O'Neils Mercantile & Repair

[Rick]

Very nice.

[Larry C]

Jerry thank you so much.

Curt thanks. Not sure though how a HO scale one would go together.

Philip thanks; thought I'd go with the green for a change.

Rick thank you.

[friscomike]

Howdy, Larry. The lathe looks fantastic.  The colors, shading, and assembly are first class.  Have fun, mike

[Larry C]

Mike thank you so much for the nice comment.

[Philip]

Philip thanks; thought I'd go with the green for a change.

You can't go wrong with that color! 

[Larry C]

You can't go wrong with that color! 

Ya, I thought it would add a different color palette with all the brown tones in the build.

[craftsmankits]

Beautiful work on that lathe.  It's my first time visiting this thread, now I've got to page one.  Mark

[Larry C]

Mark thank you for your nice comment. Glad you stopped by and hope you enjoy the thread.

[Larry C]

Moving along:



Decided to keep the lathe in the Shed so I placed it in the large doorway leaving room on the far end for the LP's to move stuff from behind the building. Being the lathe is a 3D print the belt will not physically go under the cone pulley. Instead you have to glue it in such a way it "looks" like it is. Figured I'd better do that before I glued the lathe in place. Also added a few more details like the box of junk on top of the shelving unit and also a hand cart. I glued the disconnect to the tracks as well.



Here's a better view of the handcart with a wood water barrel on the front plate. As you can see there is a good amount of room between the end of the lathe and the doorway.

[Larry C]

The area between the Mercantile and the Repair Shed looked rather stark so I added a few details; 5 to exact of parts I already had on hand. All of them were either painted with craft paints, chalks and clear alcohol and/ or a combination of both.

In the first photo is a seat on a wooden box with a "spittoon" on the side. I added a few "tabacky stains" beside it on the floor showing someone had a bad aim.Also added a propane tank on the corner of the building.

The second photo shows the chair in greater detail. Basically a wooden crate with an old tractor seat attached with a makeshift back rest. In the foreground is a wooden barrel with some parts showing at the top. The one thing I didn't want to do is "over detail" this area but add just enough to help fill in the gap while adding to the diorama story.



Here's a "top down" view of the back porch just to show there's still plenty of room for people to work in the Shed. Thanks for stopping by for a gander and for all your great comments and/or suggestion; they are appreciated so stay tuned.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks very good Larry.

[Larry C]

Curt thank you; it's coming along.

[Philip]

 It gets better and better! 

[Rick]

It gets better and better! 

Yup