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railman28
Fireman
USA
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 Posted - 02/16/2012 : 4:45:48 PM
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The horse, the wagon are beauties. I like how the horse seems to match the man- old and tired.
My Mom, who's a little older than you and grew up in the old Jewish section of Boyle Heights, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. She tells me that her rag man pushed a two wheel cart up her hill. She fondly remembers dealing with the kind Jewish man who was a skillful negotiator with adults but would let the children take a bit of an advantage. This was the depression, everybody was poor, but the rag man did alright by his family, she recalled.
Thanks for these fine models that recall such fine memories.
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sgtbob
Fireman
USA
1219 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 12:53:35 PM
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Thanks for your comments, Bob.
I've been casting around, trying to make up my mind on the next structure. Because I bought
that safe and telegraph set that I mentioned, I have been leaning towards making a telegraph
office. I want to make a structure that is small and narrow, room is getting to be a
problem.
The above photo is a model firehouse made from modular resin pieces that I used to make and
sell. It is a slightly smaller scale, 1/32, but with a little work I could use many of the parts in a
new structure in 1/24 scale. I no longer have the molds for whole wall sections but I did
find the old molds for much of the fancy work. "Remember, never throw out those old molds!!"
These old structures look like they are stone but they were really mass produced cast iron
facades added to regular brick or block buildings. This and several other models were used
as display pieces when I went to shows selling my kits. It was funny, people from all around the
country would come up and say to me, "I recognise that building as one from my home town!!"
It was not true, these were simply out of my head, no prototype, just similar to the iron buildings
that were all over the country.
Anyway, That's were I am rigt now, just thinking about it and rumaging through more
old molds. We'll see if anything comes of it.
Cheers,
Bob |
If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do?
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sgtbob
Fireman
USA
1219 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 1:55:12 PM
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Been doing a lot of digging. Here's the master and mold for some of the fancy work. It's
mostly styrene. I turned one baluster and cast many more for the little rail. The straight
and curved sections with tiny balls in them are styrene strips with little lead shot pellets
glued in place. The fine fluting on the columns (can't see it too good in this photo) was done
with a casting made from the handle of the tool, a pin vice. the smallest colums have
a fine scroll around them, made from a copy of the handle of a walnut picker. The tops
were modeled in epoxy putty.
I did not sell the small parts, I sold wall sections that could be combined in many ways.
This is just one of them as an example, an upper floor window section.
The more I think about it I think I will make some sort of combination of these and make
a small telegraph office.
More later.
Bob |
If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do?
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1
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Schoolmaster
Fireman
USA
1581 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 2:04:45 PM
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| Nice castings, A bit grand for my layout. Looks good for banks, Carnegie library, union station, school, ... |
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NEMMRRC
Crew Chief
USA
816 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 2:05:20 PM
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Originally posted by sgtbob
I did not sell the small parts, I sold wall sections that could be combined in many ways.
This is just one of them as an example, an upper floor window section.
More later.
Bob
Very nice. You must have sold a lot of these back when you were making them.
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sgtbob
Fireman
USA
1219 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 2:30:20 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Schoolmaster, not so grand, many small shops had these cast-iron facades. Only LOOKS grand.
Some real ones were much more elaborate. 
Jaime. Yes, I did sell a ton of them but that was the rub. Having to do all the casting to
keep stocks up, packaging them, etc. After a while it takes the fun out of model building.
Hard to mix a hobby and a business. That's why I stopped. [:-banghead]
Bob |
If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do?
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1
http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ |
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
23277 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 3:39:20 PM
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Bob,
Every once in a while I will still come across a building with a cast iron front. They sure did last. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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Schoolmaster
Fireman
USA
1581 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 4:07:45 PM
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I have pretty good photos of the time and place I'm modelling, and they weren't building that sort of palace |
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BBLmber
Fireman
USA
4316 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 4:24:55 PM
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I have seen a lot of them in old photos from back where i used to live. Alot of them have been remodeled and changed, but I have seen peices from buildings we tore down.
Mark |
W,L,&E |
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sgtbob
Fireman
USA
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
23277 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 5:26:41 PM
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A few years ago, one of our son's got married on Mackinac Island. Several of the store fronts on their main street were cast iron and in great shape. That's not very 'east'.
Then again, I do see a number in old 'cities' in the north east. |
Bruce
Modeling the railroads of the Jersey Highlands in HO and the logging railroads of Pennsylvania in HOn3 |
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wvrr
Fireman
5018 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 6:14:03 PM
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Very nice looking structure, Bob. I'm sure you will make the castings work in your scale. A lot of detail in them.
Chuck |
Wyoming Valley Railroad
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Ray Dunakin
Crew Chief
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2012 : 10:57:22 PM
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That is a great looking structure, and good quality castings! Very interesting seeing how you did them.
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sgtbob
Fireman
USA
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sgtbob
Fireman
USA
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