Next Stop... Bikini Bottom

Love it

Looks great, love the idea.
There are small Patric and Sponge bob figures that are about : gauge size. This would be great for kids!

Suggestion: I used bondo on making two light houses for a RC boat club. Made a armature with a closed cell PVC for the ends then used window screen. The bondo goes on nice and easy and spreads nicely. Only make small batches as it set quickly. I cut the window and doors out with a dremel afterward and set in the window and doors later.
Never used bondo on styrene foam, not sure if it would melt, have to experiment.

Just a suggestion

RonH posted:

Looks great, love the idea.
There are small Patric and Sponge bob figures that are about : gauge size. This would be great for kids!

Just a suggestion

I found them at the flea market.  That's what started this.  If I can figure out a leaver operator that works reliably in a museum operation:

Add the hinge to Patrick's rock, glue him to the underside.  The level would open his rock and his weight would pull it back down.

RichO posted:

RonH posted:

Looks great, love the idea.
There are small Patric and Sponge bob figures that are about : gauge size. This would be great for kids!

Just a suggestion

I found them at the flea market.  That's what started this.  If I can figure out a leaver operator that works reliably in a museum operation:

Add the hinge to Patrick's rock, glue him to the underside.  The level would open his rock and his weight would pull it back down.

This is great and if you can uses a solenoid like Lionel's watch ma's shanty and  hook it up that the rock rise every time a train passes exposing Patric.
Just a lot of fun!

RonH posted:

RichO posted:

RonH posted:

Looks great, love the idea.
There are small Patric and Sponge bob figures that are about : gauge size. This would be great for kids!

Just a suggestion

I found them at the flea market.  That's what started this.  If I can figure out a leaver operator that works reliably in a museum operation:

Add the hinge to Patrick's rock, glue him to the underside.  The level would open his rock and his weight would pull it back down.

This is great and if you can uses a solenoid like Lionel's watch ma's shanty and  hook it up that the rock rise every time a train passes exposing Patric.
Just a lot of fun!

This is a display for children and I would love to have them control the action without the Buzz!  (...although Buzz Lightyear is already hanging from the ceiling for the observant)

Painted and detailed.  Squidward is just 3D paper cutout.

Great JOB! I really like it and it should be a hit with the kid's (old ones too).

Now you need a bowl of the Krabby Patty burgers candies.

Looks cool. MTH did a Sponge Bob themed set years ago with a Yellow dockside tank engine. 

Aimed at kids or adults, I couldn't lose with this threads title

The OP I figured on also.....

http://spongebob.wikia.com/wik...sty_Sponge_Fun_Train

Is there going to be a fun train too?

There's actually a few on the show if I recall correctly.

Adriatic posted:

http://spongebob.wikia.com/wik...sty_Sponge_Fun_Train

Is there going to be a fun train too?

There's actually a few on the show if I recall correctly.

Unfortunately not.  The Minion train will be passing by.

SpongeBob is 20 years old today! 

Here's the final product with Squidasaurus. 

I love it !!!!   a great tribute to some one we have held dear for many years keep us posted on progress. 

Twenty?! 

But I can only count to four

  https://youtu.be/Qn_Lu6hcLqw

Note the glaring absence of a horn section 🙃

Happy Birthday Sponge Bob 🎈🎂🎉🎈

Hi Rich 

RichO posted:

I used a Styrofoam cone from Hobby Lobby and used the cut off scraps for the ears, etc..  the door is a paper print out as will be the eyes. 

I'll cover it with plastic wood which will be rough sanded and painted.  You can create easy features with this technique and it is very durable and easily painted.  The green floral foam works better and can be more readily compressed into shapes.

"Oh SpongeBob, why?"        

That's awesome.

George

You know Rich, I had missed the "plastic wood" bit. It really is a good product to sculpt and mold with. I tested every half used home improvement product we had accumulated since the early 60s. (heck of slow way to clean the supply closet but it was well worth it; beat wasting it)

 I used about a half pint of (old) laytex wood putty and a $3 cake decorating mold set from Wallyworld for a retaining wall/tunnel on my shelf layout.

  I spread it thickly, like peanut butter (I love peanut butter ), on a strip of old paneling, greased the mold with vasoline and pressed.

 The board and foliage slides up for easy tunnel access. It is held in place by support ribs in the back of the Lionel portals.

  The bricks are over scale, might be better as cinder block, but looks ok to me. It's often more about texture than scale for me anyhow. Red gloss was used to give the brick a wet, weepy mountain feel. 

  I feared it cracking over time like old putty did if applied to thick, but also thought a crack or two might simply accent it. 5-6 years later, no such luck. It still looks like the day I finished it.

Nice work.