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quartergauger48
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Posted - 07/29/2015 : 2:12:37 PM
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Wow Bob, I love it'. You can see and read the sign beautifully. The only way to avoid those bright spots from the bulbs would be to use led strip lights on the inside walls of the sign. I like the fact that you can see the top glass window sign just above the doors. That is quite realistic'....Beautiful work Bob, Simply beautiful'....
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Posted - 07/29/2015 : 2:55:31 PM
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That's fantastic, Bob!
I can feel the weight of my bags as I carry them to the bus with the cargo doors open waiting for the passengers to board. I can hear the bus idling and the smell the diesel fumes in the air as I board the 'red eye' to the next city. It'll be an all night ride but the seats are comfy and there's someone waiting for me on the other end.
Great modelling! Thanks for sharing, Bob.
Jeff
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Posted - 07/29/2015 : 4:52:57 PM
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Bob, The lit GREYHOUND sign is definitely getting better! Is it possible to paint around the letters on the back (inside) of the signs with an opaque silver to block the bright spots??
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Orionvp17
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Posted - 07/29/2015 : 6:35:24 PM
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Bob,
Much better! Thanks for the improvements!
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Ensign
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Posted - 07/30/2015 : 08:45:40 AM
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Hi Bob, the toned down lighting looks much better now, you can easily read Greyhound now. Going back and looking at the brighter sign it was hard to make out the lettering from the brightness of it. So where is this bus headed too now?
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sgtbob
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Posted - 08/13/2015 : 12:54:40 AM
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Ever since I got back from Nevada I've been really busy with sorting and organizing all the photos and getting them posted to my website. Still working at it but finally took a little break to check in here. The bus depot looks great with the new, improved lighting!
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sgtbob
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Guff
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Posted - 08/14/2015 : 9:28:03 PM
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Bob, A barn will be a great subject to model...looking forward to the next build. David
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sgtbob
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Posted - 08/16/2015 : 09:51:08 AM
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It's funny what starts the process of every scratchbuild. Could be a photo, a model you like, a memory, etc.,etc. This one started with the desire to do something with stone. I live in South Central Pennsylvania and the area between us and Philadelphia is loaded with Pennsylvania German Barns. They are constructed with various materials but I have always liked the ones that had stone ends and foundations with wooden planks above the foundation. Just to get something cleared up, I am a New England Yankee but my wife is descended from the early migration to this area from southern Germany and Northern Switzerland, her family was from Switzerland. The terms Pennsylvania German and Pennsylvania Dutch are the same, used interchangeably. I used to think that "dutch" was a corruption of the word "deutach" which in German means german but I find it's easier than that, it seems that all German speaking people coming to American were simply called Dutch.
It's going to be a while until I really get started on this build due to conflicting work schedules even as a retired person. Whenever I get a few minutes I have been trying to decide exactly what details I will use, what building materials to use, what season (I am tempted to make it a winter scene) and dozens of other details. As usual I am also determining which details I can make styrene masters for and then cast in resin to speed up the build.
One of the things that started the whole idea in my head was that I was going through my shop and found two old pieces of MFP-5 which I think was what we today call balsa foam, I want to use these to make the stone ends. Below is a photo of a building that I made from this material back in the 1970's.
That's it for now, I hope to get to the actual building soon.
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Guff
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Posted - 08/16/2015 : 12:00:36 PM
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Bob, An Amish Hex Sign on the wall would be a nice touch. David
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