How A*** Rentenive is this? (Pic of Finished Building added Page 2)

[easyaces]

Nice Job Mouse! But what about large side windows to let in light? Will the whole thing be lit from inside at all? Adding interior scenes/details such as maintenance stands, signs, parts, maybe an overhead crane could really snazz it up and make the model really interesting to view.

[Anonymous]

I thought the engine house was a good thing... nothing wrong with a little detail. I put on a jewelers eyepiece and painted lightening bolts on the helmet of a 1/72 scale F-15 pilot and though that I (emphasis on the I) was nuts but Casey takes the cake!! That is absolutely the most phenominal detailing job ever! Kudos Casey.[:D]

[Casey Feedwater]

Thanks for the compliment, Dale. I appreciate it.

You are correct: I am nuts!

But there are all sorts of things in our modeling that can stand a little detailing. For example, how about our rolling stock? Perhaps an old MOW car.....

[JohnT14808]

Hey SpaceMouse...another suggestion on your wonderful work in the Engine House.
Since you say it is in a part of the layout that is hardly accessible, I think the earlier suggestion of half roofing the structure with a regular roof to show some roof detail, then add the lighting suggested, then hang a mirror above it and angle the mirror so that visitors looking in that general direction can see the interior of the engine house.
Then all your great work would be seen by those observant enough to notice.....

Keep up the excellent work!
(At our club we have spaces like this as well, and I was wondering what to put in them, if we could figure out how to get in there......I don't know if we will be as successful as you, but it's something to shoot for!!)

[johncolley]

Ya know, for a real chance at the AR award ya shoulda put in an overhead hoist an' a machineshop. Oh, well something on the to do list for the next rainy evening...

[Anonymous]

Chip I'm glad to see you finally got those rails to stick to the base. Last time you and I looked at it we discussed you taking it home and trying to do something with it. It worked... I like the painting of the inside. Adds class to any structure. I guess you haven't looked closely enough at my structures on my layout to see the extra detail added to them. See you at club next week. B.

[Anonymous]

Regarding those stains on the floor, AIM Products has a Stain and Spill Kit. You can reproduce spills and stains of old crankcase oil, fresh oil, anti-freeze, and brake or hydraulic fluid.

[cefinkjr]

Mouse (and other equally screwy people like me):

I've got the perfect solution for all that detail being too far from the viewer to be appreciated: a security camera (just a little out of scale) with the monitor where everyone can admire your work.

If you want to spend just a little extra time and money on it, you could use the parts from some surgical instruments to build the security camera. That way you would need only a fiber optic bundle into your engine house and the security camera could be closer to scale.

[:D] [:D]

And remember: The whole world's crazy but me and thee and I'm not too sure about thee.

[:D] [:D]

Chuck

PS: Nice job (not that you really needed me to tell you that).

[Junctionfan]

I really wish I had your patience for that kind of detail; I really do. I rarely can exibit the patience to put together an Athearn kit never mind something that cool that you have done.

Well done.

[SpaceMouse]

The interior walls are rather bare, but I'm going to add a few details once it's in place.