Sunday Scenic Showcase July 21,2024

Progress on two buildings......

Wall assmbly on a River Leaf Models building......

.....and, finally, the fire escapes......

It's good to be done!

Have a great and safe week, everyone!

Peter

My Field of Dreams, shown earlier this week on other threads.

Here are some photos:

The farmhouse is made by Lionel and I bought it a few days ago from my LHS. The color and the porch is similar in appearance to the farmhouse in the movie.

The barns are Plasticville. I might weather the red and green one.

The ball players are by Kramer Products, no longer in business.

The light towers are by Lionel.

The scenery materials are Woodland Scenics products.

I’ll be on the hunt for a better Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) and his wife Annie (Amy Madigan) in O Scale. LOL.

Arnold

Happy Sunday all. Beautiful work all around. It’s cool seeing the River Leaf kit come together - Andre made some amazing stuff.

My kitbash has been slow going following a bad paint job (didn’t clean the release agents well enough.) I’ve made some progress since but still need to give it a few more dark washes and maybe darken the roof.

After that I’ll tackle signage, windows and the interior. We’ll see how it comes together!

@Putnam Division posted:

Progress on two buildings......

Wall assmbly on a River Leaf Models building......

.....and, finally, the fire escapes......

It's good to be done!

Have a great and safe week, everyone!

Peter

Looks great Peter! I’ve been waiting to see one of your builds with the fire escapes added. I’m sure it was an intricate building process with outstanding results.

Gene

@Genemed posted:

Looks great Peter! I’ve been waiting to see one of your builds with the fire escapes added. I’m sure it was an intricate building process with outstanding results.

Gene

Thank you.....you are too kind!

Peter

@Alex W posted:

Happy Sunday all. Beautiful work all around. It’s cool seeing the River Leaf kit come together - Andre made some amazing stuff.

My kitbash has been slow going following a bad paint job (didn’t clean the release agents well enough.) I’ve made some progress since but still need to give it a few more dark washes and maybe darken the roof.

After that I’ll tackle signage, windows and the interior. We’ll see how it comes together!

The building looks great......I especially like the window fan!

Peter

Good Morning everyone, Thank you Alan for beginning this weekly thread., and all who showcase their wonderful and inspirational work.  This is Hanover Tower. The building is scratch built. The stone foundation is composed of stacked 1/4"" masonte boards cut to size and then veneered with Scenic Express stone wall material. The woodwork is Mount Albert sheet stock and strip wood. The doors in the foundation are scratch build and the windows and doors in the building are modified Tichy products.The most difficult part of the build  was a the compound roof and rafter tails. I had to stare at this for a long while before tackling this part of the project.

Here is the tower on the workbench.

I'm just beginning to work the tower into the layout, A lot more work to do.

I certainly enjoy seeing some new faces on the Showcase this morning.  Probably used the last 45 minutes checking out the photos submitted by revolving the phone 360 degrees to catch everything. I thank those who like to post great images of their work.   All success stories.

Began this week the mom & pop gas station by Twin Whistle Sign & Kit Co.  A very nice laser cut kit especially the fit of the windows and the ease of adding the window panes.
When I began driving these buildings were located all around our county and we could purchase regular gas @ $.23 a gal.  

I will add corrugated styrene as the roof and a maybe an interior photo of shelving stocked full of cans and inventory.

What a great Union Pacific tower Alan.  And what tremendous talent you hAve displayed @corsair29.

Wish a great new week to everyone 😊

I ordered “the Complete Guide to Model Scenery” last month from Woodlands Scenic.   I can certainly recommend this guide to all the beginner in the hobby as a great reference and resource.
It’s never too late to learn new tips and procedures in our hobby.

@Seth Thomas posted:

Began this week the mom & pop gas station by Twin Whistle Sign & Kit Co.  A very nice laser cut kit especially the fit of the windows and the ease of adding the window panes.
When I began driving these buildings were located all around our county and we could purchase regular gas @ $.23 a gal.  

Those Twin Whistle kits are really nice kits.  I finished the A&W root beer and have the White Castle kit to build next.  Thanks for sharing!

This week's showcase is a prime example of why I enjoy this forum. Wonderful work all around.

PRRMike your structure is stunning and is the type of modeling I aspire to be able to do. Is the concrete structure, over the tracks, in the background a scratch build as well?

Dave

@PRRMike, Mike, nicely done on your building. If this helps, maybe a tool box at the base and a red water barrel may further enhance the scene. A+ though...

Tom

Great showcase by all who posted. Thank you very much for providing great structures to view.

@PRRMike posted:

Good Morning everyone, Thank you Alan for beginning this weekly thread., and all who showcase their wonderful and inspirational work.  This is Hanover Tower. The building is scratch built. The stone foundation is composed of stacked 1/4"" masonte boards cut to size and then veneered with Scenic Express stone wall material. The woodwork is Mount Albert sheet stock and strip wood. The doors in the foundation are scratch build and the windows and doors in the building are modified Tichy products.The most difficult part of the build  was a the compound roof and rafter tails. I had to stare at this for a long while before tackling this part of the project.

Here is the tower on the workbench.

I'm just beginning to work the tower into the layout, A lot more work to do.

Gorgeous!

Peter

@corsair29 posted:

Aesthetically beautiful, a great goal to achieve with model railroad scenery IMO. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Aesthetically beautiful, a great goal to achieve with model railroad scenery IMO. Arnold

Thanks Arnold. I hope I can recreate it someday.

Some outstanding work by all this week.

Peter I like your alignment tool for the fire escapes, I wish I had thought of that.

Mike a very nice scratchbuild super detail and very realistic.

unfortunately for me nothing to show this week.