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  • Karl.AKarl.A
    vietnamseabee said:

    In Karl's last group of Pix there’s a heavy timber support structure supporting a (watertower/Fuel Tank?) and the weathering/coloring on the timbers jumped out at me....I'm thinking grain the wood as usual and stain with A/C...then gouge the timber with an awl or dental pick and let some dark A/I wick into the gouges...then with a rag wipe down the entire timber with some A/I.
    Any other thoughts how this might have been achieved.....regardless I like it

    Now to go back and study closely all the photos

    Terry

    That seems exactly the steps I would attempt to replicate that look Terry. Well described and thought out.

  • sdrees
    Karl, your pictures are also so wonderful. These provide a lot of ideas for detailing your model
  • kebmokebmo
    CraigH said:

    I knew when I posted the hobby is dying I would get that kind of Response from you your so predictable.

    is that a bad thing?


  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Some from the

    Dolly Varden Layout ( 1:48 ) at the Suncoast center.

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    Dolly Varden. 1:48

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    Finals from Dolly...

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    Some of Dave and Brians dioramas in the next set of pic's, then, back to the Sundance Central,
    if I can find the folder where the pics are, ha...
  • Jerry
    Karl that was built by Mike Engler. A tribute to our friend Brian Nolan.

    Jerry
  • BenPopperBenPopper
    Here are the pictures I took of Brian Nolan's Addison Tie and Timber 1:48
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  • CraigHCraigH
    BenPopper, I really like your pictures of Nolan's Addison Tie and Timber
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Dave Revellia - Boat Repair 1/48

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    Dave Revellia - Shipyard 1/48

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  • adminadmin
    edited May 2022
    One of my favorites of all time, Dave's ¼" boat repair. So that started life as a Whiteground Modelworks kit, I think it was called Padgette's boat repair or something like that. Maybe somebody out there has a better memory than me on that? Then, Dave worked his magic and took a very basic kit from the early 80's and made a wonderful diorama. The large boat under construction was the inspiration for the scene I included in the Foss' Shipyard kit!

    Thanks everyone for the awesome pics!
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Brian Nolan - Addison Tie & Timber - 1/48 (close-ups)

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  • sdrees
    these pictures are just awesome, thanks for posting them
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Thanks Steve, I'm having a lot of fun seeing the pics from other members and posting my own from visiting the Center and going back through my archives and enjoying looking at them again from several different years and different trips in the past.

    Some of you might notice that on different picture sets (from different people) of the dioramas, the rail cars and vehicles are sometimes either different or in different positions.

    Dave used to move them around to keep things different (interesting) for displaying at various shows or different openings at the center.

  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Brian Nolan - O Scale Mill Engine and Boiler House Diorama.

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  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Jerry said:

    Karl that was built by Mike Engler. A tribute to our friend Brian Nolan.

    Jerry

    Thanks Jerry, I knew you (and one or two others) could straighten out my faded memory on that one... haha.
    In this hobby, so many great friends, so many great modellers and so many great things to see.

  • Jerry
    Karl great pictures of Brian's & Dave's models. Two of the best.

    Jerry
  • TomMich
    I never tire of looking a Brian Nolan's work. So much inspiration. Every time I look at the photos of his work I see more and more. His use of details and their placement is outstanding. I get lots of ideas from his work. Thanks for posting these!
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Thanks Jerry and Tom, I have many pics from Brians machine shop diorama (with the cover off !) that I need to go through and whittle down if anybody's still not had enough pics yet, ha, many are from unseen before angles and areas.

  • vietnamseabeevietnamseabee
    I know I don’t have eye strain yet!!!
    Terry
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Thanks for the comment Terry, I'll sort out and resize some more later for you.
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Brian Nolan - The Machine shop - 1/48
    The interior pics... some similar, but, the focus is on different areas.

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  • BenPopperBenPopper
    That water cooler and the table beneath it!
  • vietnamseabeevietnamseabee
    edited May 2022
    The first photo in the previous group with the tow truck without a cab….reminds me of a small vehicle the marines used in Vietnam called a “mule”….brought up a whole nother set of memories….good memories. We Seabees “borrowed “ a couple of “mules”. From the Marines….
    Thoroughly enjoying this thread. Even my own pics which I hadn’t looked thru in awhile
    Terry
  • PaulS
    Just spectacular Karl, both your photos and Brian's Machine Shop.
    Outstanding what you've captured in your viewfinder !!
    Thanks all for sharing and helping to enable the Suncoast Center to live on through these photos and this thread,
    Much appreciated,
    --Paul
  • randyprandyp
    Karl, Thanks for posting these machine shop pictures. These pics and others are an inspiration. I have all the original CHB machine kits. And one of these days I plan to build an S scale machine shop. After all a 24 inch lathe in O scale will be about a 36 inch on in S. Thats my storey and I am sticking to it. Randy
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    edited May 2022
    Thanks Ben, Terry, Paul and Randy, good to read you are enjoying and gaining from the pics.
    I'm enjoying going through my hard drive and finding them.
    I def think you wont have many problems with that idea Randy, grinder, small drill press, lathe, and most others should work just fine, we all look forward to seeing that build.

    Here are a few of the power plant that Brian used to power the Machine Shop... obviously more CHB/SWSM componants.

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    The next set of pics will be from around the diorama and wonderful areas that many skip over because they focus on the shop.
    With Brians work, every inch is a masterpiece. Even the back side and the hidden areas...

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  • BenPopperBenPopper
    Here are some pictures of the 1:20.3 Sundance Central (I've got a bunch to post). I think I took more time/pictures with it because I had never seen it before. And was just so impressed at the level of detail able to be obtained.

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  • kebmokebmo
    it's very, very impressive, but it seems to be an odd scale. are details and structures/rolling stock readily available. or is everything scratch built?
  • BenPopperBenPopper
    Correct me if I am wrong, but it is derived from garden railway stuff using 45mm between the rails. And then someone using that as the standard and doing the backwards math of figuring out what that would be if you had 3' narrow gauge using those existing track standards. I think it is also sometimes referred to as Fn3.

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