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Mount Blue 1850 farm house
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Posted by mecrr On 01/17/2019 At 6:51:51 PM
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I share my latest build, a Mount Blue 1850 New England Farm House. Interior light and detailed front room with bay window not evident here as I have not finalized placement on the layout. Photos always show me my mistakes. Now how to push the upstairs front window into position when there is a floor in the house as well as a ceiling between first and second floor?
Right Front
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Back
David
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FOS Scale January HO Kit of the Month Build
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Posted by darrylhuffman On 01/15/2019 At 12:19:03 AM
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FOS Scale has started a subscriber service which provides the builder a new kit each month.
The first kit in the series is DelRito's Meat Products. This is a small false front building which makes into a nice meat market such as would be found in any old town. In fact, you can still find specialty shops like this in many towns today. So this will fit into any HO layout.
Doug Foscale's kits feature excellent laser cut walls and detail parts. Doug's methods of painting and weathering are easy and give good results.
This nice little kit should take about a week of one or two hour evenings to build. Most of the time will be spent letting the glue bonds set.
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Mini Drill press question
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Posted by johneye On 01/12/2019 At 2:13:58 PM
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Been thinking about investing in a mini drill press for some time, and I noticed that Micro Mark has a pretty good power tool sale going on now. Anyone familiar with their drill presses? Thoughts or recommendations requested. Thanks! PS if this is the wrong spot for this post feel free to move/delete.
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2019 Tribute Challenge
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Posted by Dutchman On 01/11/2019 At 11:38:57 AM
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This is our prime modeling time in the northern hemisphere, and as usual, we will have a group challenge. This year we will make it a tribute to two of our recently lost friends: Frederic Testard and Chester Fesmire.
Chester was a woodworker by trade and lived in Maine. Frederic was a math professor and lived in France. Chester enjoyed the hobby by focusing on vehicle modeling, and Frederic loved scratch building and scenery work. Both produced unbelievably realistic models. Both were masters at weathering.
As is my usual approach on these challenges, I will try to keep the focus broad enough to attract a good number of participants. I we make the focus too restrictive, experience shows that participation is lower.
So, feel free to (1) scratch build a model as Frederic so often did. If you build a model from a kit (2), do what both Frederic and Chester did, and make it your own by modifying it, adding to it, weathering it, and placing it in a detailed scene. A third (3) option would be to build a vehicle model. Once again, feel free to make modifications, weather the model, and include it in a scene. Both Chester and Frederic often did. One thing that I didn't mention about Chester's modeling is that he made a few 'photo sets' in which to photograph his vehicle models. These 'sets' included wonderfully detailed interiors.
So please join the challenge. I have given you three options, but there are many more that can be inspired by the modeling of these to departed friends.
The challenge will begin now and will run thru Monday, April 15, 2019
In the next post I will include an array of photos from both Frederic and Chester to give you some more inspiration.
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O Scale Bay Windows and Roof Trim
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Posted by Keeper On 01/06/2019 At 4:36:33 PM
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Any recommendations on where I can find prefabricated bay windows in O Scale? I searched the Grandt Line site (understanding they've been sold to the San Juan Model Company), but I didn't find a full bay window, just individual windows than can be combined in a constructed bay window frame (3723 + 3729).
Also, I'm looking for cured dental trim to go on the inside of an arched gable that will be the face of a storefront. I can find a couple triangular trim details, but nothing that is curved.
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Bar Mills Gas Station at Shady Grove
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Posted by Glen Haasdyk On 01/05/2019 At 7:44:34 PM
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Starting another new structure for the addition:
The Gas Station at shady grove. it's pretty small, only about 2 X 3" including the canopy. I was originally going to change the station's name but then I found that Texaco was in Canada so I guess I can keep it.
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Andy
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Signed: 4/29/2011 8:02:32 PM
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Posted By:
Bob Holden
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A neat site...I'm in the process of rebuilding my HO layout...it was dismantled for moving. The SLO&WRR (St. Lawrence, Ontario & Western Railroad) should be up and running again by year's end. Love the pictures...hope to contribute in that area!
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Signed: 4/25/2011 2:00:04 PM
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Posted By:
Bob Taylor
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Great site!!!
Im modeling a freelance Sp layout
28x33 thats just about ready to landscape, so it's a long way from the standard shown on your site. But getting there is half the fun.
Cheers Bob t.
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Signed: 4/23/2011 5:58:46 AM
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Posted By:
LUCIANO MASOTTO
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Great, great, great. Great help for a U.S. model RR overseas.
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Signed: 3/1/2011 12:03:26 PM
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Posted By:
Dennis
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Great site!
Thanks for the willingness to share.
I am tracing my family tree and am searching for NAR employee list/staff.
I have a great uncle who was a chef with a railroad gang and in 1940 was somewhere between Rycroft,Arras, and Edmonton.
George McInnis. Don't know if his work took him to the Alaska Highway build, Canol road, or where.
Anyone have any clues for me to search for staff or employee lists?
Thanks again
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Signed: 2/22/2011 12:04:17 AM
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Posted By:
marioscd
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I have discovered this site/forum some days ago and now I'm not able to exit from it!!! It is absolutely amazing! Thanks to all the great model makers that shows fantastic pictures and suggestions.
Mario Scuderi
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Signed: 2/8/2011 3:30:45 PM
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Posted By:
Dawn Carol Goshorn
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I came across the site by accident and was THRILLED to see the RR models for the Shirleysburg area. My Dad grew up in the Shirleysburd/ My Union area as did his dad and his dad befor that. My great-grandfather worked for EBT and the only picture I ever saw of him was of that of him standing by an engine. I love the work (though I've always loved model trains). Thanks you guys for bringing this all back to life!
Dawn Goshorn
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Signed: 1/16/2011 10:34:22 AM
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Posted By:
Frank DeBonis
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Stumbled on this site and saw my January 1989 RMC cover shot of Phil Chiavetta's layout. Haven't thought about that for a long time. Thanks for the memories!
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Signed: 1/8/2011 9:31:03 AM
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Posted By:
UNCLE BOB
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Signed: 1/5/2011 9:10:22 PM
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Posted By:
paul zeigler
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I look forward to making a contribution hopefully and learning a great deal in the process. A question: is there any information as to the steps to the installation of manual switch mechanisms? As a novice, I seem to be at aloss as to how to set them up. Paul
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Signed: 12/13/2010 7:07:51 PM
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