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My BOTW is a roof. I like photographing trains with a structure interposing between. I like to think it gives a surreal your-in-the-photograph feel to it. Also, perhaps a bit of drama. The nice thing with this this new fangled digital photography is that one can take a kazillion photos until its right.
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 4:40:22 PM
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I have two buildings for my building of the week. I bought both at my local hobby store recently, $15 for each. An AHM service station and a Revell Weekly Herald.
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 8:29:36 PM
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Another on my Gimmie List
Esson station
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Posted - May 25 2014 : 8:42:07 PM
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quote:Another on my Gimmie List
Esson station
Originally posted by microbusss - May 25 2014 : 8:29:36 PM
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You need 3 full time jobs to cure your want list...
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 4:09:25 PM
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my contribution this week is a WALTHERS BACKGROUND building for a module I am constructing still to do is the signs and some exterior detailing on the front as well as lighting. I still have to figure the best way to make the windows opaque yet let light shine through
The rooftop details were parts I had kicking around in my junk box.
That is an N scale MODEL POWER water tank on top. Seem to feel right
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 5:46:28 PM
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| Cool buildings. That "background" building, Leo, looks like it's more than in the background; the way you can roll your freight right on through to the covered loading docks, I presume? And, Jeff, that picture of the roof top really makes me want to show the scale sewer system I installed, but it's all "underground", so . . . not much to see now.
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 6:16:01 PM
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| Right!
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Posted - May 26 2014 : 11:11:01 PM
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quote:Another on my Gimmie List
Esson station
Originally posted by microbusss - May 25 2014 : 8:29:36 PM
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Actually, I wouldn't recommend buying the esso station kit. The instructions are poor, the plastic has ugly mold lines which have to be removed, and the finished building is so tiny it looks more like N scale. I may yet be able to make something out of my kit but I don't have high hopes and I can't say it was worth the money. I'm pretty disappointed especially with how cool it looks on the box.
Edited by - ChessieRR on May 26 2014 11:11:53 PM
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Posted - May 28 2014 : 03:35:09 AM
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| Useful info, thank you. I recently traded one off for a Myrtles, and feel I got the better deal. However, the gas station kit gives one the opportunity of taking out all those old Matchbox and Hot Wheel cars and lining them up like we did during the first Arab Oil Embargo 1979...
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Posted - May 28 2014 : 03:38:14 AM
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quote:Cool buildings. That "background" building, Leo, looks like it's more than in the background; the way you can roll your freight right on through to the covered loading docks, I presume? And, Jeff, that picture of the roof top really makes me want to show the scale sewer system I installed, but it's all "underground", so . . . not much to see now.
Originally posted by Barry - May 26 2014 : 5:46:28 PM
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I pondered on the sewer system for a while and think I might be able to top it with my invisible catenary in the High Deserts of Texas. Sort of like Wonderwoman with her invisible jet plane, only more pragmatic:
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 6:42:27 PM
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Bought this basic Walthers Whistle Stop kit for $8. I painted the trim green, painted the chimney, and put window glazing in, and ended up with a pretty nice model.
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Posted - May 30 2014 : 9:56:46 PM
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TYCO Lighted Factory building (#940)
I do like how it represents a more contemporary (1960s-1970s) factory. When I got it, the bulb was burnt out, but I replaced it and it works really well.
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Posted - May 31 2014 : 12:48:16 AM
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quote:TYCO Lighted Factory building (#940)
I do like how it represents a more contemporary (1960s-1970s) factory. When I got it, the bulb was burnt out, but I replaced it and it works really well.
Originally posted by wiley209Â -Â May 30 2014Â :Â 9:56:46 PM
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Looks great! Besides the fact that it looks like it could light up the whole galaxy.Just joking of course.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - June 06 2014 : 5:57:04 PM
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quote:
I have always liked the lighted building accessories that Tyco produced, the only problem with them is that the walls allow light to pass through them. Has anyone tried to correct this problem by painting the interior walls black or something?
Proudly keeping Tyco Pluggers out of landfills since 2016
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Posted - June 06 2014 : 6:25:49 PM
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quote:| I have always liked the lighted building accessories that Tyco produced, the only problem with them is that the walls allow light to pass through them. Has anyone tried to correct this problem by painting the interior walls black or something? |
Tinfoil would probably work well for this. It won't bleed light and will actually reflect light within the structure giving it a well-lit appearance (rather than just looking like a single bulb). I've used this trick in diesel engines to prevent light from bleeding through the nose and cab roof. Cheap and effective!
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Posted - June 06 2014 : 10:40:54 PM
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quote:I have always liked the lighted building accessories that Tyco produced, the only problem with them is that the walls allow light to pass through them. Has anyone tried to correct this problem by painting the interior walls black or something?
Originally posted by Srenchin - June 06 2014 : 5:57:04 PM
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I've done that with a few illuminated structures. When I got my Life-Like flashing light storage tank, the whole tank would blink on and off instead of just the red light on top, but some black paint inside the tank fixed that problem for the most part.
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