And now for something different !

[Tyson Rayles]

There aren't words that can do justice to this project!

[Charlie B]

This is better than "museum" quality. We really can't give you guys enough thumbs up...Will this be offered as a Walther's cornerstone kit?

Charlie

[teejay]

Moving right along , we continue working with the seats . They are a pain . Our "quick and easy " method of making a retainer for the legs and simply gluing the seats into the retainer didn't work for various reasons I won't bore you with . We had to move on to slooowwwwer Plan B .
As you can see there are 2 different seat configurations ....the 2-leg version for all upper deck seats and the 4 leg version for the complete lower deck . The rows in the upper deck are at a steeper angle than those in the lower deck ; hence ,the different seats . That's how Ebbets did it , so we follow along .





The 2 leg version is by far the easiest to install and we made pretty good time ....the 4 leg type has got flaws in it ( some warpage when molded ) and have to be cut and fitted . What we thought was solid green plastic is really white underneath with a green coating . When you trim or alter the seat , you need to touch up with green paint or marker . Very time consuming .

The good news is we have battled on and made some headway







...seats are about 80% complete

[teejay]

We have endeavored to stay as close to proto as possible . We have made a few mistakes along the way , corrected them , and hope to remember them when we build the Polo Grounds next .

T

[AF350]

WOW it is looking great

Are you going to populate the stadium?

[teejay]

The l.p.'s are not in this contract , so no , they are the customers deal . Painting individuals would be costly / time consuming .

T

[teejay]

Details , details





The little baseball detail was fun ...they came out of the laser as a disc and had to be sanded individually to look round . Three guesses who got that job . Don't ask how many times I dropped them on the floor ....and there were 168 to do in all for the whole park .

T

[teejay]

The upper deck facia is being applied by Joe.



We left out two rows of seats so as to install the facia and railings without bumping in to anything . The railings are just fitted ....need to be pulled out for paint .

[teejay]

Three exterior walls / skin are in place ....the back wall is "concrete "

[teejay]

As you can see most of the seats are in except the 2 front upper deck rows as mentioned as well as the seats where the stadium is split ( for transporting ) ...they will be installed at the customers site .






T

[Tyson Rayles]

T will we get to see it installed with the infield in place once it gets to it's new home? Also does/will it have working lights?

[teejay]

Mike , the infield will be made and installed ( removable ) shortly ...week or two I think .

I'm assuming you've seen the lights on pages 4,5 and 6 , so if you mean field lights , we ran in to a snag . Some lights from .....uh , another country ( you can guess I'm sure ) were recommended to us by a mutual friend . We installed 50 and wired them in ......worked great on three occasions then started going out one by one like your old Christmas tree lights .......turned out to be crap . Our mistake . The new ones have arrived but aren't in place yet . The mutual friend remains bound and gagged in our broom closet .

T

[Tyson Rayles]

Sorry to hear about your lighting problem but at least it showed up BEFORE it was delivered to the customer. I had seen the post on the lights but missed (or more likely forgot ) the part about them working.

[sailormatlac]

Great to see this project after many months! Really impressive in both size and details! I love the brick facades, they're full of nostalgia!

Matt

[teejay]

Looks like tomorrow ( Wed. ) will be interesting ....I emailed the sports editor of the city paper wondering if he would be interested in a story about Ebbets .....said he'll be in tomorrow at 1 pm to have a look ......guess I'd better wear a clean T-shirt and brush my tooth .


We're down to installing field lights , building the infield and finishing the roadway in front of the park .......won't be long , 3 weeks tops .
T