tom Yorkes pool hall bordello , BEULAHS HOUSE OF ENCHANTMENT

[hairball]

This is my pilot build of tom yorkes O scale Kit #119 Pool hall and Bordello.  I was given permission by Tom to re-issue this kit back in 2011 along with a bunch of others.

I added a lot of extras to the kit that were never in it.  A barber shop, a pool table , an outside shoe shine stand, an elaborate stairway, an extended outward upper deck , laser cut wood parts for side building front, a dormered 3rd floor , plus laser cut card stock for upper walls to be covered , if wanted , with corrugated iron sheets.

The hydrocal stone walls were coloured using 99% pure isopropinal alcohol and F W acrylic inks , forget the mix ratio , but I used ANTELOPE, SEPIA, BURNT UMBER.  Inks are perfect for colouring hydrocal as they do not fill like paints.  They are also translucent allowing the incredible tom yorke stonework to really show thru .  A system and method I developed while playing around.  Original idea was the alcohol and ink wash george sellios used on wood.  I went another way with it as George never used hydrocal in his kits.

mike lynch..........HAIRBALL

[ACL1504]

Mike,

Very well done!

Tom

[hairball]

Thank you Tom, this is one of my favorite builds and still have it.

For the barber shop wood front side , I also built 4 other pilot model fronts for it in : clapboard 1/16" and 3/32" spacing, plus board and batton in 2 diff widths.

  The roof for the side building I also built a total of 5 versions. : tar paper, corrugated iron, copper raised seam and metal raised seam both from B I S , and lastly a real wood shingle roof applied shingle at a time using birch veneer cut to barn length shingles of 2 scale feet long. 

Doing hand laid shingles is mind numbing and you have to stay aware of what your doing to keep things straight.  I see modeled roofs where the shingle lengths are all over the place, in real life I have never seen a roof look like that. Looks great in a model tho.

mike lynch.......................HAIRBALL

[Janbouli]

Excellent modeling Mike

[NEMMRRC]

Great looking model. This one of my favorites from Tom Yorke. It's very railroady.


By the way, great weathering on that Adirondack chair.


Jaime

[PRR Modeler]

Awesome job Mike.

[hairball]

thanks guys, not sure what happened to the Adirondack chair, might have been clear coated and then the enamel over layer kinda did not like the sun.  But last I saw them , set of 3 really looked whacked out.

Think they ended up in the recycling depot as I do not have a cottage where these chairs would rightfully belong..

mike ................HAIRBALL

[GPdemayo]

Nice work Mike.....