Tom, the Hard Rock Cafe is a nice looking building. I've been thinking about getting one also. Been checking it out at my LHS.
Stan.
THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH.
Sounds great!!! I'll have to look around for one.
underworld
Ok.....here it is......
Retails for $49.99....now I got to go try to find one tomorrow!!!
darianj wrote:It is a nice looking building.
I bought mine from Trainworld in New York, $35.99 plus shipping, I paid a total of $43.00, I ordered on Saturday, had it Weds. Trainworld is great to buy from.....tom
www.trainworld.com
Nice building, but I'm more interested in the neon light (or the light looking like it..) Does anyone know how that is made? Is it a plastic tube with a led in it?
I'm looking for some way to get neon light for a Union station I'm building, it sais "Union station" in neon letters, and "travel by train" also in neon. I'm now jigsawing the letters from plexiglass and want to light them from the underside with small leds, but I doubt it will give the same effect as a neon sign..
daan There is a company that makes signs like the one you are making. They use EL (electro luminescent) panels. I'll try to find more information for you.
underworld wrote: daan There is a company that makes signs like the one you are making. They use EL (electro luminescent) panels. I'll try to find more information for you. underworld
That would be Miller Engineering.
http://www.microstru.com/
Paul
daan One of the companies is Miller Engineering http://www.microstru.com/
They have some really interesting signs. Some are just illuminated, and some are illuminated and animated.
Check out the "new releases" "animated signs" and "billboards" a lot of really neat signs. Also check out the "experimenters kit" EL panels and EL wire. I think you might be able to use these for the sign that you are making.
http://www.microstru.com/Experimenter-Kits.html
Pennvalley Thanks, I hadn't seen your post! I've seen a few other companies make these but I can't find anything right now.
Those illuminated signs are awesome.. Thanks for the link. Best of all is that I now know how they are made, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find those illuminated boards in Holland. Even I have 2 of those in the odds and ends box, but they are green.
I've to find 2 orange ones and simply paint everything that doesn't need to be lit, black. That way the letters will be fluorescent. The plexiglass letters will go upfront to give it 3 dimensions and are lit from behind by the fluorescent boards painted in the same color as the background..
Thanks!!
And I'll have to find out how to get one of those signs on my layout somewhere..!
darianj wrote:It is a nice looking building. I've been considering getting one myself.
As have I but I haven't quite gotten around to it yet.
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
daan The signs they have are really great. I think the EL wire is interesting because you can use it to make script lettering and make contoured edge lighting like on the Hard Rock sign.
I need to let things a bit crystall out here. I have a few ideas on the neon signs though..
@ underworld, is that a märklin engine in your avatar? Looks european to me. (in "fotoanstrich" = black, grey and white to make it appear better in photographs used to promote the engine. Märklin did make a few of those in model and they are pretty rare..)
daan:
I've used the miller engineering material and it works really fine. The fellows there are very helpful as well:
daan wrote: I need to let things a bit crystall out here. I have a few ideas on the neon signs though.. @ underworld, is that a märklin engine in your avatar? Looks european to me. (in "fotoanstrich" = black, grey and white to make it appear better in photographs used to promote the engine. Märklin did make a few of those in model and they are pretty rare..)
daan The picture is of a Märklin reproduction made by Ritter. I found this picture online. I do have an original Märklin like this in gauge 1. I don't have any photos online but I will have some up soon. The one I have is green and black and it is the more rare 4-6-2 instead of the 4-4-2 in the avatar. I bought it about three years ago from a man in Switzerland. Quite an impressive engine!!!
Frank53 wrote: daan:I've used the miller engineering material and it works really fine. The fellows there are very helpful as well:
Frank53 Awesome shot! Is that scratch built???
underworld wrote: Frank53 Awesome shot! Is that scratch built???underworld
thanks UW.
This started out life intending to be a Donwtown Deco Bus Terminal:
Had some more photos of it, but some seemed to have gotten dumped by the sevrer I used for hosting. Here are a few others:
It needs a fair amount of spruce up work, as I did this quite a while ago. It will go on the main level of my layout at the point of a "V" of two intersecting boulevards.
@Frank 53, that looks great! Seems that the illuminated wire can be bend quite sharp.. Gives some oppurtunities to work with.. These buildings will look amazing on a layout!
On the millersite I've also found a solution for the interior lights of the big windows.. Just mount a flexible el lamp behind the windows and it's illumination and window in one. The strips of the real life window can be painted or made with tape.. Excellent!
daan wrote: @Frank 53, that looks great! Seems that the illuminated wire can be bend quite sharp.. Gives some oppurtunities to work with.. These buildings will look amazing on a layout!
Daan:
The stuff is very very flexible. You can bend it anyway you want and it retains it's illumination. The fellow at Miller Engineering told me kids use it as shoelaces.
yallaen wrote:We have a Hard Rock here in St. Louis, and love going to the real thing..wife saw it in the catalog, and said "let's get that!" So..that's our first bldg purchase
It's great having a spouse involved in "our" hobby isn't it?
My father in law is into Lionel trains as well (or at least was) and has a huge layout set up in the basement. My wife built the paper mache mountains (some as tunnels), and helped put together the buildings as a young girl. She was definately familiar with the hobby when I met her.
Enjoy your layout with your wife,
J White
daan wrote:I'm curious which ne you have. Märklin gauge 1 is mostly modern era (it's still in production) but if yours is prewar like most 0 gauge by märklin, you probably have bought yourself a nice retirement fee..
I don't know the model number but it is prewar gauge 1 3-rail. It looks similar to model number 12921 from pictures that I have seen on the internet. I'll get a picture of it posted this week.
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