"Business Card" industry: Part 2

[davidstrains]

Last week I received a mailer from the Terminal Hobby Shop and while thumbing through the pages came across a picture of the "Sam Calhoon Fish Pier" kit. I don't have any water on the layout at this time but the kit intrigued me so I thought "what about Corn Syrup or other corn products to augment my "vegetarian" themed town"?

Soooo.... here is Viola's Corn Products.

 

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another view

 

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one more

 

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and a last shot

 

[Catt]

NICE!!!!

 

[RailRon]

Interesting structure and well done!
Is this a cardboard model? Or styrene?

And - I wonder how the other side looks like???

Ron

 

[davidstrains]

Originally posted by RailRon
Interesting structure and well done!
Is this a cardboard model? Or styrene?

And - I wonder how the other side looks like???

Ron

Catt and Ron, Thanks.

Ron- this is another one of my "Business Card" structures. I have a box of old business cards that has provided materials for several buildings in this forum. In a previous post I used some paper "Brick" and "wood sheeting" that Errol (kettlestack) provided for siding of some of the structures. I painted this one and used the "wood" for the platform and floor. I'll take a picture of the other side and post it for you.

 

[aartwmich]

Nice job David ....you outta cards yet?

 

[davidstrains]

Originally posted by RailRon


And - I wonder how the other side looks like???

Ron

Ron - here is a shot of the rear of the building.

Ima - I still have about 200 left in this box and I just found a half of a box from the job I had before this one. Lots more work to do

 

[Drew1125]

Another masterpiece David!
That is some really fine work!

 

[Tyson Rayles]

David you are getting better with those cards then most people (myself included ) are with regular kits!

 

[RailRon]

What an intricate building! You can almost feel the history of this industry, when the owners built another addendum to the original house, and then another one...

You really got a little masterpiece there, David. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Ron

 

[satokuma]

Nice....

I do have "Sam Calhoon Fish Pier" on the BearCat
and you have done it justice...great idea for other uses...

http://hometown.aol.com/satokuma/page23.html

 

[Ralph]

That's so cool David! I'm a big fan of using readly available inexpensive materials to make interesting buildings. Say, how about a storage tank for that corn syrup?
Ralph

 

[Lighthorseman]

What A Great Job!

I just love those buildings with all sorts of add-ons, different rooflines, siding, and even building materials. You've done a super job of capturing the "we need more room, and we got this-here stuff. Let's build something" feel! It is going to take quite a while before I have the gumption to try this.

Well done!

 

[davidstrains]

Thanks for the comments.

Sato-it is good to see the "real thing". You have a very nice layout.

Ralph - storage tank is in the works. I am building it from a toilet paper roll form and "cards" with a wood support structure.

It is still detracting me from putting scenery on the layout. I think Tyson said it in his notes about his layout that when you start building structures like this and keep adding them - suddenly your little "sparcely populated" town starts to look like a George Sellios city. Got to stop sometime--but not now

 

[davidstrains]

Originally posted by Ralph
Say, how about a storage tank for that corn syrup?
Ralph

Ok, took a stab at the tank. Here are a couple not painted yet but you get the idea. I have no frame of reference for these things as I have never seen a "corn syrup" factory but I am learning.

I'll add some paint tomorrow and finish up the little pump shed and add some pipes and valves later.

 

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more of the tanks

 

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and a last view

 

[Drew1125]

Originally posted by davidstrains
....It is still detracting me from putting scenery on the layout. I think Tyson said it in his notes about his layout that when you start building structures like this and keep adding them - suddenly your little "sparcely populated" town starts to look like a George Sellios city. Got to stop sometime--but not now

I know what you mean, David!
Getting "side-tracked" has become part of the hobby for me...at times I get frustrated with myself, but more often than not, I end up on a whole new venture, that I never planned, & have a whole lot of fun in the process! I never quite know where a project will take me!

btw...the storage tank is yet another excellent piece of craftsmanship!