Sunday Scenic Showcase 6-17-2012

Rick, hope my roundhouse turns out as nice as yours 

 

With the benchwork about complete I stared two projects. The first is a small depot from an older laser kit. Still working on all the inside details.

 

 

 

The second is a scratch pickle salting station from ago.

 

 

 

And a few other shots just because ....

 

 

Looking good, guys!!

 

Well, it aint much, but I added the fusebox.

 

 

I'll take two please

Rich, in your second photo, in the background, is that an Ash Pit Lift ?? If so, did you make it?

Thanks guys, Roger, it is from crescent locomotive works, they are on line and sell at York. It takes a while to get the items, but they are nice.

vulcan, your "ain't much" is very much for the rest of us. can you describe how you made the fuse box? thanks.

 

jerrman

Hey Fred, are those fuses or breakers?

Fuses. A row of four across the bottom and 2 pull-outs above.

 

Jerrman, the box is just pieces of sheet styrene. I'm not sure how else to explain it.

 

After adding led's to the bus moved on to headlights and tail lights for the cars.

 

Bus has 22 led's total

 

 

The nomad making the turn has a working turn signal

 

 

View looking down main street bus coming into town at the other end

 

 

you can see turn signal on is this shot of the nomad

 

Found out if the cars have the plastic lens you can use that to transfer the light out. If not drilled hole and used 3mm led for headlight. I have found it better to sand the front of the led flat it makes the lights look much better. Tail lights all depends on how much room I have to work with.

 

The people that have managed to see this just stop in the door with mouth open.

 

Then proceed to tell me I have too much time on my hands.

 

My reply: what part of retired don't you understand

thanks, Vulcan. what did you use inside the box? jerrman

Great work guys.

 

Dan love the photos...Just excellent.

Inside the box? I assume you mean the fuses and pull-outs?

 

The black part is also styrene cut to an upside down T. Then I added 2 small pieces to the upper part for the pull-outs and some small wire for the handles.

 

The fuses were made from a piece of...........I don't know what you call it..... the little "tie wraps" that are attached to merchandise to hold the tags on them. Those aggravating things that you have to cut off once you get home. I held a small piece up to a flame until it mushroomed. Drilled four small holes to stick the shank in. The color

came from putting a small dab of acrylic paint in the hole beforehand, the tie wrap was clear.

 

Please tell me that's what you were asking.

 

EXACTLY what I was asking. Amazingly creative work. Thanks for the detailed explanation.   Jerrman

Back from Vacation.  Another great week.

Rich: Great scene with the 304 Korber.

Railroad Guy: Excellent projects.  Thank you

Vulcan: Great electric panel.  Early panels would have been black.  The conduit would have been black also.  Not too much electricity anywhere before 1915.  Really early stuff, with the exposed brass knife switches would have been mounted on a sheet of asbestos. Electric meter would have been either beside the panel inside, most likely back to back with the panel outside.  I'd add a bare copper wire to the floor with a rod, for ground, or to a copper water pipe.  Excellent representation (to the left) of early cloth and camber (Romex) which dates to the 40's lack of metals for the war effort.  I'm impressed again. Thank you .  

 Why do I feel guilty critcizing the master? 

Nelson:   Great LED display, they really add to the scene.

 

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Mike.  

 

 

Mike, thanks for the info. How early would they have been black?

 

This is what I based the model on. But I don't really know how old it is. I know we had one growing up that was from the 50's. It was gray. And changed to breakers in the 90's.

 

 

Wouldn't the ground wire be outside on the meter base? Though I kinda like the idea.

 

(Always good to have 2 showcases going at the same time).

 

 

Thanks again, Mike. I worked as an electrician's helper in the 90's. We always grounded the meter base and the inside electrical panels were grounded through it. Of course I don't know before that, and maybe things are different regionally, as well. This is also the way my house is done (I did it).

 

 

 

 

Thanks, Mike. I'm not trying to be argumentative, or prove I'm right, I'm just working with the knowledge I have. If I am wrong, then I want to know it. Never be afraid to point it out. I'll try to fix it.

 

 

Vulcan,

 

I have to admit you snookered me.  When I saw that picture and you said the way your house is done - I thought you meant your real (as in 1:1 scale) house - and thought that was a picture of it.  I even thought Mike was being funny by saying great model.  Now I look more carefully and see that it is a great model.  You do great work.

 

-John

 

Sorry for the confusion. That's a pic of the farmhouse model, I used it because it was readily available and the meter base & ground wire were inspired by the one on my house.

 

   

Just finished painting the rails in my facilities.

 

 

 

 

Cesar