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In this case I made one post and one balustrade and then made molds are cast all I needed. It took a relatively short time to install all 12 posts and 52 balustrades plus all the scrollwork. Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102 http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51837 Edited by - sgtbob on 01/17/2021 09:54:19 AM Country: USA | Posts: 4246 Guff Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/17/2021 :  11:34:24 AM       Bob, The RTV rubber and the casting resin company need to use your model for sales promotion! Fantastic work!! David Guffey Country: USA | Posts: 2095 Ensign Engineer Posted - 01/17/2021 :  12:26:11 PM     Bob, beautiful work on casting & installing all of those spindles & railings. The Amazing Santos does it again! Greg Country: Canada | Posts: 9039 Orionvp17 Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/17/2021 :  12:43:55 PM     quote: Originally posted by Ensign Bob, beautiful work on casting & installing all of those spindles & railings. The Amazing Santos does it again! Greg What Greg said! Very nicely done, Bob, and having done so in the past, I'll wholeheartedly agree that casting is the way to go with things like this! Bravo! Pete in Michigan Country: USA | Posts: 7530 robert goslin Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/18/2021 :  01:23:54 AM     Wow Bob. The railings really finish it off nicely. Nice work on the castings. Regards Rob My current build. http://railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53468 Country: Australia | Posts: 2805 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/18/2021 :  04:45:26 AM     Dave, Greg, Pete, and Rob, thanks for your comments, much appreciated. Here's a photo of the same house that Fred found for me. It is from a different angle and there are no decorations attached. You can see that it has simple pipe handrails. These are necessary on the model because that is what the decorations are attached to. Here are my styrene copies. Also note I have added the rugs seen in the original photo. Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102 http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51837 Country: USA | Posts: 4246 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/18/2021 :  04:50:01 AM     Before I go any further the whole model so far needs a touch-up with white paint. Then I will move up to the porch roof and maybe do the decorations too. Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102 http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51837 Country: USA | Posts: 4246 Michael Hohn Fireman Posted - 01/18/2021 :  07:42:58 AM       Bob With each step your house looks even more fantastic. Mike Country: USA | Posts: 7213 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/18/2021 :  08:08:56 AM     Well, now I must face a major problem with this model. I'd like to say that it snuck up on me but that's not true, I've known about it right from the start. It is just that it is now the time that I can no longer ignore it. The problem stems from the fact that the camera that took the original photo was down at street level, looking more of less straight at the porch floor. It is looking UP at everything above the porch and with all the various roofs in an old Victorian, each roof edge distorts and hides details of the above sections. I have emailed the owner of the structure using the address on the web but I have received no answer. I do have three other photos from slightly different angles that give CLUES as to what the roofs look like. However, from now on I cannot claim that my model in any way resembles the original, I will just have to do my best interpreting it. The fact that I am trying to keep the model as small as possible adds to my problems. As I said before, I am only going back as far as the main roof peak, there will be no back on the model. Even the sides are conjecture. Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102 http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51837 Edited by - sgtbob on 01/18/2021 08:17:07 AM Country: USA | Posts: 4246 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/18/2021 :  08:10:04 AM     Thanks Mike, our posts must have crossed. Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102 http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51837 Country: USA | Posts: 4246 Bill Gill Fireman Posted - 01/18/2021 :  08:32:32 AM     Bob, I feel your dilema, but looking back on the first photo on page 1, that shot gives a pretty good look at the porch roof to use as a guide. I'm sure you will devise one of your usual masterful solutions to the situation. Country: USA | Posts: 3237 Ray Dunakin Fireman Posted - 01/19/2021 :  01:58:39 AM       Bob, I found this house on Google Maps! You can see it on street view or get an overhead view to see the layout of the roof! You can even see some of the sides. https://goo.gl/maps/uV5fztaQ3jdvzn3D8 Country: USA | Posts: 3363 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/19/2021 :  03:58:08 AM     Thank you Ray, I'm not great using google but this confirms what I had deducted from other photos. I wish I had seen it sooner. There is an error on the left side that would be impossible for me to correct now. Thanks a million, I feel better about the model now. Bob http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102 http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51837 Country: USA | Posts: 4246 Ray Dunakin Fireman Posted - 01/19/2021 :  6:33:09 PM       You're welcome, Bob. Country: USA | Posts: 3363 railman28 Fireman Posted - 01/19/2021 :  9:18:21 PM     What a neat build! It's looking good. 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