Sunday Scenic Showcase September 12, 2021

Wow Alan! You have out done yourself! Amazing! Kinda looks like my house.

Gorgeous, Alan!

Peter

The house is not complete without the dog house.

Thanks fellas

                                                 Two more RARE finds!

                                       K-LINE - always ahead of the rest!

Photos show my completed model of “Witzinger’s Washboards,” an O scale office/factory background structure, built from a kit by Bar Mills Models. It will reside on an under-construction 30-inch by 14-inch removable module at the rear of my 12’-by-8’ layout on a piece of extruded pink foam, as shown in the last photo.

A step-by-step set of construction photos can be seen at the link listed below.

MELGAR

https://ogrforum.com/...c/156701992669038138

Very nice Mel.

Bob

@Alan Graziano posted:

Alan,

The house model is beautiful.

I'm curious as to how many hours it took you to build - mostly by way of having a comparison between styrene and laser-cut wood construction. Witzinger's took me about 85 hours, but I work slowly and added extra details that were time-consuming. I understand it may be a trade secret!

MELGAR

Alan-The house is a true example of the wonderful modeling you regularly showcase. Thanks for sharing.

Mel-The warehouse/office turned out wonderful. I really like the "rustic" charm of Bar Mills kits.

Dave

Just finished some building fronts a couple of which are based on the old Elfin designs.

Nice work Joe.

Mel,

Great job on your module. I was happy to see you building again on your layout.

I do not keep track of my hours. Due to my real job,I rarely continuously work on any of models. If I counted all the thinking time, I would have hundreds of hours in each build.

Thanks David.

"If I counted all the thinking time, I would have hundreds of hours in each build."    as Alan mentioned.             To me that's half the enjoyment of scratch building.

@Alan Graziano posted:

Nice work Joe.

Mel,

I do not keep track of my hours. Due to my real job,I rarely continuously work on any of models. If I counted all the thinking time, I would have hundreds of hours in each build.

Alan,

Thanks for the reply. I have always had the feeling that I'm a slow worker, so I was curious to hear what someone like yourself had to say. Your estimate of something in the hundreds of hours makes me feel better as it is in line with mine. I take 80 to 100 hours to build a laser-cut wood kit - not counting the time I spend thinking about how to do the next step. Scratch-built takes longer because of time to design, generate dimensions, and cut parts. What I do wonder about is whether there is a difference between working with styrene or wood. After building many structure models, mostly from kits, I decided to keep track of my actual time at the workbench, just out of curiosity. As far as I'm concerned, it's a hobby, so whatever time it takes is well spent.

MELGAR

The customer just sent me photos of the Campbells King Cannery on his layout.

Mel,

Plastic is much easier to join and the glue sets up much faster. If you construct a wood model using CA glue with an accelerator you can cut the set up time. The glue joint is not as good and I feel it is harder to be near with CA glue. I have to use it on plastic when I join painted parts.

I can construct things much faster in plastic.