Does this bench frame look about right to you guys? The width is only about 3 feet, with about 18 inches for the aisle .Were people really that much smaller in those days?
You know in reviewing my pics of Sergio's set I came to realize that he cheated a bit in this same area.The door is not in the center of the car and the seating is creatively arranged to suit the scene.The master himself was not above making some compromises too! While on the subject of scale I was wondering how high that braking wheel that is located on the platform should be in relation to the height of the man?I think mine looks overscale in height.I am not too concerned about the diameter of the tubing or the diameter of the wheel itself as that could vary a bit I guess but the height must have been standard.
I would say that Claudia's rear end is perfect but big Marshall Dillon out of Dodge city might have to pay for an extra seat.This is Economy class for sure. Like everything else about this station the bench legs need straightening. I grouped the seating arrangement around the wood stove which seems like a natural to me for those cold nights in the desert.
For picture taking purposes I am sure that Sergio widened this set and adjusted the rails to suit the scale.I am not sure exactly how he did it but the left wall seems to have been moved outward with the rail was still placed in the middle.
I have been trying to figure out what is the black thing hanging on the wall ,you can be sure that it is there for a reason,something that prominent would be planned. Also what the piece of furniture is below it?It looks like it could be a bench or bench and table together.Victorian furniture is very dark so I stained it burnt umber.I think that is a wooden pail hanging from the rafter and there also seems to be a rolled up black curtain to be able to close off this section.Probably for privacy or to keep out drafts and dust. I would say that passengers would use the door at the end of the car to gain access to this area.
I decided to give myself an early Christmas present this year and start working on my first locomotive as a movie prop.I have never built one before and am really excited about getting started.The station prop has very little creative stuff left to do except some of the finishing.Every year in Montreal the miniatures people have a show in April and I will wait to see if I can pick up some nice 1/24 scale Victorian furniture for the old stationmasters desk and chairs etc.. My background is aviation so I am out of my area right now.I find this exciting but also a little intimidating.Just learning all the new terminology itself will be a challenge . If you see something that is obviously wrong or I am headed in the wrong direction please feel free to jump in at anytime with constructive criticism. Thanks ! Cheers. John. Should be fun !
OK, so step one will be the overall composition and in which direction the train will be heading . This will determine which side of the loco that I will build.I think that clockwise would probably be the best as that is the way most viewers would feel comfortable reading the storyline.Therefore I will be building mostly the R/H side as the prop facing inwards.
I have started to build up the interior framing using bent formers and have cut out a viewing hole in the other side.I keep the little loco handy to check out the viewing angles.I will probably build everything above the running boards on both halves and play around creating new stuff below on the prop side.
