SP RR

[ak-milw]

Nice looking station.

[sdrees]

Thanks Andy and jan for the nice comments.

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

Nice job fixing up the station.

Karl

[sdrees]

Thanks Karl.

[sdrees]

Progress to date on the on the station structure.



When painting castings, some of the castings I drill a hole in the base and insert a toothpick into it.  You then can hold the toothpick in your hand which makes painting the casting very easy.  I also take some of the casting and using double sided tape applied to a tong depressor and stick the castings to it.



Finished castings.



I built this newsstand for the station.  I used 1/64 birch plywood for the structure.  For the magazines and newspapers, I searched the internet for old magazine covers and newspapers.  I copied them into word and reduced the size to an HO scale size magazine.  Then printed on an ink jet printer.  Then cut them out an glued to the news stand



My messy work bench.



I don't know whether any of you noticed the similarity to FSM's Brownsville Station Kit.  I don't know where George got the inspiration for his kit, but like I said before, I got the plans from an article in a 1956 Model Railroader magazine and originally built it back then.

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Great redo on your station. I did notice that both of George's stations have a similar look. And I have them both. I plan to redo the first one as I followed his instructions and the colors don't go with the A&S RR.

Tom

[sdrees]

Thanks Tom,  I was doing some research on the internet to see what George had done with his kit for some ideas.  I ran across a thread of yours on another forum on your build of his kit.  I noticed that you changed the color scheme. You did a nice job on it.

[Zephyrus52246]

Nice job on the station and newsstand.


Jeff

[sdrees]

thanks for the complement Jeff.  I am waiting for some windows and doors to be cut on a laser to finish the project. 

[ACL1504]

Thanks Tom,  I was doing some research on the internet to see what George had done with his kit for some ideas.  I ran across a thread of yours on another forum on your build of his kit.  I noticed that you changed the color scheme. You did a nice job on it.

Steve,

Thank you but the newer Franklin Station was built for me by Readying Bob (Bob Butts). The official colors of the Atlantic and Southern RR are white with green trim.

Bob did a wonderful job and it has LED lighting as well.

Tom

[cuse]

That newsstand is fantastic!   


John

[S&S RR]

I love the news stand. George gets many of his ideas from the model railroad literature so you may have been inspired by the same article. The last time I visited the F&SM he pulled out a couple files on some of the towers he modeled on the F&SM. He keeps files on different articles which he uses for inspirations for his layout and for his kits.

[sdrees]

Thanks John & John for your nice comments about my news stand.  At least the passengers will keep busy while waiting for the next train and their trip to their destination.

[jbvb]

The news stand does look good.  I don't know if you'd actually earn the price of some printer paper by offering it, but I could see your Scale Magazines document saving detail-oriented HO modelers a considerable amount of time.

[sdrees]

Attached are pictures of the finished station, except for the chimneys.  I am still waiting for them to arrive.  I can now go back to placing track on the mainline.