stanhas87
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Post by stanhas87 on Dec 28, 2012 4:10:26 GMT 1
Dear Harry:
I was following your incident,and sorry about this incident.I will be more to happy to locate model buses for you;lately I been hunting them not only on eBay but on also on a few toy stores and hobby stores.
Sorry one more time,
Nick K
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Post by swampdaddy on Jan 11, 2013 23:04:01 GMT 1
Last flood report . New carpet in the basement, a 100+ boxes moved back inside from temporary PODs storage container. Will have to go through them all to see what is salvageable and what will be tossed. It's going to take awhile to do this. When (and if) there is another report in this thread it will be progress on the large bus station. Thanks for all the comments, Swamp Daddy
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jim68cuda
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Post by jim68cuda on Jan 13, 2013 5:03:58 GMT 1
Looking forward to seeing more progress on the bus station. As a little motivation to keep you moving forward, Classic Metalworks has announced that the new Scenic Cruiser buses are due to arrive at their warehouse on Monday. Thats just two days away.
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Post by swampdaddy on Apr 28, 2013 20:01:45 GMT 1
I've brought the large rail/bus station building downstairs to the work bench. Some tools located but a lot of paint and other things still in boxes yet to be unpacked from the flood. Work will begin again soon. In the meantime I am getting buses off the internet and from hobby stores locally. I have 4 of the beautiful CMW Scenicrusisers and 4 of the other CMW over the road bus in Trailways. That will take care of the 50's to 70's era. Many other modern buses will be used when I am in the post 70's era. I am doing some design work on the 'bus loading bays' area and several interesting ones are possible. I have decided that any rail lines (other than streetcars out front) will have to be either on an elevated structure or in a 'cut' or underground. Making it possible for a viewer to see it all is becoming more complicated. Some physical progress should start soon. have fun, Swamp Daddy
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Post by swampdaddy on Dec 14, 2013 23:19:38 GMT 1
Normally my current projects share room on my computer desk and I work on them while monitoring eBay or other computer activities. However, the desk is now over crowded with projects half done and in pause mode now. I need to get a new layout bench going; the old ones survived the sewer backup flood; but, I decidedthey were too contaminated to be used again so they were dismantled and disposed of. I have the lumber for some new benchwork -- now all I need is the energy and will power to make a few tables. The Bus Station project needs some more room than my desk has so I can decide on a layout for the building's loading bays, light poles, etc. I hope to have some real progress soon with a few photos on my photobucket pages. Swamp Daddy
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Post by alcarter on Dec 15, 2013 17:05:40 GMT 1
Swamp,
Glad you are back modeling and designing new benchwork - looking forward to seeing progress photos.
Al Carter
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Post by swampdaddy on Feb 5, 2016 7:30:50 GMT 1
Hi all: First time I've been able to log in since at least 2 years ago. Apparently the software on the site reverted again to that condition where Internet Explorer users with XP as the operating system, at least me, were unable to log in. I finally downloaded Chrome browser which is even worse that IE as far as being clumsy. and, Chrome has informed everyone they will stop supporting XP soon. Well, at any rate it is interesting to actually log in for a change. Very little progress has been made though I have built a few structures and have made a half-hearted attempt at some new benchwork to hold models. I'll have to take the big bus station apart (it was held together with small machine screws - many of them) and fix the damage caused by rough handling it got during the move out of the basement (the flood) and moving back in. I'm mainly posting to let you know of a newly enlarged site, www.hoseeker.org which is attempting to archive information about HO trains, including structures and vehicles. Mostly the train end is extensive. I've been sending scans of structure box tops and instruction sheets to them much as I did for our database a number of years back. Next I'll be sending more vehicle information to them. I'll be busy looking the site over and maybe even posting a few things. Might take awhile to catch up on things. have fun, Swamp Daddy
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Post by swampdaddy on Oct 1, 2018 6:10:14 GMT 1
Hi all: It’s late 2018 and time for some news on TRANSPORT CENTRAL, my massive HO scale, and scratch built bus/transit station. Much new benchwork is up and completed and semi-completed structures are sitting on it in no particular manner. No coherent diorama type display yet. The TC bus station is out of storage and on the benchwork – hopefully to be worked on soon.
A large amount of Preiser figures and details such as tables, chairs, etc. are now on hand for what will be a very large 3rd floor restaurant in the building. I need to finish off other 3rd floor office modules and then get busy on the restaurant.
Early on I decided not to use incandescent bulbs because of the heat factor even in such a large building because it worried me. So, many years back I found a source of 5mm LEDs and the first floor has some. They look great but are a pain in the wazoo to install and wire up. So, now, I am switching to recently available SMD type LED lights (surface mount device) which for my purposes come in strips of 3 or 6 and are only about 1/32nd thick and can be simply glued to the ceiling rather than “sunk in it” as the larger normal LEDs. They are easier to install, easier to wire, and use much less current than even the LEDs. Heat should not be a problem.
As the interior becomes done I need to design a roof; and, I think a roof garden restaurant will be eliminated from the plans for the time being.
Photos of progress soon ! Have fun, Swamp Daddy
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Post by swampdaddy on Oct 10, 2018 22:29:57 GMT 1
Small update here. My basement now fully recovered from the 2012 flood by the end of 2016. New carpet, some new furniture and all moldy items thrown out. Some benchwork has gone up recently for a new city diorama but it is mainly shelving right now for assembled models salvaged from the flood or built since then. Structures placed at random for now. . For any newcomers, TRANSPORT CENTRAL, my large bus station project, has been returned to my new workbench. Go to tinyurl.com/y9hpfxj6 to see progress from way back on it. I am now thinking of roof designs including a large skylight for the central atrium area. No new photos as of 10/2018 but some soon will appear. A new product, now quite cheap, will be used for lighting. These are strips of SMD led lights (SMD = surface Mount device). Current consumption is microscopic, they are less than 1/16" inch thick and can be glued to the ceiling of each floor or a building. Some styles have a resistor built in for use on 12-16v; others need the resistor as an add on. Strips for general modeling are generally 3 or 6 lights. This is a very important step forward in model building. Available in colors though warm white and bright-white are the most usable for me. The several floors are held in place by 2-56 screws and I can repair or alter anything that needs it. In the meantime many Preiser people and other details (chairs, tables, food) for a large 3rd floor restaurant have arrived via eBay over the years and will be added soon. Some areas will have tons of "cheap" Chinese figures now abounding on eBay; these don't match up in quality to Woodland Scenics, Preiser, Merten or other quality makers but you get up to 100 for $3-5 or so. For the time being, as this project has stretched over 20 years or more, I am eliminating a roof garden and other roof details until later on (if ever) . Have fun, build something, Swamp Daddy
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Post by swampdaddy on Oct 30, 2018 2:18:07 GMT 1
TRANSPORT CENTRAL update 10/2018: This long going project has been worked upon quite a bit the last couple of months. I was putting photos on my pages at PhotoBucket and linking them to this site; but, Photobucket no longer allows what they call 3rd party hosting -- meaning I can not have them appear on 87thScale pages. Rather than making you go to PhotoBucket pages to look at photos I will be posting the whole article and photos on the Zealot site. The TRANSPORT CENTRAL article is at: www.zealot.com/threads/transport-central-scratch-build-using-styrene-plastic.180513/#post-1027719 and I will do all future updates on Zealot.
I don't care for this way but at the moment I cannot afford any other photo site that would allow 3rd party hosting.
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Post by swampdaddy on Nov 4, 2018 2:31:59 GMT 1
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Post by swampdaddy on Nov 6, 2018 20:38:04 GMT 1
(11-06-18) Part 4 of the TRANSPORT CENTRAL story with more photos has been posted at the Zealot site: www.zealot.com/threads/transport-central-scratch-build-using-styrene-plastic.180513/ The interior of this large structure is about done and will be finished in the next part . People will be added with other extra interior details . The last remaining large challenges are the roof and the fancy entrance building.
This project has spanned several decades (on and off) and I will be quite satisfied to see it finally completed.
Have fun modeling or collecting, Swamp Daddy
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Post by swampdaddy on Dec 6, 2018 18:40:34 GMT 1
(12-10-18) Part 5 of the TRANSPORT CENTRAL story with more photos has been posted at the Zealot site: www.zealot.com/threads/transport-central-scratch-build-using-styrene-plastic.180513/ Part 5 has been posted noting the finish of all of the "sub-units" inside the building as I finally completed most of the large 3rd floor restaurant dining room with people, tables, chairs, etc. Still to come is the HO scale food. There is actually a Preiser kit for this but I have yet to open it for painting. Many small details will be added to floors 2 & 3 in the form of more people, accessories, etc.
Not even designed yet will be the roof and it's details to complete the main building. The mini-diorama is no where near finished as still to be done is detailing the fancy entrance building, a large loading area in the rear with many buses, lights, etc. And, the loading bays in the front for local transit including buses, trolleybuses, and (maybe) streetcar tracks.
This project has extended over many decades as I only worked on it a little bit here and there as time and money were available. But, now, I hope to complete it in 2019 and move on to other projects.
Have fun modeling, Swamp Daddy
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jim68cuda
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Post by jim68cuda on Dec 7, 2018 22:43:03 GMT 1
Impressive work on the Transport Central build. I had no idea that this build was first envisioned over 40 years ago. While the model is sure to be stunning when finished, I don't see a need to replicate the build schedule that a typical big city would have for such a project on a 1:1 scale. So, if you don't mind, Speed it up a little!
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Post by swampdaddy on Dec 15, 2018 3:35:10 GMT 1
Wish I could go faster; but, it's mostly waiting on items from China to arrive; and, squeezing in some work on it between normal everyday events one must take care of. The interior should be finished by Christmas (I hope) and the roof done early in the new year. At which time I will be officially done with it though the overall diorama will have additional work before it hits the layout. Especially not even designed yet are the bus loading bays and parking area out back and the street it will face with pavement in the front loading area. Some photos of each floor as finished should appear soon and I'll note that in this thread.
The Zealot site requires photos of the steps involved and believe you me, mine is shorter than many. I switched to Zealot when PhotoBucket (where I used to keep photos) started to try and get more money from people by not allowing 3rd party hosting (meaning the photos used to show up on this site) without a stiff additional charge. New site, new rules about photos.
Have fun modeling, Swamp Daddy
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