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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Great job. Looking forward to pictures of the next stage. Grant Darwin NT |
HAL Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 535 Credit: 8,246,955 RAC: 3 |
My friend got into bee keeping last spring. He has two hives at the moment. He calls the hives "Jackie's Toy Bee Farm". He even had a hat made with that logo. So, since I've wanted a billboard on the layout, I decided to do one for that "business". Although it's just a hobby to him, on the layout it's a business. It's going to be a surprise when he sees it. I made it like the real ones with the support at one end. I have three LEDs as the lighting. It's made out of brass parts so that the support system will be a conductor. It's been primed and then painted with an airbrush, and then had weathering toner applied. I found a neat looking cartoon bee background for the billboard and added the text I wanted with a graphics program (Gimp). It's the size billboard companies call "Poster" - 22' x 10' in scale. Took me about 1 1/2weeks of work on and off. It's installed near a road where it would be seen by both lanes, but most of that area is still to be finished at a later time. Hope you enjoy it. I'm putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
That is really cool. I bet the LED's are a big help nowadays since they can be so small. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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HAL Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 535 Credit: 8,246,955 RAC: 3 |
That is really cool. I bet the LED's are a big help nowadays since they can be so small. Looks fantastic HAL. Thanks! The LEDs are a great way to do lighting for sure. The smaller ones are the ones that are useful. The type I used in this project are 1.6 mm LEDs which have leads. But in some of the other scenes I've used the SMD (surface mount device) sizes 1206 or 0806 sizes which have to have tiny wires soldered to them by hand. Very tiny and I have to use magnifying glasses to see! :-O I'm putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Nice. At that scale I doubt you could do the pigeon wire on top to stop them from roosting. ;-) You know I'm joking. Nice scene and nice layout Hal. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22158 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Really great - I enjoy looking at amount of detail you small-scale guys manage to achieve, but I much prefer working at 12inches to the foot (you know where that nut landed when it dropped to the floor via your toes....) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14649 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Visitors to Yorkshire are warned of... ... the million pound train ticket. According to the BBC (hope that fancy link works), it's for a joureny from Bradford to Leeds - a journey of about 12 miles, taking less than half an hour. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
According to the BBC (hope that fancy link works), it's for a joureny from Bradford to Leeds - a journey of about 12 miles, taking less than half an hour. Uber's surge pricing comes to British Rail? Grant Darwin NT |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22158 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Sponsored by the Leeds Tourism Board.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
HAL Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 535 Credit: 8,246,955 RAC: 3 |
Next project is the intermodal area which has a Mi-Jack. You can Google Mi-Jack but it lifts containers on and off trucks and well cars. I have a kit with a gazillion parts I've been assembling, you can see the progress. Still has a lot of work to do - painting, decals, weathering. Will post the end result when done. I'm putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Next project is the intermodal area which has a Mi-Jack. You can Google Mi-Jack but it lifts containers on and off trucks and well cars. I have a kit with a gazillion parts I've been assembling, you can see the progress. Still has a lot of work to do - painting, decals, weathering. Will post the end result when done. Cool, thought I'd send a link to a rail yard I drive by weekdays where they use them. Might give you an idea how Union Pacific does it for real. https://goo.gl/maps/X9n3AunLaG62 |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Will post the end result when done. Looking forward t it. Grant Darwin NT |
HAL Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 535 Credit: 8,246,955 RAC: 3 |
Yes the way they are placing the containers on the ground around the area is very useful. Thanks. I'm putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Good work HAL. ;-) BTW, are you 3D printing some of this? Cheers. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Checkout the difference a few days makes. Flood impact in north-west Queensland revealed in dramatic time-lapse vision. Grant Darwin NT |
HAL Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 535 Credit: 8,246,955 RAC: 3 |
Good work HAL. ;-) No 3D printing yet. I'm not convinced that the detail of N scale can be reproduced by a (affordable) 3D printer. But I'd like to do some projects for sure. I'm putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19012 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Impressive. How to build the perfect model railway This is a miniature world set in central Scotland 60 years ago. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Impressive. Extremely. That's a brilliant bit of work they've done there. Grant Darwin NT |
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