FOS Bandits Roost

[Opa George]

Really great work. The hay effect is perfect!

John

Thanks, John. As Mark notes, the concrete work below is now hidden.     My original plan was for most of the hay to be piled up near the sides (a lot of vintage pics of the interiors of livery stables showed that) with the middle of the concrete pad showing through.  But I got a little "hay fever" and a bit too much!  Oh, well, I do like it this way, too.
--George

Excuse me all -- replace all references to "hay" with "straw."  That's my city-boy culture fouling me up on matters of keeping livestock. 

[ReadingBob]

It looks perfect George!      

The stable hands must have just cleaned up the place else there'd be some....err... exhaust piles mixed in with the hay...err.... straw.         Maybe you can add some scent to the scene to really bring it to life.   

[deemery]

What's the old saying, "You can get more for hay before it's passed through the horse."??


dave

[Opa George]

Sage observations, Bob and Dave!

I finally got the tarps on.  Took as long as a 1:1 job, but in the end, I like the look.  I still need a ladder so the stable hands can get up and at the tarps.






George

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great George.

[Oldguy]

That is one sweet build.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Lots of eye candy there!

Cheers, Mark.

[Opa George]

Thanks for looking in, Curt, Bob and Mark. I appreciate your support.  As part of the overall kit, this structure is deceptively under-emphasized in the instructions. It is the last "simple" structure before tackling the more complicated machine shops, or the featured enamel works with its multiple stories and tower,  but I have had a great time with it and I think it's been my most enjoyable part so far.

Still more details to add.  Although I appreciate suggestions, I am going to pass on Bob's idea of adding scent!

Speaking of which, who remembers the line of model railroad scents marketed back in the 70s or early 80s?  I sniffed around the internet and found the product: it was "Olfactory Airs" by Mikros Corp. They advertised in MR.

George

[rpdylan]

Great work on the framing of the stall! the weathering looks great, love the signs and the other detail work here. I'm following along closely as I've yet to start my kit

[JimF]

Love the tarps, George. Neat detail

And yes, I remember Olfactory Airs. A layout I visited back then had coal scent around the coaling tower, and the owner was planning on getting a few more. Never made it back to find out which ones.

Jim

[postalkarl]

Hey George:

Looks just beautiful.

Karl

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Opa George,
As far as I am concerned you've already won the Blue ribbon with this model.  Fantastic job!

[Opa George]

Thanks so much for the kind comments, Bob, Jim, Karl and Bruce.
I'm calling the livery building done and will move on to the machine shops.  Below are some "final" pics of this structure, although I know I'll find a few more things to tweak or add.  I added the ladder, a rain gutter and downspout, outside lamps, and some etc. 


The outside horse stall.


And the back side. The long blank wall will butt up against an adjoining structure, and therefore has no detailing. The outhouse is a rusty rails casting, and the small barrel and junk casting next to the back door porch is one of the FSM detail castings now being produced by Railroad Kits.  I picked up the barrels/drums assortment in Timonium from them, and this is from that collection.  Really nice detailed castings.

--George

[PRR Modeler]

WOW George, you did a beautiful job.

[Zephyrus52246]

What a beautiful little structure.  The wood, hay, tarp...everything looks great.

Jeff