#s scale

[sharknoseshenanigans1951]

American Models GG1 in S Scale!

I don’t really get why S Scale didn’t take off, it’s a great size (1/64) and is the same size as most toy cars!

ZAMN THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD WAS COOKING WITH THIS DESIGN

[frogshunnedshadows]

BEHOLD my tiny, 1/64th scale wooden shipping pallets.

Hand-made, from cut-down wooden coffee stir sticks, using a template I made in Illustrator. Designed for use with Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars. Don't quite have a paint color / wash / stain that I'm happy with yet.

[wncrails]

Installed! I got the shelf layout I stalled in it's new home. The train on top is a S Scale tinplate set from the late 1950's given to me by a friend. It belonged to his father. Looking forward to adding more details and running some trains!

[frogshunnedshadows]

I've made a couple more pallets recently, including an exciting blue one.

[frogshunnedshadows]

After my modest success with the 1/64 scale shipping pallets, I was thinking about what else I could try to make, and settled on a Jersey barrier and an arcade cabinet. Turned out pretty well.

These are the result of hours of work over a couple evenings. Desktop hobby plotter-cut cardstock & 0.4 mm sheet styrene parts. And Tamiya putty, solvent glue, superglue & acrylic paint.

The Jersey barriers were extremely fiddly and difficult to assemble, though if I make more, I think I've figured out a simpler way to do them.

The arcade cabinet was slightly easier, but seems bare without any graphics or colors on it.

I've realized it's very helpful to put a tiny magnet in the base of these things, to hold them to a stick while painting.

[frogshunnedshadows]

Switching subjects somewhat, I roughed out a couple dumpsters about two weeks ago, and am in the middle of painting them now.

[frogshunnedshadows]

Finished my 1/64th scale classic arcade change machine a few days ago. Looks good with the rest of the gang.

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

John Johnston's S Scale Layout