Winter Challenge 2024/2025 - Flat Iron Corner Building - Tom Langford.

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Coming along nicely
terry

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Woo Hoo!

Yepper, Thank you.

Tom 

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I got a chance to talk to Slim Sartore a bit at Springfield.  His day job is definitely interfering with the hobby business :-)

dave

Dave,

I would imagine so. I've noticed his Micro-Lumina stock is down or all together out.

Tom 

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Tom, another great update.
Thanks for sharing how you do lighting and the current limiter.
Things are looking very bright at the Flat Iron.

Rick,

Thank you and yes it is much brighter than it was last week. 

Tom 

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Another great update Tom,

Current limiters are great way to use LED's even though I always use resister as I can control the LED brightness with them.

Can't wait to see how the interior turns out.

Ron,

Thanks very much. I've used resistors in line with the current limiters to drop the brightness. You can also use two current limiters for the same effect.

Tom

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Very nice Tom...looking forward to seeing it in place.

John

John,

Thank you and I'm also looking forward to getting this one planted.

Tom 

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Another beautiful build so far  great work Tom.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thanks very much for the comment and the compliment.

Tom 

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Your flat iron building is going to look right for the neighborhood.  Good work. 

Mike

Mike,

Thanks very much. I agree it will be perfect for the area of the roundhouse and turntable. RR workers can rent rooms here.

Tom 

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Howdy Tom,

Thanks for the current limiters notes.  I bought a bunch 12 years ago, and lost the instructions on how to use them during my move to Georgia.  I am back in business. 

The structure is progressing well.  It is looking fantastic.


Have fun,
mike

Mike,

You are very welcome. PM me your address and I'll mail you a full sheet. Thanks for stopping by.

Tom - Still having fun.

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Outstanding modeling Tom. You are another lighting master like Bob.

Curt,

Thank you but I have a long way to go. When I grow up I want to be like Bob.

Tom 

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Coming along nicely
terry

Terry,

Thank you kind sir, appreciate you stopping by.

Tom 

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By adding the tile floor it dictated that I have some interior on the cafe floor.

I had to think about this for a bit as the left and rear walls are braced. The rear wall has a door and two different size windows but the left side wall is all wall.

I can add an interior wall to the left and just glue it to the braces. However, the rear wall has to be handled differently.



The rear wall required some special reworking and here is what I did.

I measured up the rear the height of the left side wall. I then glued a piece of strip wood across the braces at that height.

I used a new single edged razor blade and rocked it back and forth and cut down through the bracing.

I wanted to make sure I also didn't cut into the rear of the wall.

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I used a new #17 Xacto blade and carefully pried up the bracing.



Once the bracing was removed, I sanded the interior side of the rear wall smooth using a large sanding stick.

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I'll fast forward here a little. I cut a piece of plain strip wood, placed it up against the rear wall, traced the door and window openings and then cut them out of the strip wood.



Okay, I've come this far and decided I just can't have a plain wall for the interior. Since this is a Victorian style structure, I'll need something to add to the exterior style for the interior look.

I decided to add wainscoting and a trim top board to the interior walls.

I measured up three HO scale feet for the height of the wainscoting. I'm using Floquil Primer for the wall color.

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I have a very old, I mean about 50 years, piece of HO beadboard. This will work well for the wainscoting. It is very thin and fragile. I guess due to the age?

Anyway, I used a square to make sure the end was a true 90 degree angle.



I measured 3 HO scale feet and used the metal square to cut the wainscoting after removing the scale ruler.