The LIRR Industrial Service, Inc. shelf layout

[nickelplate759]

Well, our house is concrete block, not actually brick, but it does indeed have an expansion joints about every 20' in its longest wall.

[peteski]

Well, our house is concrete block, not actually brick, but it does indeed have an expansion joints about every 20' in its longest wall.

I was thinking of many New England brick mills still standing.  I don't recall expansion joints, but I might not remember that detail.

[garethashenden]

I was thinking of many New England brick mills still standing.  I don't recall expansion joints, but I might not remember that detail.

Its really rare.
This is fairly typical. The windows are somewhat recessed from the supporting structure.


The other option, where everything is flush, is like this. Yes, there is a vertical joint in the right side of the picture. It might be an expansion joint, or the building could have been added on to. I think that's more likely. There are no more vertical lines all the way to the end of the building.



I think these tenements are too small to have a joint like that. At least if they're made of brick.

[Plate C]

I have not seen any brick buildings that have walls with expansion joints (brick interlock for strrength), but I can't say that they don't exist.  I wonder what then keeps the wall together as a single wall?

Modern brick veneer facades have expansion joints. Old school brick walls, no.

[Lemosteam]

Its really rare.
This is fairly typical. The windows are somewhat recessed from the supporting structure.


The other option, where everything is flush, is like this. Yes, there is a vertical joint in the right side of the picture. It might be an expansion joint, or the building could have been added on to. I think that's more likely. There are no more vertical lines all the way to the end of the building.



I think these tenements are too small to have a joint like that. At least if they're made of brick.

this looks like an addition, note the womdow arches are different.

[Lemosteam]

Ok, you guys win. I added an electrical conduit over the joint and added a bit of 32 gage wire insulation to the top simulating a rain cover (not sure the electrical term for it). Kinda looks like a gooseneck that prevents water from getting in the conduit. 0.010” PB wire, painted with Rustoleum galvanized spray.

[Lemosteam]

Added lighting to one of my businesses too. The empty lobby and a workaholic in his top corner office.

[peteski]

Very nice John!

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Looks really good John.

I really like that particle board window. What did you use for that pattern?

[Lemosteam]

Looks really good John.

I really like that particle board window. What did you use for that pattern?

Just basswood strip that fit perfectly in the width. Then I just followed the arch with my knife, trimmed it and glued it in.

Funny thing was that I thought I lost a window frame. Found it after I put this in, but the boarded up window looks better!

[Lemosteam]

Tried my hand at making an old streetlight using an 0201pre wired LED, a toothpick (just under 12”) for the pole, 1mm OD brass tubing, a 00-90 flat washer pushed into a dome on my drill press with a drill bit having the shank end ground to a 120 degree included angle.

First I soldered the washer onto the tubing. Then I drilled the excess solder and tube away. Then I used a 0.5mm drill bit to clear a hole to the center of the tubing. After twisting the wires, I fed the led magnet wire through the tube. A drop of CA holds the LED in the dome.

I left one point on the toothpick for planting, and trimmed the other end or about 20 scale feet in the straight section of the toothpick. Then I drilled a 1mm hole in the center of the toothpick all the way through. I fed the light assembly wires through the hole and cemented the brass tube into the hole.

After the CA set, I ran the wire down the pole to the beginning of the taper on the toothpick. I used sepia waterproof India ink to color the pole. Need to paint the arm with my trusty Rustoleum galvanized paint color.

The light is temporarily mounted in the foam and the wires fed through. I am so happy with it I am going to make several more!
 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Looks great John!

I'm a wimp so I just bought mine from WS, but yours look way better.

[Lemosteam]

Looks great John!

I'm a wimp so I just bought mine from WS, but yours look way better.

Those things are 5" tall. This is about 2". I have some of those coming for the icing area on the extension. I also have some of the globe streetlights coming too.

[peteski]

Looks good John.

How thick is the pole?  Too me it looks slightly chunky (just like the Pole typing this post).   
Maybe bamboo skewers might be something you could want to look into using?  They are sturdier than other wood dowels, and the ones I have seem to have diameter that looks good for N scale utility poles.

[Lemosteam]

Looks good John.

How thick is the pole?  Too me it looks slightly chunky (just like the Pole typing this post).   
Maybe bamboo skewers might be something you could want to look into using?  They are sturdier than other wood dowels, and the ones I have seem to have diameter that looks good for N scale utility poles.

It scales at 11.5"., which is about right for a telephone type pole.