East End Market

[Erieman]

Frank, thank you so much.  Nice video....GREAT layout.....


Don

Don, Glad you enjoyed the video. Since this video was taken, i have been dismantling a section of the layout ( not shown in the video) to build the steel mill. A good friend in Tucson spent the last 5 months building me a rolling mill and now I have to build the rest. I will start a separate thread for the steel mill soon. Working on getting a good arrangement of the structures ( not yet built) in the area plus track. This is going to be a BIG project.

Have a great day.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Frank:

As I said that is quite the project and you are doing a great job with it.

karl

Good Morning Karl,

East End Market is now sitting in the area on the layout that it was design for. No scenery yet. Soon. I have also been making white models of surrounding buildings for a future series of scratchbuilt structures. There is always something to do on this layout. As I mentioned to Donato, I have had a friend build me a rolling mill for my steel mill complex. Well the building is the beginning of my steel mill complex. I have been taking an area down to the framework so I can start fresh. I'll be opening a thread on this project later in the week. Thanks for stopping by.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Good Afternoon All,

The East End Market structure has been sitting on the layout for a couple of months. I have sculpted the foam blocks for roads and other effects. I like where it is placed, so now it is time to finish the diorama. In addition, I will be adding a two car Garage that Raymo has been so kind to photograph and sketch up the basic building dimensions. I have added stone walls both front and back. The garage will be placed against the rear stone wall. I need to take some artistic license with the structure due to the size of the foam module. Nothing major. Now I just have to remember the colors and sequence of A&I, etc. that I used on the main building.  I tout in my weathering clinics how important it is to document everything, and I am the worst offender. My Bad.



More  pictures during the upcoming week. This is a simple structure. I really want to get into the weeds, etc. around the building.

Frank / Erieman

[ACL1504]

Frank,

What a wonderful structure. It will look great once the scenery is finished. I've said it before but you are the best at scratch building.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Atta boy Frank. 

[Erieman]

Atta boy Frank. 

Thanks Greg, I'm working on it.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Frank,

What a wonderful structure. It will look great once the scenery is finished. I've said it before but you are the best at scratch building.

Tom

Tom,

Thank you for your kind words. I do like scratch building, but I think that there a lot of other great scratch builders on the forum, but I guess I'll wear the crown for a while! Here is a recent picture of the garage addition. Basically the foundation and four walls. I will be working on the roof over the next couple of days and then weather it. Then I can get back to the scenery. enjoy the pic.

Frank / Erieman

[donatode]

Frank,


You just keep adding to the "nice" on that build.

[Raymo]

Wow, the garage looks great!

[jbvb]

That does fit in well with the original structure.

[Erieman]

Tom, Donato, James, Raymo,

Merry Christmas to you guys. Thanks for stopping by East End Market. Well, the two car garage is done. now it's back to  the scenery. Lot to do here. And then i need to have some vehicles in the scene. No worries Dan, I'll build them. You know I love Sylvan vehicles. And weeds, going to have to come up with lots of weeds to make it look somewhat like the actual building. I do have some trees to add that will really help to soften the scene.



Frank / Erieman

[cuse]

Looks great Frank


John

[Janbouli]

That is a wonderful looking building Frank, exactly the right amount of weathering and the garage , excellent add on.

[ak-milw]

Frank, I would put that building right up there with the top end kits I have seen. The fact that is scratchbuilt makes it even better.

[Erieman]

John, Jan and Andy,

Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you are enjoying the build. As you will see, the scenery is coming along. I am building all of my structures on foam blocks to aid in ease of removal ( hopefully some time in the  distant future). This allows me to take the module and insert into the scene several times before I will call it complete. Taking photos as I go along from different angles also help in the scene.

Frank / Erieman