Sunday Scenic Showcase April 24,2022

Further progress on the diner.  Add stools, cash register, napkin holders and a few more completed figures. 
Also added the bathroom walls, jukebox and Arthur F. to keep with the 1950s flair...

@Alan Graziano posted:

Good Morning Everyone,

I will start with something I constructed in the past. Lets see what you have been working on.

Magnificent!

Peter

@EmpireBuilderDave posted:

Further progress on the diner.  Add stools, cash register, napkin holders and a few more completed figures.
Also added the bathroom walls, jukebox and Arthur F. to keep with the 1950s flair...

Super!

Peter

Before

After (not finished)

Done!

40+ hours and a ton of fun to do!

First, a  turpenoid/ivory black oil was h on the brick....

Then, a turpenoid, burnt siena coat on the black rods to simulate rust.....

Then a final dry brush of the brick with a dark red; a brownish red; an,a reddish orange.....

....and, we're done.....

It currently rests on top of a bookcase, waitng for a layout......

Have a great and safe weekend, folks............for those of you traveling to York....safe travels!

Peter

@Putnam Division posted:

Done!

Peter

Looks great Peter!  All my buildings reside on a shelf for a future layout as well...

Top notch work on display as usual.  I've got a contribution this week.  I bashed a MTH Public Works Building into a power plant.  More detailing than bashing.  The building had no floor or interior walls.  Gray foam core poster board to the rescue.  I made a wall to separate the control room from the engine room.  Picture of an appropriate block pattern, doors and a Motor Control Center were added to the foam core wall.

MTH was kind enough to add bollards at strategic locations so I took advantage and gave them a coat of safety yellow.  These three windows were replaced with exhaust louvers for the engines radiators.  The windows wer longer than my louvers so I used some cut stone removed from a MTH Bank during another project to fill in the lower portion of the window and provide some support for the louvers.  I also had to trim the decorative stone course to allow fit.These are the radiator ends of my engine/generator sets.  These were advertised as 1/32 scale but for the price they fit the bill.  I saw some highly detailed models of a Caterpiller eng/gen set that Menards later used in the small power station but these were too expensive for this and only one would fit in the building.

So here are my louvers.  Razor blade holders with tuille screens to keep the pests out.  Myoriginal idea was to wrap these in some aluminum ConTact paper I found.  It was a lot of work cutting and trimming to get it in the nooks and crannies.  Eventually where the ConTact was under tension due to irregular surface shapes it would pull away ever so slightly making for unconvincing tin knocker product.  I could have probably gotten it to work with more patience and effort but I gave some aluminum spray paint a try and was satisfied with the result.  Even the tuille was uncooperative.  I couldn't find any silver tuille any where so I had to buy white and spray paint it. Even after several coatsit was hard see the color.  It is visible from the inside so I did get enough color on it.  I thought I had a picture where it could be seen but it's not visible in any of the pictures I took.The Public Works Building came with frosted windows so I had to re-glaze them with clear glazing.  The hardest part was the little notches necessary for the tabs that hold the window frames in place.

I thought I had done a wonderful job with my windows until I popped them back in.  Some were slightly oversized and bowed inward when installed as evidenced by the relection of the mullions in the picture below.

The jacketed exhaust stacks can be seen in some of the following pictures.

I've got some more work to do, add some employees, exhaust stacks on the roof, a base large enough for a yard with substation, I've got an HO model I think will work, and some HVAC equipment.  So this may re-appear at a later date when finished.

@coach joe posted:

Top notch work on display as usual.  I've got a contribution this week.  I bashed a MTH Public Works Building into a power plant.  More detailing than bashing.  The building had no floor or interior walls.  Gray foam core poster board to the rescue.  I made a wall to separate the control room from the engine room.  Picture of an appropriate block pattern, doors and a Motor Control Center were added to the foam core wall.

MTH was kind enough to add bollards at strategic locations so I took advantage and gave them a coat of safety yellow.  These three windows were replaced with exhaust louvers for the engines radiators.  The windows wer longer than my louvers so I used some cut stone removed from a MTH Bank during another project to fill in the lower portion of the window and provide some support for the louvers.  I also had to trim the decorative stone course to allow fit.These are the radiator ends of my engine/generator sets.  These were advertised as 1/32 scale but for the price they fit the bill.  I saw some highly detailed models of a Caterpiller eng/gen set that Menards later used in the small power station but these were too expensive for this and only one would fit in the building.

So here are my louvers.  Razor blade holders with tuille screens to keep the pests out.  Myoriginal idea was to wrap these in some aluminum ConTact paper I found.  It was a lot of work cutting and trimming to get it in the nooks and crannies.  Eventually where the ConTact was under tension due to irregular surface shapes it would pull away ever so slightly making for unconvincing tin knocker product.  I could have probably gotten it to work with more patience and effort but I gave some aluminum spray paint a try and was satisfied with the result.  Even the tuille was uncooperative.  I couldn't find any silver tuille any where so I had to buy white and spray paint it. Even after several coatsit was hard see the color.  It is visible from the inside so I did get enough color on it.  I thought I had a picture where it could be seen but it's not visible in any of the pictures I took.The Public Works Building came with frosted windows so I had to re-glaze them with clear glazing.  The hardest part was the little notches necessary for the tabs that hold the window frames in place.

I thought I had done a wonderful job with my windows until I popped them back in.  Some were slightly oversized and bowed inward when installed as evidenced by the relection of the mullions in the picture below.

The jacketed exhaust stacks can be seen in some of the following pictures.

I've got some more work to do, add some employees, exhaust stacks on the roof, a base large enough for a yard with substation, I've got an HO model I think will work, and some HVAC equipment.  So this may re-appear at a later date when finished.

Well done!

That is a versatile building! You have done a fantastic job!!!!!!

I use mine as a "city" station.....

Someday, on the new layout, I plan to cut a hole in the layout floor; open up the windows; and, put the operating dispatch board inside.....

Peter

Thank you Peter.  The operating dispatch board sound great.  I like the subway entrance right beside the station.

Dave,

Your dinner details are great.

Peter,

Congratulations on finishing the building. It looks great. Can’t wait to see it on your layout someday.

Brian,

You are a master at scenes. Great job

Coach,

I was very pleased to see your post. You did a very creative and excellent job with that kitbash.

Thank you Alan.  My skills aren't up to a scratch build but I can come up with an occasional bash.

Coach,

Your skills are perfectly fine. I have confidence in you.

Addendum - maybe I was too obscure with my reference.
The Fonz is hanging out at the diner by the jukebox.  My jukebox is a newer model, but the Fonz is still the Fonz even in a Boston diner.

Ritchie in the booth looks a little pale.  :-)

finished up on some jobs