O'Neils Mercantile & Repair

[Philip]

Awesome lean to! Great shingling, signage, and horseshoe!

Philip

[Larry C]

Philip thank you os much for your comments.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking great, Larry.

The little shed looks terrific. 

I like to leave a little overhang on my treads, as I think you have done.  I do work out where my 4x4's for the railing support posts are to go and cut little squares out of the appropriate treads flush with the side of the stringers before I glue them on.  This gives a nice flat surface to adhere the posts to.  Making these cuts after the stairway is assembled is extremely difficult to do without causing damage.  Not much help this time around, I know, but something to try with your next set.  Northeastern do timber stringers.  Rail Scale Models carry the old Rusty Stumps stair sets, laser cut with stringers and treads.  They also do jigs.  There used to be a company that did a variety of different sloped stringers, but I couldn't find them.  They had laser etched nail holes in the treads so I thought maybe BTS?  But I couldn't find them on the BTS site.  They might have closed down? 

Cheers, Mark.

[Larry C]

Mark thank you for the compliment. Also thanks for all the information for my next set of stairs. I think I have the railings figured out but I'll be taking a little different approach. There are so many of the older companies closing down it's hard to keep up.

[Philip]

Mark, RS laser sold recently to Scott Grubbs. Old RS laser new website

Was looking and the assembly jig is still included in those stair stringer kits.

No idea about the laser nail holed ones but I remember them.
It is hard to keep up..

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

The shed construction is excellent, and it looks like it, too.  The signs, hinges, etc all a lot of realism to the model.  Nice work.

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Philip vendors seem to be going but fortunately new ones with new technology are replacing them.

Mike thank you for the nice compliments.

[Philip]

Philip vendors seem to be going but fortunately new ones with new technology are replacing them.

Life my man! I've been playing around with O scale and HO a many years. The last 5 have been most interesting with the 3dp explosion.
Philip 

[Larry C]

Philip vendors seem to be going but fortunately new ones with new technology are replacing them.

Life my man! I've been playing around with O scale and HO a many years. The last 5 have been most interesting with the 3dp explosion.
Philip 

3D printing has definitely revolutionized model railroading; my only complaint with 3D is the stuff is so darn delicate to work with but the details are amazing.

[Philip]

Philip vendors seem to be going but fortunately new ones with new technology are replacing them.

Life my man! I've been playing around with O scale and HO a many years. The last 5 have been most interesting with the 3dp explosion.
Philip 

Philip vendors seem to be going but fortunately new ones with new technology are replacing them.

Life my man! I've been playing around with O scale and HO a many years. The last 5 have been most interesting with the 3dp explosion.
Philip 

3D printing has definitely revolutionized model railroading; my only complaint with 3D is the stuff is so darn delicate to work with but the details are amazing.

3D printing has definitely revolutionized model railroading; my only complaint with 3D is the stuff is so darn delicate to work with but the details are amazing.

Yes it has! Still a lot of trimming and filing involved. I switched to ABS and it is much stronger and will normally not break when it hits the floor. When my prints first come out of the wash they are pliable and forgiving but in 1 hour they start curing and bloom into hardness. My old resin was water rinse garbage, when broke it had the characteristics and strength of glass. The ABS Anycubic Pro is 10x better but requires an alcohol wash.
Philip
 

[Larry C]

The ABS Anycubic Pro is 10x better but requires an alcohol wash.

That would be a good waste of booze!!!Lol.

[Philip]

If you take some used alcohol that has washed the prints and put it in front of a UV light it turns to a gross gel. Nasty haz mat. I take it out side and let it sun cure and it takes a week or better. Then to the landfill.

The 70% won't wash it. I use the 91% and chase it with KY corn whisky.

[Larry C]

[Jerry]

The 70% won't wash it. I use the 91% and chase it with KY corn whisky.

Now we are talking!!! 

Jerry

[Larry C]

Before I started working on the railings I added the details first. The dog is a metal casting from Wiseman which was primed grey then colored with brown chalk & clear alcohol. I plan on having a LP standing in front of the bench looking down at the dog. The handcart is from SW spray painted green, after assembly, then dusted with black chalk to dull down the green. The pallet, barrel, gas can, and empty milk can are details from the parts bin.

The railings....ah yes the railings...were a PITA to assemble. The posts were constructed from 4x4's with the top pieces from 1x4's all were grained and colored with chalks & clear alcohol to match the stair treads. Everything was glued into place using quick setting super glue, toothpicks, assorted tweezers and some colorful language. All in all they didn't turn out too bad.



Here's another view of the finished stairs. I did opt to forego the railing by the shelves and crates to give a better view of the stairs.The front post at the bottom of the stairs was inserted into a hole I drilled into the wood/foam then glued in place for extra support. Also I need to come up with a few details for the front porch.



Next I need something for this side of the Mercantile. Considering it's only about 7 scale feet deep I was thinking of a narrow 3 sided storage lean-to style shed attached to the side of the building with maybe a sliding barn style door. I don't want a lot of junk on this side but maybe just a few details like an old discarded sign along with a couple of other items. I thought I would put the idea out there and am open to suggestions. Thanks for stopping by and for all your great comments so stay tuned.