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Very Nice and very effective - Just one question this vinyl sticky back stuff - were can I get this stuff from and does a normal type printer do the job OK - I know its a basic type question but Im having a bad day - looked in a couple of hobby type shops but no joy !!
Barney

I get the vinyl from a supplier on ebay, however, think it's the same stuff available here:

http://www.texascraft.com/hps/Waterproof-Adhesive-Vinyl/

I've been using the waterproof, inkjet-printable vinyl. I see they have a new type, "contouring", which is thinner and more flexible, I may give that a try.

I have three rolls of the self-adhesive vinyl but unfortunately it is temporary adhesive for retail displays. Not sure of the adhesive life of the material used on this model, but if it is like the normal stuff, you should get around three years out in the open (but protected) before it fails. Then you get to have the fun of making it all over again!

I've been busy making lots of little interior details. Here's a quick look at a few of them...


I made a simple workbench stool out of styrene rod and a piece of 1mm Sintra. I don't have a shot of it painted yet:






I found some photos of various old radio repair manuals online. Then I fussed with them in Photoshop to create cover art. I printed out a bunch of them on self-adhesive vinyl, cut them out, and applied them to cores made of either Sintra or styrene, depending on the thickness required:







I also made a row of books, to be tucked away in the back. I used a shot of books on a shelf, applied it to 6mm Sintra, and cut it to shape. Then I painted the exposed Sintra to match the books:




And I just finished a radio chassis! The vacuum tubes were turned from acrylic rod, using a drill as a crude lathe:








Still have lots more to do.

Ray, you're nuts. I like that. Does the radio chassis work?

Volker

I wonder how many visitors to your outdoor layout will notice ... or even care .... -- Russ

Ray,
Your details bring back childhood memories: My dad was an old school radio amateur, I grew up with a basement full of chassis like that. Love it!
Lennart Elg, Sweden

I think some of the visitors will notice as some of them feature as passengers on the trains!

Thanks guys! This level of detail is really over the top, since the only way it will ever be seen inside the model is in photos. But I'm having fun with it, and the windows are big enough that I need some kind of detail inside anyway.

Everybody knows that. I just wanted to razz ya. -- Russ

More interior details, more modeling madness...   

Here are a pair of aerosol cans. To make them, I rounded the end of a 1/8" styrene tube, then glued in a piece of styrene rod. The can on the right has a cap, the one on the left does not. I sanded down the end of the rod to represent the spray nozzle. I didn't bother labeling them for specific products, but just used some leftover labels from when I was detailing my drugstore:




Still more details -- needle nose pliers and a pair of screwdrivers, all made from brass tubes and rod:




I wanted to have some of the radios plugged into outlets, so I came up with these simplified plugs made of brass tubes. They'll be inserted into holes drilled into the outlets:




Here are some shots of how the interior looks so far. There are more details needed but it's getting there. Note the stand for the soldering iron -- I made it from a tiny spring that I pulled out of an old camera:








The stool was painted to look like it had been repainted several times, with layers of old paint showing through where the paint was worn and chipped:




Here you can see two of the power cords from the console radios, plugged into the simulated outlets:





Enjoy!

Very cool!   

Ray,                              (I'm speechless!!!!)
Incredible! The spray cans, tools, plugs, all of it!!

Fabulous Ray, just fabulous 

incredible !