East End Market

[Erieman]

Beautiful building this promisses to become , thanks Frank

Jan,

Thanks for stopping by and glad you like toe build. Here picture one of two showing the building now totally assembled. Whew!!! go to next pic.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Jan,

Here is the rear view of the building. There are several pieces that will be added to this side. Stay tuned. Again, thanks for stopping by.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Good Morning Everyone,

Yesterday was a milestone. All the main walls were assembled. WHEW. I made good progress yesterday. the wife and here sister were over at the grandkids and I was left home. Darn. As you can see from the pic, major progress was made. In addition, the front porch floors are cut, not glued, and there are two fascia boards that run the length of the building that are cut, but need painting and final installation.

I have to meet the realtor at my mom's house this morning, so that is going to slow progress a bit, but I'll be back later today. Enjoy the pic.

Frank / Erieman

[S&S RR]

Looking great Frank! That is a big project - how big is that (approximate foot print)?

[Erieman]

Looking great Frank! That is a big project - how big is that (approximate foot print)?

John,

Spent the morning and part of the afternoon with the realtor taking pictures of my Mom's house. Got home about three and went immediately to the train room and back to East End Market.

The main building as you see it currently is 26 feet wide x 119' 3/4" long x 46 feet high at the mid point in HO Scale. That's 3 5/8" x 16 5/8" x 6 3/8."The building will get wider in the coming weeks as I add the front entry, front porch, the side garage and other bump outs. I also have to add the brick walls for the basement. Not all the wall, just the main building. The complex parts are still to come. They include the front porch's, the front entry, the side entry which is on the right side of the front of the building. That area has railing and steps to build. I need to draw the corbels and get them laser cut. now that the building is in three dimensions, I can determine what the size of the corbels really should be. All of this plus some trees for the layout needs to be done in the next 6 weeks.

We are now having two meetings on the convention per month and soon it will be one meeting every week. We now have 216 people signed up for the convention. Looks like this is going to be a winner.

Stay tuned, more pictures will be posted real soon.

Frank / Erieman

[cuse]

Looks great Frank. Ambitious project and you're moving quickly!


John

[ReadingBob]

That's very impressive Frank!  That's quite a project.  Wow!   

[S&S RR]

Looking great Frank! That is a big project - how big is that (approximate foot print)?

John,

Spent the morning and part of the afternoon with the realtor taking pictures of my Mom's house. Got home about three and went immediately to the train room and back to East End Market.

The main building as you see it currently is 26 feet wide x 119' 3/4" long x 46 feet high at the mid point in HO Scale. That's 3 5/8" x 16 5/8" x 6 3/8."The building will get wider in the coming weeks as I add the front entry, front porch, the side garage and other bump outs. I also have to add the brick walls for the basement. Not all the wall, just the main building. The complex parts are still to come. They include the front porch's, the front entry, the side entry which is on the right side of the front of the building. That area has railing and steps to build. I need to draw the corbels and get them laser cut. now that the building is in three dimensions, I can determine what the size of the corbels really should be. All of this plus some trees for the layout needs to be done in the next 6 weeks.

We are now having two meetings on the convention per month and soon it will be one meeting every week. We now have 216 people signed up for the convention. Looks like this is going to be a winner.

Stay tuned, more pictures will be posted real soon.

Frank / Erieman

Wow - we know where you will be for the next 6 weeks.  I wish Wayne and I could give you a hand with all those trees.

[Erieman]

Looks great Frank. Ambitious project and you're moving quickly!


John

Good Morning John,

I'm glad you think that this build is moving quickly. it probably is, but it is the old forest from the trees scenario. I'm too close to know, but I'm having fun. Chester Station took me 4 1/2 months to build and this structure will be done in half that. I'm sweating already just thinking about that fact. I guess I'm working under the deadline. What's a little pressure!!! Thanks for stopping by. I will have some more to post early in the week.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

That's very impressive Frank!  That's quite a project.  Wow!   

Good morning Bob,

Yup, this is the biggest scratch built project I have taken on to date, especially with the time constrain. What you don't see is the OH Shits along the way. I have had to rebuild the front wall over, and several smaller walls just because a window or some other factor was not in the right place. It's moving in the right direction and it has been fun. Thanks for stopping by. glad you are enjoying the project.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Looking great Frank! That is a big project - how big is that (approximate foot print)?

John,

Spent the morning and part of the afternoon with the realtor taking pictures of my Mom's house. Got home about three and went immediately to the train room and back to East End Market.

The main building as you see it currently is 26 feet wide x 119' 3/4" long x 46 feet high at the mid point in HO Scale. That's 3 5/8" x 16 5/8" x 6 3/8."The building will get wider in the coming weeks as I add the front entry, front porch, the side garage and other bump outs. I also have to add the brick walls for the basement. Not all the wall, just the main building. The complex parts are still to come. They include the front porch's, the front entry, the side entry which is on the right side of the front of the building. That area has railing and steps to build. I need to draw the corbels and get them laser cut. now that the building is in three dimensions, I can determine what the size of the corbels really should be. All of this plus some trees for the layout needs to be done in the next 6 weeks.

We are now having two meetings on the convention per month and soon it will be one meeting every week. We now have 216 people signed up for the convention. Looks like this is going to be a winner.

Stay tuned, more pictures will be posted real soon.

Frank / Erieman

Wow - we know where you will be for the next 6 weeks.  I wish Wayne and I could give you a hand with all those trees.

So what is stopping you from coming out? What is a little heat? Only kidding John. You have enough 1:1 projects to contend with. You and Wayne have been very helpful. Everyone that has been in the train room really has been impressed with the trees. I just want the structure to be completed and if I have some time, I'll plant some trees.

Frank / Erieman

[jbelwood]

Have done lots of scratch building over the years Frank but nothing like your market. It's a real
spectacular show stopper. Your research is really paying off big time.

John

[Erieman]

Have done lots of scratch building over the years Frank but nothing like your market. It's a real
spectacular show stopper. Your research is really paying off big time.

John

John,

Thank you very much for your kind words for this project. Ive had a lot of help from Raymo with the research, afterall, he was the one that postd the picture of this building that got me started. I find the time spent on the recent cruise allowed me time to do design work on how I was going to build the structure was of great help. I guess I should post a couple of pictures on my sketches of a couple of details to show what I was doing ( besides eating a lot of desserts).

I was at your house a couple of years ago with John Grosner and a friend of mine from Arizona prior to the Amherst Show. I really appreciate your comments after seeing the great work that you have done on your layout. I have really gotten into scratchbuilding over the past 3 or 4 years and this is a real challenge. I enjoy the challenge on this project. More pics soon.

Frank / Erieman

[Raymo]

Now I feel like I'm at work, "I get blamed for everything!"

[Erieman]

Now I feel like I'm at work, "I get blamed for everything!"

Whine, whine. whine. It could be worse. I could send you all the parts without the instructions and see how you do! I really do appreciate all your help. Look at it this way, I trying to help you sell vehicles. If anyone blames you, send them to me. I've got a nice piece of hot pavement that I could strap them to. You do know that eggs really do cook on the pavement. So do feet, hands and other body extremities. Just saying.

I'm having fun with the build and hope you are enjoying knowing that you got me going on it. Thanks.

Frank / Erieman