The Very Last White River and Northern Railroad

[DKS]

These are "N Scale." Maybe they'd make small bushes, but they're useless as trees.

[Philip H]

Those are the HO ones? Sheesh...

But I agree, they look GREAT in that scene!

They even have some you might like:

https://www.arrowmodels.com/jtt-95629-woods-edge-trees-bare-green-ho-scale-14-pack-for-scenic-diorama-model-trains

[davefoxx]

But, Mr. Fox, you can build a few of them every night. Where have I heard that before?

@Philip H,

A SuperTree?  Yes.  But not longleaf pines.  I'm sure you will agree with that, especially since you and I are in the same boat on the need for pines.  Many, many pines.  Haha!

DFF

[Ed Kapuscinski]

These are "N Scale." Maybe they'd make small bushes, but they're useless as trees.

Lol. GTFO with those shrubs.

[DKS]

Wrapped up the gas station today. Making the sign was quite the challenge, since I modeled all of the lamps seen in the reference photo. First, I made the sign frame from 0.030" square strip styrene, and threaded three lamps into #72 holes (below).



Then I joined all of the leads together so they'd all operate on just two wires (below).



Next, I attached the signs, which I'd printed on shipping label stock with a laser printer. The label material has an opaque layer, so light won't shine through it.



Finally, I glued the assembly in place (the island end of the sign is not bonded to anything), ran the power leads though the wall of the building (just the way it's done in real life), applied a generous amount of CA to the light wires, and touched up the paint.



The building is removable, with the lights powered through brass wipers mounted on the base that contact bits of PC board on the walls inside.



Positioning scale-sized lamps where they are in life creates a most realistic effect at night.



Incidentally, the signs on the building advertising worms, crickets and ice cream stem from a time back when a college buddy of mine and I were on vacation in New England. We saw a strange little store out in the middle of nowhere with that sign, and we thought it was a really odd combination to put together. Ever since then, whenever we encountered something weird, one of us would say, "Worms, crickets, ice cream."

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[Chris333]

Wow that gas station is fire!

[garethashenden]

Wow that gas station is fire!

I hope its not on fire. That would go badly.

[CRL]

These are "N Scale." Maybe they'd make small bushes, but they're useless as trees.

Those trees would look appropriate growing along a fence line with utility lines running overhead. That where the birds would deposit seeds that would result in dense volunteer growth in my part of the country.

[DKS]

Those trees would look appropriate growing along a fence line with utility lines running overhead. That where the birds would deposit seeds that would result in dense volunteer growth in my part of the country.

PM me your mailing address. I'll send them to you.

[Philip H]

PM me your mailing address. I'll send them to you.

The trees or the fully animated pooping birds?

[OldEastRR]

Wrapped up the gas station today.

You need to find a Mobilgas logo with the "Gargoyle" graphic to go over the door.

[CRL]

PM me your mailing address. I'll send them to you.

Thanks, but not necessary. I have several thousand growing in my backyard now.

The trees or the fully animated pooping birds?

Yep - got those too at 1:1 scale though.

[DKS]

Just completed a working car lift (the last currently planned animation for the layout).

[CRL]

Just completed a working car lift (the last currently planned animation for the layout).

Really nice. The Mobil station my family used for years had an outdoor lift like that. It even had the small rod adjacent to the main cylinder to keep the assembly from rotating. The rod wasn’t as far back as yours… probably less than 12”.

Now all you need is the air tank & valve assembly next to the building to control the lift.

[Chris333]

My buddies lift has the rod missing