Ives station restored.

Looks great, Chris.     A neat little station.

Ah, now that's much better.   looks like an Ives again.  This little depot with the cut-out freight piled in the doorway is very cool, I've never seen that detail done on any other tinplate.  nice job.   didn't take you long.

 

i see you have the MTH clock ticking away there.   Lots of fun changing the battery in that?  Arrgh!

 

dave

Looks good Chris. It came out really nice.

 

Yeah I gave up on changing the battery in my MTH clock.  

Thanks guy's;      It is a neat little station.   I gave up on my MTH clock too. It's been about 8:52 for a year now.

Great job.  Can you remind me of the footprint size of that neat little station.  Thanks.

5 x 9

Nice job, Chris...that's a nice Ives accessory!

Nice work. Good color choices.

My only suggestion might be to take some super fine steel wool and rub out the new paint once it is fully cured. That'll bring the gloss down a touch to match the tone of the old litho. Experiment on something else first...

 

I was thinking the gloss was a little much and I love gloss but if memory serves I have used a spray clear coat that has a semi gloss finish which I may consider.

With the gloss enamel it looks like it did when it came from the Ives factory.  Give it 50 or 60 years, it'll mellow out.