OR, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT FOR THAT!!! NCMRC CLUB MEETING AUGUST 2016

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1 OR, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT FOR THAT!!! NCMRC CLUB MEETING AUGUST 2016

2 PLEASE NOTE; YELLOW TEXT IS THE AUTHOR S CAPTURE OF VERBAL COMMENTS GIVEN AT THE PRESENTATION

3 THANKS TO THESE FELLOW MODEL RAILROADERS WHO ALLOWED ME TO TAKE SOME PICTURES AND OFFERED SOME IDEAS VERN BROCK JOHN BENNETT JACK RICE RICK DAVISON CHUCK HAGEMEISTER DON SHAFER HOPEFULLY YOU WILL GET SOME IDEAS FOR YOUR OWN PROJECTS. BUT MOST OF ALL.

4 I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE AN AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION PRESENTATION. AS I GO THROUGH THIS, BE THINKING ABOUT SOME LOW COST/USEFUL TOOLS YOU USE. AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION TELL US ALL YOUR IDEAS, (OR SEND ME AN ). I WILL TRY TO CAPTURE THOSE IDEAS AND ADD SOME MORE SLIDES TO THE END OF THIS POWER POINT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT ON THE WEB SITE FOR US ALL TO ENJOY EACH OTHERS SKILLS. OR HOW ABOUT A CLINIC ON YOUR JUNK BOX MODEL!

5 LET S LOOK AT SOME USEFUL TOOLS NO, NOT FROM THAT CATALOG, THEY SELL FINE PRODUCTS BUT WE NEED TO SEE SOME HOME MADE TOOLS

6 THE PICTURE SAYS IT ALL

7 FROM JACK RICE S THE TOTAL LENGTH IS ABOUT 34 JACK ACTUALLY ENTERED THIS IN A CLUB CONTEST A FEW YEARS AGO

8 A BETTER USE OF A CLOTHS PIN RICK DAVISON USES THESE FOR MANY THINGS. THEY ARE NOT SO POWERFUL AS TO DENT THE WOOD

9 SIEVES ARE GREAT TO SIZE MATERIAL YOU FIND IN YOUR BACKYARD OR UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. A SAND AND GRAVEL PILE OR DECOMPOSED GRANITE MAKE GREAT SCENERY. (BE CAREFUL, CLAYS DO NOT WORK SO WELL)

10 SOME OTHER USEFUL ITEMS: LIDS, MEASURING CUPS, WEIGHTS OF ALL SIZES AND SHAPES

11 A GREAT IDEA/WAY TO APPLY GLUES, OIL ETC. PLUS A REALLY FINE HOOK DON LABELS EACH

12 YOU GET THE IDEA, WE HAVE SEEN SOME BASIC AND LITTLE COST TOOLS NOW LET S LOOK AT SOME JUNK BOX MODELING, AND SOME PLACES TO FIND THE MATERIAL

13 NOTHING LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO FIND IN THIS CATALOG, WELL MAYBE THE PARTS AND PIECES

14 BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER STORES LIKE: AND MOST OF ALL

15 MOTHER NATURE

16 SOME ODD BALL IDEAS THAT REALLY WORK THESE ARE FROM CHUCK S WORKBENCH. THE LITTLE CAP GUN THINGS MAKE GREAT PAILS. THE TOOTH PASTE TUBE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO BE CUT TO SHAPES 4 TH OF JULY POPPER THINGS MAKE??? A SMALL TRUCK TANK MAKES A NICE O SCALE PROPANE TANK. THE LID LINERS MAKE A NICE MIRRO IN A BUILDING.

17 BEFORE AND AFTER WATER TANK NEED A SIGN OR A LOBSTER TAIL?

18 HOW ABOUT A BOX OF GEARS AND SUCH! CHUCK ALSO NOTED THAT AN OLD WATCH HAS SMALL GEARS AND A FACE FOR THE PARK CLOCK OR SOME EVERYDAY ITEMS, THEY CAN ALL BE USED FOR??

19 FISH TANK ROCKS AND TREE BARK ROCK FORMATIONS JACK HAS PAINTED THE FISH TANK ROCK AND THE TREE BARK TO LOOK LIKE ROCKS ALONG HIS WATER FRONT SCENE. JACK USES THE FISH TANK ROCKS FOR HIS CAVE SCENE AND THE WATER FRONT SCENE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

20 PINE CONE TREES A LITTLE SHAPING AND GREEN PAINT FAR AWAY MOUNTAIN TOP TREES, THEY ARE LESS THAN 1 TALL THESE ARE MADE FROM ½ WOOD DOWELS, SHARPENED TO LOOK LIKE TREES, GREEN PAINT

21 A SCRAP PIECE OF BLUE BOARD THE TRACTOR IS HO SCALE, FOR A SIZE COMPARISON CAN BE CARVED INTO A GREAT LOOKING STONE WALL

22 SLASH BURNER IS FROM A FOAM DECORATION AND SOME FINE WINDOW SCREEN FROM VERN S LAYOUT THE LOGS IN FRONT OF THE MILL ARE CUT FROM CHRISTMAS TREE LIMBS

23 SODA STRAWS OR PLASTIC SPREWS MAKE NICE LOOKING PIPES CHUCK S LAYOUT O RINGS FROM HARBOR FREIGHT MAKE GREAT WORN OUT TIRES JOHN S LAYOUT

24 A YARD FULL OF OLD DISREGARDED EQUIPMENT CAN BE BIG. A GOOD USE OF ALL THOSE PLASTIC WHEELS LEFT OVER WHEN WE REPLACE THEM WITH METAL WHEELS, FROM JOHN S LAYOUT

25 OR SMALL FROM VERN S AND CHUCK S

26 HOW ABOUT SOME FUN STUFF CIRCUS TODAY CAKE DECORATIONS PTERODACTYL BRINGING HOME LUNCH! NOTE THE PERSON, UPSIDE DOWN, IN THE CLAWS OF THE PTERODACTYL

27 A PUMPKIN PATCH THE SMALL PUMPKINS ARE FROM A KIDS HALLOWEEN NECKLACE

28 SOME VISITORS FROM??? JACK FOUND A GOOD USE FOR AN OLD MOUSE, SOME LITTLE GREEN MEN AND AN OLD SPEEDER

29 WELCOME TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IN HONOR OF JOHN BENNETT ON JACK S LAYOUT THE HORN IS FROM AN OLD TROPHY FOUND AT A FLEA MARKET

30 A HAND CART RIDE THIS ACTUALLY RUNS ON JACK S LAYOUT

31 TWO VIEWS OF A CREATIVE USE OF POSTERS AND CALENDAR PICTURES TO MAKE A 3D BACKDROP FOR PERSPECTIVE, NOTE THE WATER TANK IN EACH PHOTO, ON VERN S LAYOUT

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33 NOTICE THE SUNBURST SIGN JOHN LIKES BIRDS ALSO JOHN IS AN O SCALER, THE BIRDS ARE FROM DOLL HOUSE ITEMS, THE SUN BURST IS FROM THE JEWERLY ISLE AT HOBBY LOBBY

34 A UNIQUE WAY TO SHOW OFF YOUR PRODUCT

35 THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE TRULY SCRATCH BUILT, JUNK BOX MODELS, BUT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT! JOHN SCRATCH BUILT THESE STATIC MODELS, A GREAT YARD SCENE

36 TRULY SCRATCH BUILT, STATIC MODELS BUT FUN TO HAVE IN THE YARD

37 FROM CHUCK S, YES THEY RUN!

38 YOU CAN ALSO USE JUNK BOX ITEMS FOR BUILDING INTERRIORS

39 A CREATIVE USE OF SMALL PICTURES FROM A MAGAZINE, AGAIN THE SUN BURST JEWERLY

40 HERE IS A SCENE RICK PUT TOGETHER, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF JUNK BOX MODELING

41 THE SAME SCENE BUT TAKEN IN FRONT OF A WALTHERS BOX COVER FOR THE BACKDROP (JUNK BOX MODELING!)

42 DID YOU NOTICE THE BURNING TRASH? A VERY NICE TOUCH! THE TRASH ACTUALLY HAS A FLICKERING LED LIGHT POWERED WITH A 9 VOLT BATTERY

43 NOW THAT YOU ARE ALL READY TO BUILD THAT JUNK BOX MODEL, HERE IS A PICTURE OF YOUR FIRST PROJECT! JOHN BENNETT TOOK THIS PICTURE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO IN THE CHAMA YARDS

44 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I HAVE SHOWN YOU? IF NOT LET S OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT JUNK BOX MODELS OR LITTLE COST TOOLS YOU USE.

45 THE END