Let us see your Scratch Built, Homemade or Kitbashed Layout Buildings or Accessories you have Built

Just about everything here could have been tossed without being missed. Mostly leftovers outside of the few trees. Even the brown boulder is a re-purposed mud wasp nest. The roof is a damp soft wood sheet with only edges cut via strong,tight, sharp scissors and scores along the length between ends (that faded/swelled over time; hard to see here) There is a bulb inside but "offscreen". Off or on; light and reflections make photos of this a challenge. 

The tunnel is the old door screen after replacement covered in anything old in the closet that would harden; wood fillers, spackles, joint compounds, powdered & pastes. It's heavy and heavy duty

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

 WOW, WE'RE approaching 4 pages, lets keep going.  Rarely do we see the private collections of O Gaugers creations all in one place.  We have some extreme;y excellent builders on the forum and it is so nice to see everyone's contributions.  

Here's 2 fronts for DSL models, Dave Lull", Chicago.  They are models of real buildings in the city.  Of course these are my interpretations of them.. 😉

 

 

 

Here is my Hood's Milk factory from stat to finish. Made from Precision Board.

@Slugger posted:

Here's a crummy iPhone pic of a building I've been working on. The first in a pair of buildings based on a set in my hometown. All scratchbuilt from styrene.

Very nice! So you scored all the brick; or was in styrene brick? I had used some styrene tile for a subway station so I was wondering if they made brick.

 

Adriatic:  you must hold the record for World's Smallest 027 Layout!  Simply not possible to be any smaller without custom made track.  Neat!

Many of these photos and buildings exhibit excellent lighting effects, which add so much.

John

SShed for the Summerfield Lumber Co.

@Dewey Trogdon posted:

SShed for the Summerfield Lumber Co.

Dewey - how are you guy?

@CPF3 posted:

Adriatic:  you must hold the record for World's Smallest 027 Layout!  Simply not possible to be any smaller without custom made track.  Neat!

Many of these photos and buildings exhibit excellent lighting effects, which add so much.

John

It's about 0-19" hand bent. At 0-17" there's too many gremlins to mod out of things. 0-21" was "best" (next time I post) It accepts up to about 11" cars and many more engines.

Let's get something to eat'...😋

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

 WOW, WE'RE approaching 4 pages, lets keep going.  Rarely do we see the private collections of O Gaugers creations all in one place.  We have some extreme;y excellent builders on the forum and it is so nice to see everyone's contributions.  

Here's 2 fronts for DSL models, Dave Lull", Chicago.  They are models of real buildings in the city.  Of course these are my interpretations of them.. 😉

 

 

 

Ted, awesome as usual.  You're "interpretive skills" are stunning..

I've been working on a particular industrial scene focusing on a Gantry Crane (TMCC).   I automated trackside movement and then decided to camouflage the drive shaft of the Gantry Crane hiding it under a platform. https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...1#147972075011278941

The drive motor was still visible.

 I thought a building covering it would be a good approach since I could easily lift it off to deal with any motor issues. Then Quarter Gauger 48 (Ted) introduced me to ModelBuilderSoftware and encouraged me to 'build my own'  With only about 2.5" in width to work with, no kit or prebuilt I could find would work. So with his mentoring I dived in and built this (Ted, sure hope I didn't embarrass you with these. ) :  

The first building (blue below)  fit over the motor and did the trick. The next morning, I decided I'd prefer a 2 story building.  Then, I found I had an EvansDesign welding light kit so, since it's a yard, it needed a welding shack as well.  

Ed, great idea and nice follow through

Thanks, Ray. 

@Joe Fauty posted:

Dewey - how are you guy?

Howdy Joe

Good to hear from you. I see your work often when I am able to log onto the Forum. And of course, I see all the many structures and features you made for my operation when I can ride the stairlift up to my little attic layout.

I am doing okay, just getting uglier and slower with age and ailments. I am now incapacitated as regards doing any train or layout work. In mid-February I spent my 88th birthday in the Hospital after a 1 a.m. faint and fall in the bathroom. Could not move even enough to reach the baths emergency buttons but fortunately had my ancient flip phone in my nightshirt pocket. When I regained some degree of sense I called my handicapped wife on the house landline who got 911( I dialed 10 digits ).

Anyway, I had 103.5 temp, got stitched (minor), swabbed, lectured by MD on not giving permission for chest compression and ventilator hookup (if necessary) but argued that my Living Will did not allow it. Fortunately, temp came down overnight and after being stuck, probed and lectured for 3 days I came home and haven't left since. 

Hope you are safe and well.

        Branch line small Loco service facility    &   two faces...one building

this is just plain delightful!  What great work!!

How did you do the stone building and cobblestone street in the very last photo>

thanks so much,

John

@ToledoEd posted:

I've been working on a particular industrial scene focusing on a Gantry Crane (TMCC).   I automated trackside movement and then decided to camouflage the drive shaft of the Gantry Crane hiding it under a platform. https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...1#147972075011278941

The drive motor was still visible.

 I thought a building covering it would be a good approach since I could easily lift it off to deal with any motor issues. Then Quarter Gauger 48 (Ted) introduced me to ModelBuilderSoftware and encouraged me to 'build my own'  With only about 2.5" in width to work with, no kit or prebuilt I could find would work. So with his mentoring I dived in and built this (Ted, sure hope I didn't embarrass you with these. ) :  

The first building (blue below)  fit over the motor and did the trick. The next morning, I decided I'd prefer a 2 story building.  Then, I found I had an EvansDesign welding light kit so, since it's a yard, it needed a welding shack as well.  

 

 Ed, you've done a fabulous job for first time using the MBS. Very good.  I really like the welders shed'... And I could never build that moving crane... Too technical for me'... Structures and lighting... is my thing... Not an animator at all'..... You're a very good electrical engineer..........   ⭐👍😀🙄⭐ 

@Quarter Gauger 48 posted:

 Ed, you've done a fabulous job for first time using the MBS. Very good.  I really like the welders shed'... And I could never build that moving crane... Too technical for me'... Structures and lighting... is my thing... Not an animator at all'..... You're a very good electrical engineer..........   ⭐👍😀🙄⭐ 

Thanks Ted.  

@CPF3 posted:

this is just plain delightful!  What great work!!

How did you do the stone building and cobblestone street in the very last photo>

thanks so much,

John

HEY JOHN   Not quite sure what you are asking (how did you do the stone building). I"ll try a short response here. I've used a lot of styrofoam on my layout to create varying terrain levels. The stone building was designed to fit where there was an abrupt drop in the terrain. Always short on available space on the layout, my thinking was to create two different scenes in a 1' by 2' area.  The building is constructed out of wood, Luan for the walls/roof.  Grandt Line windows, doors, architectural features; Plastruct tile sheet for the roof; Scenic Express paper wall.  The brick street material was purchased from a company I believe is no longer in business unfortunately. The brick was embossed on a thin flexible rubber type material. A "brick" sheet (approximately  12" by 12") also included sidewalk pavers, curb,& man hole covers. That was cut and glued to the styrofoam. Hope this answered your inquiry. If not let me know. Thank you for your compliment!      This is a great thread, an opportunity for everyone to share their creativity. As you can tell I love scratch building. The trains are just an excuse. 

 jackiejr, As you can tell I love scratch building. The trains are just an excuse. 

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one'.....😁  

Beautiful, realistic, and authentic  work'...  All  completely well done'..👍🏻⭐👌⭐ 

 Just completed this'.. A solicitation complaint being followed up at the Savoy'....🙄 This is for a build challenge on another forum.  But I posting a few shots here first''' as this is the main O scale forum and site'...

Don't know why the motion shot is horizontal.  It shows the fluorescent lights in action. If someone knows how to get a GIF file to rotate, please inform me'...😉