A lot of you have probably seen this but I'm having so much fun being able to post some pics I just can't stop.
This station was built from some scraps of a plasticville suburban house & other junk. the gas pumps are scratched in brass ( & YES ---I soldered them
I LOVE solder , must be all the lead has addelled my brain). The tires are rubber O rings . I had a wood W/Shield washing bucket & wringer on the island but it went south , the tire dunking trough is wood tho, wish I could remember what I used for water , it was not anything normally used & now I can't remember what --- darn that SOLDER
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This one was taken in natural light , I wish all of them had been done that way, the colors are much better. Also here is a better shot of the O ring tires.
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WoW..!!! That's quite a unique building....Excellent job...!!!
Fantatstic
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Wow!
That is some
BEAUTIFUL work, Dave!
And don't be shy about posting the pics! Keep 'em coming!
Excellent!
Like the idea of using o-rings for tires.
eightyeightfan1 Wrote:Excellent!
Like the idea of using o-rings for tires.
Thanks 88! They will work for any scale too.
They are easy & cheap , if you find the right source, Fastenal Co. has them for about 2 dollars a hundred, opposed to 50 cents each at an auto parts store.
It is quick & simple to turn them into very credible tires, I could do a how-to in Tips & tricks if there is an interest.
You can also pick up 382 piece O-ring assortment from Harbor Freight for $10.00. The O-rings probably work better for steam era layout set before WW2 than modern era when tires got wider, unless you have a method of gluing 2 O-rings together to make one wider tire out of them.
Russ Bellinis Wrote:You can also pick up 382 piece O-ring assortment from Harbor Freight for $10.00. The O-rings probably work better for steam era layout set before WW2 than modern era when tires got wider, unless you have a method of gluing 2 O-rings together to make one wider tire out of them.
Russ: for HO a 1/8 inch thick O Ring works out to close to a foot wide ,except for drag slicks not too many tires are that wide. Even in S scale that approaches 9 inches , close enough for the kind of girls I go with.
You're right I forgot about scale sizes. Sometimes it seems the O-rings are just too narrow, but probably the problem is that they tend to be too tall without modification.
You did a fantastic job and the o-rings for tires is brilliant.
Russ Bellinis Wrote:You're right I forgot about scale sizes. Sometimes it seems the O-rings are just too narrow, but probably the problem is that they tend to be too tall without modification.
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Yes ,sometimes an O ring is too large in diameter to work,especially if you want 1/8 -5/32 or more width. However they can be easily cut down & reglued to a smaller size using CA , usually leaving an invisible splice.
I know this is an old post but I just thought I would show that cutting down and glueing an O ring works to make a tire--showing no seam either. The last picture also shows what I have setteled on as the best thing to make wheels for the junk yard out of--- they are 10/24 anchor or Crush nuts . They are about a nickel apiece at a good hardware store and when the excess is cut off they make darn good looking wheels after you put a center in them.
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Great looking gas station, like the tires and wheels aswell.