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Mail Pouch Barn !!
Posted by wd8jik on Sunday, March 27, 2005 3:43 PM
I will have this at the ECLSTS as an example of using plastic cardboard to build with. It still has some paint to be added and aged a bit.



The barn end as shown is 12" high by 9" wide.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:00 PM
I'LL have to look for it at the show, Friday night . ben
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Posted by vsmith on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:32 AM
Is that a facade only?

Would look dam fine on my layout! How you you do your lettering ? stencils?

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Posted by wd8jik on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:27 PM
Vic,
All it is is a front and back and about 1-1/2 inches thick.
It is just a "show and Tell" item I will take to shows with me.
Lettering was done with a Stencil, at one time I layed out everything in pencil then painted the lettering, that takes two long and from 5 foot you can't tell the difference.
It has been so long since I used the stencil it was falling apart. I'm making the next stencil one from plastic.

The following was made using power point.
Just glue this to your poster board then cut it out.



Take a piece of poster board and glue the above onto it then cut-out the letters with a model knife or utility knife. If you want to make one out of a plastic sheet glue it to the backside of a clear sheet and cut out the letters through both plastic and paper. This is what I'm doing with my new stencil.

You can use the poster board as a stencil and spray paint. Or use a stencil brush and dob the paint through the stencil.

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Posted by underworld on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:30 PM
Nice work! Where is the ECLSTS show???

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Posted by vsmith on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:19 PM
Cool, I'll try it on one of my builings.

Thanks, Vic

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:58 PM
UNDER WORLD
The ECLSTS IS In YORK Penna. APRIL 1-2-3 05 where do you live ???? if you get the garden rail ways magazine it's in their about it . i am lucky, i live about 50 miles from it. BEN[:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:41 PM
Looks good but not for me I only handle European stuff,


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Posted by underworld on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:13 PM
Ben Thanks for the info. I'm in NW Ohio.....so it's a maybe! I'm not getting any mags right now due to having been off work for a while. I'm at the point where I can justify a bit for trains, so I put any potential magazine $$$ to the trains. [:)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:44 AM
UNDERWORLD
I' M retired and have to watch the coins to, but i need a few things , i want to get their , i hope to get their friday 4-00 open , until 9-00 close then it's open saturday and sunday,
i have been to a few ECLSTS'S, IT'S ALL BIG STUFF, BEN
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Posted by underworld on Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:16 PM
Ben,
Is it a once a year show???

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:12 PM
this train show is ONCE A YEAR , their are smaller shows, n., o27, ho , go to www.eclsts.com it will tell you all about it . [:)] BEN
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Posted by Karl Reichenbach on Saturday, April 2, 2005 9:42 AM
Yogi,
I Know that you are still at the show in York PA, but hope that you will read this when you get home.
The 45 miniutes that i spent with you learning some of your techniques was worth the price of admission for the show. You are a fine gentleman, with a lovely wife. Your knowledge and skills of scratch building that you are shareing with everyone is greatly appriciated.
I am going to try and get back to the show on Sunday. If I do I will be back to see you again and hopely learn some more from you.
GREAT SHOW!!!!!!!!! Anyone that lives close should try and go, and by all means stop and see Yogi. He alone is worth the price of admission.
Yogi thanks again for shareing your skills.
Karl

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