What options are out there for chairs in n scale? For the interior of a restaurant...I checked GMM and didn't see them on the product list. Does anyone make them or would I need to scratchbuild? Thx in advance
Other than the park benches I''ve never seen any. I made some of mine by using plastic U channel with an appropriate sized piece of strip styrene glued on for the back. Northwest Shortline Chopper comes in handy if you plan on doing alot. To get the legs requires carefull filling of the front and back of the channel.
I found this: quinntopia - An N Scale blog: N Scale Furniture from Luetke Modelbahn article which led me to this: luetke modellbahn German company who makes some interior pieces. Other than these, I only know of the Gold Medal Models chairs, Faller N 272440 7 Tables, 24 Chairs and 12 Benches and Faller N 272442 48 Benches and 24 Tables Of all these products, all I have are the Gold Medal Models chairs. Those are pretty nice and have lots of options for assembly.
Here's the P/N and description for Gold Medal Models chairs: GMM-160-57 Assorted Chairs (four each of four different styles; total: 16) Parts for sixteen chairs of four different commonly-used styles including straight-back wooden chairs, rocking chairs, etc. Two-piece fold-to-shape assembly for each chair. Etched in .010" brass.
. Thanks for the help gang Kenneth - that's a rockin' night club you've got there!! Fantastic detail, even down to the food on the plates and the black keys on the piano - great job!! Did you scratchbuild the grand piano? Can we see some more shots of the interior?
I recently saw one of the etched brass kits from Langley Minatures that had some excellent tables and chairs. The detail was exceptional. They are part of the Conservatory kit on this page http://www.langley-models.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Accessories_A35___A65_60.html
Depending on what you're trying to do, the Parkway Diner interior and lighting kit might be just the ticket. It was for me. It's etched stainless steel with pins for the counter stools. Very nice quality and this also comes with the luminescent ceiling lighting kit. The table settings are etched on the table, just paint. My choice of figures. I matched the paint to an interior shot of the Grand Canyon I had from the 50's. Nice high-contrast scene. To me, that's half the battle, no sense putting in all that work if you can't showcase it. And unlike Ken, this is the ONLY building I have with an interior like this. I can't top Ken for sure, he's the master of interior detail. Good God there's cakes in the kitchen!
Quote from dave n "food on the plates and the black keys on the piano - great job!! Did you scratchbuild the grand piano? Can we see some more shots of the interior?" Yes, piano was scratchbuilt. I draw keyoard on Photoshop- black keys 1 pixel wide and white keys 2 pixels wide- except for the double pixel space between B flat and C sharp, and the double pixel space between E flat and F sharp. Once I had one octave, I just copied and pasted. Strings inside piano were from an internet image. I went to a piano dealer and measured grand pianos. I checked out two textbooks on commercial kitchen design and layout from the public library, and visited a commercial restaurant supply store to study kitchen equipment. The square bottom portion of an HO postal box became "some" kind of equipment, N refrigeration unit parts for refrigerated 18-wheeler trucks became pie ovens, chillers etc. The plunger diagraph from an insulin syringe is the big coffee urn. The three-basin sink was cut from index card stock. The char grill from leftover chimney and brick building stock. There is an N scale covered hopper hatch on top of one of the things. Most of this is just "stuff" to suggest "something" like "something." The exception is the big black range, actually laid out and built deliberately. I painted various figures with aprons, glued a small piece of thin plastic rod to the top of their heads, and put a pouf of thick artists acrylic paint on the top of the rod to simulate the chefs' hats. kitchen I did not "really" make food on the tables. I just drew in Photoshop a square a few pixels square as a blue placemat to contrast with white table cloths (aluminum foil painted white). The blue place mats allowed representing silverware with white shapes in Photoshop against the colored background, and white circles for plates. I copied the basic place setting a dozen times, then finished one to represnt a place setting where a diner has not been served, one with a steak dinner on the plate (reddish brown), one with a fish dinner, one with a lasgna dinner-- all very impressionistic. (ie "less than meets the eye"). Oh, and two versions of dirty plates where dinner has been finished. Then I copied and pasted to make a dozen of each plate type, cut out and pasted on tables with one small drop of Elmer's white glue. By the way, I haven't finished this and haven't been able to work on it in over a year. I have a small motor and gears and tiny mirror chunks to make a mirror ball, and that can hide under a high pitched Polynesian "Tiki" roof if I ever get it built...
The luetke modellbahn site also has some nice looking buildings which could fit a US scene. Has anyone used their product(s) and is ther a US distributor? Charlie
Ooh! I've been looking for etched sets like that. The plastic ones are way too chunky. I just sent Langley a note asking if they can be purchased separately. Over the year's we've picked up quite a few Langley kits and bits through the N Gauge Society shop, and have been quite happy with everything we've acquired.
Thanks for the link DJSMeltzer! Not sure if anyone noticed this, but Luetke has a kit just for a restaurant : http://www.luetke-modellbahn.de/shop/product_info.php?cPath=92_142&products_id=782 I've never seen the Gold medal stuff, pretty interesting! Thanks for sharing! I'm always on the lookout for new furniture options! (what's really hard to find is furniture for houses/apartments!) Another outfit, called Abe?, from France apparently, makes some really nice stuff. While I've ordered from this site before, I've not ordered any of these furniture pieces so can't speak to their quality/value, etc... http://www.trains160.com/bar-chairs-p-635.html?cPath=9&osCsid=m2o2879lo3ia3jrmp2lk24abe1 The above photos were posted from the pictures from the shop's website. I have the 'cylindrical' building on order with them at the moment. The only place I've ever seen their stuff was on their own website. They were really easy to order through with PayPal however.
