Sunday Scenic Showcase 2-3-2013...

Hi Alan,

    Thanks for starting us off every Sunday, with such beautiful photo's and an awesome scene. Simply superb.

I also just about finished a scratch built Sinclair service station, so here's two photo's of it. 

Thanks, Alex

Alex...thanks so much for supporting the Sunday showcase.  Hey, your station is better than mine for sure....anyway, I bet you recognize mine...

Alan

Alex nice sinclair station 

Thanks Alan and Jeff for the kind words.

Alan I must say your scene looks so realistic with the natural light coming through the trees, the shadow's from the tree branches hitting the station are beautiful. It's simply a work of art from a superb craftsman.

Thanks, Alex

The service stations models look great.

I managed to add the side and back walls to this model of the White Gallery in Maysville, Ky.  The next step will be to paint the walls.

Little scenery work has been done again. This our first O-scale layout here in Finland.

Alan/Alex,

Nice work. I did not think this thread would be posted so early. I guess you guys are early risers too. Before I go out in the garage to work on the engine shed for POPSSR,I wanted to post some pictures of a Thomas Kinkade painting I replicated for my wife. The painting is called "I am the light of the world"

This is a small yard I built to store some engines and rolling stock.

I'm still amazed at the talent on this forum.

Awesome Gas Stations Alan and Alex!!!!  My only complaint is where is the giant fake Dinosaur sitting on top of the station???  Just kidding!

Great work from everyone else.  Dont post much but this is the first thread I go to every Sunday morning.

Great work everyone.

Great work as usual on this weekly thread.  Here is a link that may be helpful for anyone with an interest in vintage service stations.

Gas stations of yesteryear

http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html

Great work by all. I have not posted for awhile as I have been working on other areas getting ready for an open house to coincide with the O Scale March Meet.

Here is a quick little scene put together while cleaning up.

Here are some quick photos I took this morning of my latest project: J. Smith Coal Co.  After relocating a passenger station, I had this long narrow empty space between the track and a hillside.  I didn't want to put a large industry building there since it would obscure the track on top of the hill that leads into the freight yard.

Click on any of the photos to see a larger version.

After some thought, I came up with a retail coal dealer.  My era is the early 1950's and these coal dealers were in lots of small towns.  It is still in progress, but here it is so far.  Everything is scratchbuilt except the track (Ross), the fences (from kits) and a piece of Plastruct ladder stock.  The office/scale house is on the right and a small storage shed is on the left.

The short section of board fence on the left will eventually surround the entire complex with the exception of the gate and fence near the weigh scale.  The fence in this area is chain link so as not to obscure our view of the scale and truck that might be parked there.

Working from PRR coal trestle plans, the center rail and every other tie were removed from a section of Ross track.  Some ties had extensions glued on to support the walkways.  "Concrete" piers and bins were made from MDF.

Front bin extensions were scratchbuilt from coffee stir sticks.  Different grades of coal are in the bins (nut coal on the left, stoker in the center and lump on the right).

Here is another shot of the coal bins (nut coal in the nearest bin and egg in the two bins to the rear).  The plastruct ladder is in primer color right now. 

Here is the interior bracing on the storage shed.  The wooden board and batten siding is stained using diluted shoe dye.

This is the office/scale house with a business sign yet to be added.

With the building removed, here is the foundation and steps (masonite for both) and the wood deck scale (styrene).

Finally, in the category of "nobody will notice but I will know it's there" is a brass mesh grill covering the window that overlooks the scale.  In case a lump of coal falls off the truck, it won't break the glass in the window.

Hi Frank

I picked them up at York, for a great price. If I remember correctly I paid 8 each and I bought a whole assortment of cars and trucks. He had the trailer also.I don't remember the name of the place, but is was in the orange hall and he was right in the center.

Alex

Nice gas stations and excellent photography.  Shooting from a low angle and using a single strong light source produces great pictures. You achieved excellent depth of field, you must have a high end point and shoot camera.

Here is a photo of a Calso filling station I kitbashed from an Ameri-Town flagstop depot.

Allan: your station also is outstanding.

Thanks guys,

OMG!!!!!!!! the talent and superb craftsmanship is unbelievable already.

lets keep it coming.

ALex

Coming down the stretch on the linolium factory.  Happy Sunday morning to ALL. 

Other side:

 Stone elevator with motor house on top

Thanks to everyone for the very nice compliments.  The camera is a Kodak C613 my wife bought several years ago....I don't think it is considered a high end point and shoot but what do I know...!!

Great work guys....looks like Alex and I started a gasoline station thread!!  love it!!

Alan

Patrick,

Your factory is awesome.

Alan Graziano

Alan....the lighthouse is really something.

Patrick....hurry up, I need some new floor coverings!

Richard...nice Calso station!

Bob....perfect solution for the space...very nice indeed!

LMS, BAR, Televue, Dan....very nice scenes!

Thanks,

Alan

Alan Graziano W O N D E R F U L work in capturing Thomas Kinkade's sprit in your recreation of his famous work. Below I have posted your creation and Kinnade's.

WOW The work by all of you folks is just OUTSTANDING! Keep up the work and thanks for sharing your talent with us here.

Alan Graziano is working on an ABBA SHOP with 6 tracks for is and I wanted to post some progress pictures.

WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS JUST AN OUTSTANDING DISPLAY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP

ALAN,BEAUTIFUL SERVICE STATION

LMS LINES, THAT STRUCTURE IS COMING OUT AWESOME

BAR GP7 #63, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY PHOTO

ALAN G, THAT LIGHT HOUSE AND SCENE YOU CREATED IS OUTSTANDING

TELEVE, YOUR YARD AREA IS BEAUTIFUL

DAN, BEAUTIFUL SCENE

BOB, JUST INCREDIBLE WORK

RICHARD E, BEAUTIFUL KITBASHED FILLING STATION

PATRICK H, THE LINOLIUM FACTORY LOOKS SO REAL, GREAT WORK

TMACK, NICE WORK SO FAR, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT FINISHED

BRUCE, LOOKING VERY NICE

POPS, WHAT CAN I SAY,ALAN'S WORK IS JUST INCREDIBLE

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR POSTING AWESOME PHOTOS AND WONDERFUL COMMENTS

I WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER WATER WHEEL FOR SOMEONE, AND THEY WANTED IT A LITTLE MORE SCALE SIZED, THEY ALSO WANTED IT VERY SLOW MOVING. SO I FOUND THIS GREAT LITTLE MOTOR THAT MICRO MARKS SELLS, STILL LOTS TO DO ON IT BUT TAKE A LOOK.

THANKS, ALEX

Thanks Alex....BUT, remember the story behind the service station??  You made it possible!!

Alan

A VERY bad man has come to town.

This is trouble.

My brother "Malo" Iron Scher.

He has been trouble all his life.

Now he wants to take up residence in Munoz.

That ain't no Photoshop either.

That's Malo in town.

Ay Caramba !

Job Supervisor managing work on the upper lever track construction.

Great photos of fantastic modeling.  Wish I had half the talent and dedication.

Bob, I like your coal loader.  I am in the process of completing my version with a little more height.

Wow Just some great work this week!

Just outstanding photos.

Here is a shot of the harbor area, some more light progress on that around the sea walls.

Well as you saw earlier I completely dismantled my Cotton's Candy Lionelville. Grunged it up a little after taking out all the windows and door the sidewalk and store front.  Gave it a new coat of Roberts. used a sharpie to color in odd bricks then hit it with dull coat then weathering powder.  As soon as I find a Advert poster for the back of the shop It will be ready to go back on the layout.  I plan to go through my other Lionelville buildings slowly and fix them up like this one.

TMack that came out awesome, what brand of weathering powder did you use.

Alex

Alex - Weathering powder scares me, but today I decided I would jump in head first.  I used AIM Products.  Dark gray.

Thank you for the compliment.  It's every one here in Scenic Sunday that gets me to work outside my comfort zone.

-Ted

Did some more work on the layout tonight.

Ted thanks very much, you said it right. Jump in head first, I did the same thing a few years back and it worked out well. You did a superb job.

Thanks, Alex

Again...great modeling everyone!!

Ted, love the results...glad you jumped in head first..

Alan

Really awesome work guys!  There are lots of ideas and inspiration here.