Although I also commented on the other posting --- I'll add here Thank You John for the input, and to recipricate the appreciation, the flat car came out FANTASTIC. Great work --- the overall car is really nice. The decals are what I really appreciate, especially on the flat car itself. If there is one thing I can screw up --- it's decals.
Details details details….John I’ve always enjoyed your work but I truly like where you’re going….your work seems to fit a little better than most anything I see. You got the eye that makes me belive NY in 60s. Great work!
I always thought Sinclair gas stations were cool when I was a kid. Probably because of the very large green dinosaur symbol they used. I built this gas station by cutting down a Randy Brown Z-200P Pure gas station kit from a two bay building to a one bay. The gas pumps and other items were from Showcase Miniatures Convenience Store Accessories pack. The dinosaur was from a Sinclair tie clip that I found on eBay (a very luck find). I disconnected the dinosaur from the clip and painted it green. Enjoy, John
John, Very very cool! Perfect proportions for a city gas station! Nice conversion and cool find with the tie clip. Scott
SWEET - another great scene John !!! Love the Harley out front, plus the crowded lot, which reflects how many of these inner-city lots operated both then, and now. Too bad a SINCLAIR dinosaur tie pendant is the Holy Grail of tie pendants among collectors. Another one just sold on Ebay for $9500....... (Just kidding)
So, you can't model NYC without a subway entrance. Glad I got several subway entrances, and the shoeshine stand from Shapeways before they shut down. I can’t remember if I got them from Stony Smith or Walt Smith, but they are fantastically detailed. The White Castle is from Twin Whistle. I added the exterior lights and printed the signs off of the internet. I scratch-built the newsstand. This finishes the buildings for the upper level of my layout, now to install all the buildings on the upper level and populate that area and the lower area with figures and automobiles. Enjoy! John
John, your layout is just getting more and more awesome, it has so much life and activity in all the detail. The subway entrance is over the top!
Right around the corner from where I grew up in Forest Hills, Queens on Nansen Street is an old-school ice cream parlor which first opened its doors in 1925 and has been in operation as Eddie’s Sweet Shop since 1967 https://6tocelebrate.org/site/eddies-sweet-shop/ Although the building that Eddie’s occupies at 105-29 Metropolitan Ave is a two story I needed something unique for my layout, so I create Eddie’s in the Micro Structures Gilmore Hotel which Bryan at Paradise City Depot modified for me from a three story building into a five story building back in May 2010 (yes, it took me that long to add this building to my layout). I am hard pressed to even figure out how Bryan modified that kit because it is so seamless. He is a fantastic artist! Enjoy some Z scale ice cream at Eddie’s Sweet Shop! John
Wow! Just wow. I’ve been off grid for a minute but your work is just fantastic. Really really liked that Sinclair station! I’ll say it again and again you make things look right! Excellent!
I always liked the Swingline Stapler sign in NYC http://jacksonheights11372.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-swingline-sign-in-queens.html but I never had enough space on my layout to model it properly. I came up with the idea of making the Swingline Stapler sign into a billboard on the side of one of my buildings and then scratchbuilt a billboard crew painting it on the side of the building. I think it captures the essence of the Swingline Stapler sign that I wanted and it adds some action to the city scene with men working. Enjoy, John
I’ll say it again John your layout is one of the few I’ve seen in any scale that captures the look so perfectly! Just fantastic!
