Beautiful revival of a dated plastic structure! Great work on the staircase. It's funny, I have stair stringers from 5 different suppliers in wood, but can't think of any in plastic. Hey Evergreen or Plastruct, wake up! LOL
Great video, your right, the figures,feed sacks ,and that little ho scale man enjoying cold coke after some hard work makes the scene.Thats for the great tips and info of the products used.👍
Well done on the upgrades! Shows you can make a plastic kit work in a craftsman environment. One note, however; you had lighting prepared inside for your interior, it would have been simple to do the exterior lights. They would have added so much to the visual elements of the structure. Still, great job!
You are absolutely correct - making these working lights would not have added a lot of work and would have added to the visual impact. However, the exterior lights I prefer are the "gooseneck" lamps by Evan Designs, and they cost about $6 each. (Perhaps someday I'll figure out how to make my own gooseneck lamps for less money.) At some point, you have to ask yourself, "have I put enough lipstick on this pig?"
A great lesson in what can be done to an old kit as well as a new one. I have a 4x12 ft layout in it's own room and a good portion of the retail shops could use a makeover. Since we may be moving next spring I'm not doing much with the layout. This gives me some ideas on what can do without making a big project out of it. I watched the 1st half of this project and I would like to know how you got the details and walls apart. I'm assuming they were put together with some sort of plastic glue. Thanks
For the most part, I used either my #18 blade (the large chisel) or my #17 blade (the small chisel). Most of the joints came apart with just a little persuasion. I did split one or two pieces (like the dock support, and also one side of the building front) but these can usually be filled or otherwise repaired. Just take it slow. If there are pieces that refuse to come apart, don't force them - just resign yourself to painting the assembly. Good luck!
Forgot to mention: at about 2:30 in the part 1 video, you'll see I have a bandaid on the left index finger - this is covering a cut on my finger caused by a knife slip. *Be* *careful* when cutting these buildings apart!
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Well done! Your attention to detail and scale are impressive
Thanks!
That’s a nice looking model.
Inspiring video
Thanks 👍🏻
Beautiful revival of a dated plastic structure! Great work on the staircase. It's funny, I have stair stringers from 5 different suppliers in wood, but can't think of any in plastic. Hey Evergreen or Plastruct, wake up! LOL
Great video, your right, the figures,feed sacks ,and that little ho scale man enjoying cold coke after some hard work makes the scene.Thats for the great tips and info of the products used.👍
Thanks!
That turned out very nice. The original stairs were terrible, as you mentioned. Your "fix" was great and much better.
Thanks! I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought the original stairs just wouldn't do!
Well done on the upgrades! Shows you can make a plastic kit work in a craftsman environment. One note, however; you had lighting prepared inside for your interior, it would have been simple to do the exterior lights. They would have added so much to the visual elements of the structure. Still, great job!
You are absolutely correct - making these working lights would not have added a lot of work and would have added to the visual impact. However, the exterior lights I prefer are the "gooseneck" lamps by Evan Designs, and they cost about $6 each. (Perhaps someday I'll figure out how to make my own gooseneck lamps for less money.) At some point, you have to ask yourself, "have I put enough lipstick on this pig?"
A great lesson in what can be done to an old kit as well as a new one.
I have a 4x12 ft layout in it's own room and a good portion of the retail shops could use a makeover. Since we may be moving next spring I'm not doing much with the layout. This gives me some ideas on what can do without making a big project out of it.
I watched the 1st half of this project and I would like to know how you got the details and walls apart. I'm assuming they were put together with some sort of plastic glue.
Thanks
For the most part, I used either my #18 blade (the large chisel) or my #17 blade (the small chisel). Most of the joints came apart with just a little persuasion. I did split one or two pieces (like the dock support, and also one side of the building front) but these can usually be filled or otherwise repaired. Just take it slow. If there are pieces that refuse to come apart, don't force them - just resign yourself to painting the assembly.
Good luck!
Forgot to mention: at about 2:30 in the part 1 video, you'll see I have a bandaid on the left index finger - this is covering a cut on my finger caused by a knife slip. *Be* *careful* when cutting these buildings apart!
@@rwissbaum9849 Yup, done that too.