Comments on: Scratch Built IRT Kiosk: Part 1

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Scratch Built IRT Kiosk: Part 2 | N Scale Limited — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:32:01 +0000

[...] Part 1 of this article series on scratch building an N scale IRT subway kiosk, I built the kiosk base, main three walls and all [...]

By: Frank Giacobbe

Frank Giacobbe — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:57:13 +0000

Greg,

The second kiosk article is set to publish tomorrow and I hope to have the third one by the weekend.

I didn’t add a size reference to the 2nd article but I’ll add a few to the 3rd.

I believe this is about 1/2″ wide and 1.5″ long.

Actually, it should be about 14 scale feet tall to the top of the finial and 9.5 scale feet to the bottom of the entrance roof overhang.

By: Greg Woolliscroft

Greg Woolliscroft — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:27:13 +0000

I was looking at my layout last night and thinking I need a subway/underground kiosk….but crikey…I was trying to imagine how TINY it must be…and yet all that detail….and also the newstand….t’s hard to imagine….I was wondering if you could post a picture of it in your hand or something….so I can get it’s scale into perspective…..I’d really appreciate it…..

By: Frank Giacobbe

Frank Giacobbe — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:46:27 +0000

Thanks Bob. It’s not quite as detailed as I originally imagined, but it’s so tiny that it really does look amazing (if I say so myself) especially when you’re looking at it from layout distance.

Some of the photos make it looks really “rough” but without the crazy magnification of my SLR macro lens, I’m quite happy with it how this turned out.

I should have part 2 of these article series ready in the next couple of days.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:13:11 +0000

Frank…

Amazing work buddy!!!

If it was thought impossible a year ago…your work is getting better and better. This little hand made model is absolutely amazing.

Great Job!

Bob

By: Greg Woolliscroft

Greg Woolliscroft — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:37:22 +0000

Well good luck Frank….do they make tweezers that small?….if you did re-create some of Alans work in n- scale….can I suggest that for the litter in the gutters…maybe use flakes of dandruff, painted of course…..there is a calender available on his website featuring his work if anyone is interested…another reason I like Alan is because he is a fan of Edward Hopper the artist….my walls at home are full of Hoppers stuff….sorry to go off subject…..

By: Frank Giacobbe

Frank Giacobbe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:07:07 +0000

I was not familiar with Alan Wolfsons work…but wow, that’s some crazy good miniature work. When I found his Web site (http://www.alanwolfson.net) I thought you meant he does N scale, so I was about to throw in the modeling towel after seeing that. I feel a little better that he’s in a much larger scale.

I really like his work. It’s quite incredible. I started thinking that a fun project might be to actual choose one of his “sculptures” and try to reproduce it in N scale. That could be wild!

By: Greg Woolliscroft

Greg Woolliscroft — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:09:36 +0000

…..meaning that yours is outstanding too…sorry……

By: Greg Woolliscroft

Greg Woolliscroft — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:13:16 +0000

Frank….now if you lit it you really would be talking my language…..have you seen Alan Wolfsons versions? They have lights….his work is outstanding.

By: Frank Giacobbe

Frank Giacobbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:09:50 +0000

Thanks Greg.I love working on these little details even more than structures — which is probably apparent by my lack of any Structure articles so far. These little details are exciting to me because you never really see them on an N scale layout.But keep an eye out — I’ll be doing a structure in the near future.

Thanks for your comments and I’m glad you like it.

I’m actually considering trying to light the kiosk at some point.