Details you may need???

[stripes]

I am starting to develop new products that are resin cast, and would like everyone’s input!
Idea’s I have are for:

Parking meters
Fire hydrants
Mail boxes
camping tents
Camp fires
Also, patio blocks in O Scale

Here is a picture of the patio blocks,

So, my big question is what detail parts would you like for your layout and have a hard time finding?

Thanks for your opinions!

David

 

[MasonJar]

Any details appropriate to the 1920s and 1930s!

Things I would like to have at some point:

kerosene lanterns
telephones
scrap appropriate to era
bottles in wood crates
tents (canvas type)
canoes
suitably attired people
"craftsman" (or art deco/mission oak) style windows and doors for "new" homes
more vehicles from 1920s and 30s

I am not saying these are not available, just this is my wish list... so far

Andrew

 

[MadHatter]

Parking Meters
Prime Movers (The engine of a diesel)
More comman cars- Model Power cars are too exotic. And others are too expensive!

 

[bigsteel]

cars for 1950-1960
picket fences
coal miners and there tools.
steps
steel mill workers
blowdown drains (steam servicing)
pulleys/cranes

and thats all i can think of now,and realize there out there but way overpriced or badly made.so by the time your done with this list youll have a hell of a time making it all.LOL, it will be cool to have those weird out of the way parts available though :thumb: --josh

 

[Herc Driver]

Nscale ideas...

Realistic street light poles
Fire plugs
Parking meters
Truck/shipping dock/cargo type boxcar loads

 

[stripes]

Are these the kind of tools you where looking for Bigsteel ?

David

 

[bigsteel]

actually,yes they are,how much are those?i might have to check you out when i actually have a layout to put them on!!!but those are pretty much the corect tools.--josh

 

[stripes]

Sent you a pm bigsteel. They are $3.24 after your forum discount!

David

 

[MasonJar]

David,

One other thing that comes to mind, although it would depend on the expense, is bluestone (slate) sidewalk slabs. Very similar to your patio blocks I imagine, but not as cracked...

However, there may be a much simpler way of making them that would be cheaper than developing a mould and casting in resin... it could preclude any sales for you I have not experimented yet, but will soon, since my town will need sidewalks.

Oh, and street lamps!

Andrew

 

[jbaakko]

Cheap, full cast, BNSF Dash 9 "Gull wing" cabs with the 4 window sides, for Athearn & RPP (3 different molds!)

 

[J. Steffen]

There was a character on CSI that was a micro modeler. It would be nice to have his talent... Except for the whole him being a serial killer thing...

 

[stripes]

As my site deals with structures and structural details, that is what I an trying to develop.
Sorry Josh!
The slate sidewalks sound like something that should go on the list of potentials!!

When I was a plumber, people asked why I did not carry all the parts needed. I used to say that I would be driving a tractor/trailer if I tried to carry everything.

David

 

[MasonJar]

David,

After some thought, maybe the slate sidewalks can be done with Hydrocal or other high-density material. My concern would be that resin would not take a stain well. Staining seems to me the best way of colouring something like that, rather than painting. But as long as you are making the moulds...!

Andrew

 

[stripes]

Will Pm you Andrew.