East End Market

GPdemayo · August 28, 2015, 09:09:54 AM

That's some nasty looking gutter joint staining.....great job Frank.

Erieman · August 28, 2015, 10:46:59 AM

Good Morning Everyone.

Dan & Raymo, thanks for your kind works and glad you are enjoying the build. The end is in sight. Should be completed sometime this week / weekend, etc... Thought you might enjoy seeing the structure in its final location. Just a quick pic. Enjoy.

Frank / Erieman

ReadingBob · August 28, 2015, 03:28:37 PM

Frank - truly impressive. I'd be hard pressed to come close to this if I had a kit and you did it all from scratch. I bow to the master.

An honorable mention should go to Raymo too for going out into the wild to get pictures for you.

Erieman · August 28, 2015, 03:51:00 PM

Quote from: GPdemayo on August 28, 2015, 09:09:54 AM
That's some nasty looking gutter joint staining.....great job Frank.

Thanks Greg, Real fun building and bending the gutter. Does look a bit nasty. Take a peak at the pic that Raymo took.

Frank / Erieman

Erieman · August 28, 2015, 03:59:36 PM

Quote from: ReadingBob on August 28, 2015, 03:28:37 PM
Frank - truly impressive. I'd be hard pressed to come close to this if I had a kit and you did it all from scratch. I bow to the master. An honorable mention should go to Raymo too for going out into the wild to get pictures for you.

Bob,

Thank you for your kind words. This is not that hard. I know you can do it. Want to try? Raymo has certainly been a friend and contributor on this build. Just ask him about the weather and the stuff he has stepped in to take the pictures! Since I am entering this as structure only, there will be no scenery. not my favorite thing to do, but it is a long story. The current base that I am using to build the structure on is just a rectangle. As you can see in the photo, the final base is a lot more curves. If I had the time, I might consider building a fully decorated base. So much to do, so little time. Thanks again for your kind words. Based on the kits I have seen you build, you certainly build a scratch built structure like this. No problem. We need to talk about a project. Maybe something for Tom's new layout. how about Yakima Apples one and two?

Frank / Erieman

ReadingBob · August 28, 2015, 06:13:51 PM

Thanks for the encouragement Frank. There are some structures I'd like to scratch build One of these days I'll take a stab at it. I'm not familiar with Yakima Apples. For sure I'd like to try to recreate a couple of structures that are on the FSM that were never released as kits. Maybe a little shanty town of run down shacks (good starter project using stuff from the scrap box). Possibly a few Reading Company structures. The biggest problem that I have is that I have way too many cool kits stashed around the house (what terrible problem to have

) and buddy's like Tom and John that seem to like what I do.

Erieman · August 28, 2015, 07:32:00 PM

Quote from: ReadingBob on August 28, 2015, 06:13:51 PM
Thanks for the encouragement Frank. There are some structures I'd like to scratch build One of these days I'll take a stab at it. I'm not familiar with Yakima Apples. For sure I'd like to try to recreate a couple of structures that are on the FSM that were never released as kits. Maybe a little shanty town of run down shacks (good starter project using stuff from the scrap box). Possibly a few Reading Company structures. The biggest problem that I have is that I have way too many cool kits stashed around the house (what terrible problem to have ) and buddy's like Tom and John that seem to like what I do.

Bob,

Ask Tom about Yakima Apples. He has a file on the two structures. I saw the two buildings at a hobby shop, liked them and then took several photos. a couple of years I made the drawings, and then made the two separate structures. These would be great on Tom's new layout creation. I would update the drawings that I have to assist you in the build. I have a lot of photos, and it is mostly scratch built components. A good scratch structure to start with. Just saying... You can do these. Easy Pezy. Let me know your thoughts after you have talked to tom. Send me an email / Tom has my email address. We all like what you build.

Frank / Erieman

Raymo · August 28, 2015, 07:32:07 PM

Just ask him about the weather and the stuff he has stepped in to take the pictures!

Frank / Erieman
And Boy did I ever step in it!!

MAP · August 29, 2015, 06:39:08 AM

Coming along great Frank! Those gutters are really something, as is the weathering/rusty look.

ACL1504 · August 29, 2015, 07:39:59 AM

Frank,

The broken gutter and rotting walls are wonderful! I'll show Bob the Yakima Apples photos. Here are three for the gang.

ACL1504 · August 29, 2015, 07:40:30 AM

ACL1504 · August 29, 2015, 07:40:59 AM

coors2u · August 29, 2015, 08:01:34 AM

I love that building. Sure would make a great kit.

ACL1504 · August 29, 2015, 08:14:47 AM

Quote from: coors2u on August 29, 2015, 08:01:34 AM
I love that building. Sure would make a great kit.

Dustin,

Take another look. Those are two different buildings. One for each side of the track. I'll show more of them later.

Tom

ReadingBob · August 29, 2015, 08:40:07 AM

Those are cool buildings and Dustin is certainly right, either (or both) would make great kits.

Thanks for posting the pictures Tom!

As my better half and I were watching a movie last night I spotted a structure in the movie that, whenever I see it (we watch this movie quite often), I always think would be really neat to scratch build and make a great addition to a layout. The movie we were watching was "A League of Their Own" and the structure I like is "The Suds Bucket". It looks like it would be a really neat night scene if it were lit up with a bunch of Slim's LED's.