Sunday Scenic Showcase August 18, 2024

As mentioned before, I’m more of a plopper than a modeler in doing the scenery work on my layout. LOL.

My latest plop, which is one of my best, is this Department 56 Yankee Stadium facade, which I purchased from Forum friend, Randy Harrison:

Notice the rats carrying slices of pizza down the NYC subway station staircase in the lower left corner of the above photo.

Here’s another photo of the facade:

Thank you, again, Randy, for this fine addition to my layout,

Arnold

This is where I left off last week…..

I finished it off earlier this week……the humidity dropped and I was able to work outside……

First, came window treatments.

Then the walls were attached…..

Painted foam core was used for the roof…..and, it appeared in the distance in a layout update earlier this week.

Have a great and safe week, everyone!

I now have three 4 story Korber buildings……all need fire escapes. That project starts this week.

Peter

Happy Sunday all. It’s always a weekend highlight to see what everyone is up to.

Arnold - never thought I’d see the infamous pizza rat on a train layout. Talk about true to the prototype! Clever idea.

Last week I enjoyed catching up on the recent thread about creating building signage. Feeling inspired I took some printed graphics and combined them with leftover styrene and chain. What a  quick fun project.

I’ll get this hung once I finish the interior and some other details in the luncheonette.

Nice work gentlemen!!

Impressive work from everyone. I like the idea of calling myself a plopper more than a modeler also.

This week I tackled a train show scrap find and figured out the 30 or so broken pieces were actually pretty complete.  Rebuilt everything and added polymer sand as a hard base for the project.

Arnold,

Your Yankee Stadium looks great where you located it.

Peter,

I really liked the window color you used. It makes the building pop.

Alex, Great work. Your sign is awesome.

Jstraw,

look under the base of those models. You will see a date when I made those tanks. You did a great job putting them together.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

As mentioned before, I’m more of a plopper than a modeler in doing the scenery work on my layout. LOL.

My latest plop, which is one of my best, is this Department 56 Yankee Stadium facade, which I purchased from Forum friend, Randy Harrison:

Notice the rats carrying slices of pizza down the NYC subway station staircase in the lower left corner of the above photo.

Here’s another photo of the facade:

Thank you, again, Randy, for this fine addition to my layout,

Arnold

That facade was made for your layout Arnold. You have to be especially pleased with that purchase.

Jay

Arnold. You are a “Purposeful Plopper” indeed!

This is a building one of our members is working on   Its the Daily planet  It will have superman circling the planet o the roof

Awesome building Ben

@Alan Graziano posted:

Awesome building Ben

Thanks Al   Forgot to mention this whole thing is 3d printed

Great work everyone. I love the Lighthouse build Alan and cant wait to see the finished product. Peter, the buildings are amazing and such a contrast!. Arnold the Yankee Stadium is perfect for your layout and looks wonderful. I love it.  Summer is almost over, and I cannot wait to get back into modeling and landscaping the layout!

Mike

@bluelinec4, Ben when you say Superman circling the globe, are you talking animated or or static suspended in midair?

@coach joe posted:

@bluelinec4, Ben when you say Superman circling the globe, are you talking animated or or static suspended in midair?

Its animated   He rotates around the globe and has LED eyes that simulate X Ray vision   Verrrrry Cool

@bluelinec4

Animated, okay that's to be expected from you guys but X-Ray vision eyes!  WOW!  Everything at the NJHR goes beyond expectations.