than colored cellophane in windows.

Mayor Magoo posted:

Plasticville, untouched other than colored cellophane in windows.

I've considered the Plasticville church but what are the 'wings' on the corners. Could they be cut off and the building still be usable?

dobermann posted:

Mayor Magoo posted:

Plasticville, untouched other than colored cellophane in windows.

I've considered the Plasticville church but what are the 'wings' on the corners. Could they be cut off and the building still be usable?

Those are "butresses" or" mini-butresses", which are an architectural detail found on Gothic cathedrals, which is what this model is based on. On the model, there is a slot between the butresses and the main walls, which allows the walls to join at the corners. I suppose you could cut them off, but you would have to secure the corners with another method (perhaps glued wood braces), and then fill the joint crack.

Here is some info from Tandem Associates which shows the slots:

http://www.tandem-associates.c...cville/cathedral.htm

Dobermann,

I don't have access to the building at the moment as it is packed away, but what John points out is correct from what I recall.  We decided to sell our house and took the layout down last summer.  Now I live vicariously on the OGR Forum.

Steve

KD,

Is that a cardstock cathedral?

A lack of O scale funding mine is stalled....but hope to finish soon......made from Pegasus modular gaming kits. 

Ranger Rick posted:

Joe, I am not sure which church this is, but I greatly modified it.  I added the steeple and cross, the stone-like exterior, and the stain glass windows. I also added the picket fence around the graveyard.

 >> The graveyard is filled with names that came over from the Mayflower, one of which is an ancestor...John Howland. 

Interesting idea Ranger Rick.  What was your inspiration?  The old burial ground in Plymouth?  I can't tell from your photo but do you have a headstone for Francis Cooke?  If so your "peeps" and my "peeps" were neighbors.  I uncovered this fact just last weekend but when I saw how much it cost to join the Mayflower Society ($200), my first thought was how many O scale cars that would buy. My second thought was how many more N scale cars it would buy!  So, I won't be joining any time soon, but I did buy a bunch of new train models. =smile=

Tomlinson Run Railroad

P.S. - I liked your stonework exterior.

   Plasticville is " S" scale and is great for modeling distance and tight spots....

Tomlinson Run Railroad,

             Unfortunately, the headstone of Francis Cooke did not make it in my cemetery. Many other names Pilgrims did as many were offspring or relatives of  John Howland (Daggett, Rogers, Tilley, Bradford) . If you enlarge the photo you can read most of the names with the dates of birth and death. My aunt has gone deep into genealogy and is a member of both the Mayflower Society and the John Howland Society. Here is a painting by Mike Haywood depicting how close my genetic tree was  being erased from history!!!! That is John having been swept off the Mayflower. Here is a small tidbit of information that I gleaned that has a connection between our two ancestors: "John Howland died February 23, 1672/3 at the age of 80, having outlived all other male Mayflower passengers except John Cooke, son of Mayflower passenger Francis Cooke (John Cooke died in 1695). He is presumed to be buried on Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts."

Ranger Rick

This is a MarLines  (MARX) Church, repainted and a Plasticville cross on the steeple (original was lost).  This tooling was taken over by K-Line.

Great thread. Probably the least represented building on any layout.

Here in PA the saying is that in any small town there is either a church or a bar on the corner. 

Interesting, Rule292 from the "old country".  Here in my new home, Massachusetts, we have two or more churches for each small town.  The original 17th or 18th century state supported church sits on the prime spot on the town common and directly opposite it is the church built for the members after a major schism (Unitarian controversy, Baptists, etc.).  Whoever had the largest number of members after the break got the town owned communion set, town clock, etc.  Ironically, most times it wasn't the church most likely to use it over the centuries.  My carpet layout doesn't have room for a church, let alone the prototypical two or more but these models all look great.

Tomlinson Run Railroad

Rule292 posted:

Great thread. Probably the least represented building on any layout.

Here in PA the saying is that in any small town there is either a church or a bar on the corner. 

At least 2 corners in many small towns will have churches on them.  Depending on the county, no visible bars - just more churches.....  Some counties seem to have church building as a primary activity!

Here are three of mine. I suppose this is "Church Street". 

Joe,

   I missed one of your replies and questions to my post concerning the stained glass windows. Actually, I misspoke about this particular model. Those windows were with the church. I had been working with another church model for a new layout and I confused the two. Here is the new church with the windows. I will have to sketch in the lead framing with a marker to add to the illusion. This is the site that I downloaded the stain glass windows: http://www.familygardentrains.com/resource/index.htm

Ranger Rick posted:

Joe,

   I missed one of your replies and questions to my post concerning the stained glass windows. Actually, I misspoke about this particular model. Those windows were with the church. I had been working with another church model for a new layout and I confused the two. Here is the new church with the windows. I will have to sketch in the lead framing with a marker to add to the illusion. This is the site that I downloaded the stain glass windows: http://www.familygardentrains.com/resource/index.htm

Thanks..I like these free form windows so I'll check it out. I'm still undecided about the church. It's between the BTS and the American models. I like the BTS appearance best but they're not the easiest kits to work with for me. I also found some software to do stained glass from Evan Designs that's reasonably priced. That's a pretty nice church pictured. O scale?

joe

I believe that this model is a Plasticville Model, but I am not sure. I got this and many other trains and items for helping my sister's neighbor dismantle his layout. The only thing I can find about this model is some one on e-bay selling one that says it is Plasticville. (search O-S-Gauge-Lot-Of-2-Built-Plasticville-Buildings-Church-Diner-In-Need-Of-TLC). I will have to spruce this church up as I did the other one. You can always make something look better. For this one, I added pews and a mural inside as the doors would be open. It did not look right being empty.

I scratch built mine from precision board...here are some step by step photos...

Nice work Gene