The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

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I pulled some cotton off the Q-tip and kept pulling until I had a little wisp of cotton.







I used tweezers to hang the moss on the bottom of the branches.





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I can't say I'm happy with the results and it took about 90 minutes per tree. I did two trees and won't be doing any more.









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I scratch built a billboard sign for Delwin's.



I decided to add billboard lights using micro LEDs. I uised Ngineering parts for the lights. These are available from Slim at www.microlumina.com.



I used my Xacto knife to bend the .018 OD tubing.







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I used a small pair of nippers to cut the tubing to the desired length.




I reamed out the tube where I cut it. I didn't want any metal burrs to short the wires.



I then punched a hole in the lamp shade.






I super glued the shade on the end of the tubing as shown.




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I glued the lights on the rear of the sign with the lights shinning onto the sign.

The light poles were painted black and the shades were painted dark green.










This is the location where the sign will be placed.



I'm burned out and can't do anymore this afternoon. Oops, wrong phrase here. I'm tired now, I think I'll stop here.

There that's much better.

Tom

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Excellent.  The sign is cool without lighting,  but with lighting it puts it over the top.

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Excellent.  The sign is cool without lighting,  but with lighting it puts it over the top.

Curt,

Thank you for the thumbs up, much appreciate you following along.

Tom

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I got a second wind and want to get the thread caught up to where it was prior to the crash.

Time to install a few utility poles around Delwin's diorama. I'm not sure why I didn't do this section on the Delwin's thread but they are all listed under my layout thread. So, here they will stay even though both threads are layout related.





I was talking to Bill Cutler some months back and we were discussing scale light glass covers.

I came up with the idea of using Canopy Glue for the glass. Here is what I did.

I installed a micro LED in a lamp shade. Put is the clip upside down and added a bulb of Canopy glue.



I tested the LED again to make sure it was still working.



The glass cover look big for two reasons. One, it is, and Canopy glue shrinks as it dries. And, two because it is big.






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I also wanted some lights that looked like the old incandescent lights. I painted a little Tamiya clear yellow on one LED and not the other. Here is the difference.






I moved back to the area where the billboard will be located. I drilled a hole and inserted a brass tube as I did with Bud's Gas and Boat Dock.






I painted white glue on the area around the main structure location and then added the first coat of ground cover.

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Additional ground foam and other scenery materials were added next.







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Tom,
I really appreciate your efforts to restore this build thread.
As I check in though, I keep looking for the silver DeLorean to fly over the top of my PC, announcing our return to Back  to the Future!

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You can see in the other photos that the utility poles are installed on the lagoon bed. I placed them around where the docks and other structures are to be placed.
















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Tom,
I really appreciate your efforts to restore this build thread.
As I check in though, I keep looking for the silver DeLorean to fly over the top of my PC, announcing our return to Back  to the Future!

Chip,

Thank you kind sir. As I mentioned to another member, I need to do this so the entire thread makes some sort of sense.

I'm waiting for that DeLorean myself. It would be nice to just go to the future and have this update updated!

A couple more days and I'll have it back to the future.

Tom

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The lighting control center will be located in the main structure.



In order for the terminal strip to fit, I had to modify the roof bracing.



I made a little light panel for turning the lights on/off. I set it back from the edge of the layout so people won't hit the switches on accident.







Done for this evening. I'll be back, sound familiar?