Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Recently I created a Gn15 Micro Layout for my friend Bill Palmer. Gn15 is G scale 1/2" to the foot. Gn15 locomotives are gauged to HO width track. Most Gn15 locomotives represent estate, tramway or mine railways.








 

This micro layout features Peco O-16.5mm (On30) code 100 track and turnouts. I scratch-built all the structures. The brick tractor shed bricks were cut from foam and glued on board. The rolling door is scratch built from styrene plastic, n-scale metal wheels and a bit of time.
 

The neat signs were reduced down images of vintage tin signs. Many of the small directional signs, "Open Shaft" "No Loafing" "Look Out For Cars" were originally produced for industry by Stonehouse Steel Sign Co., Denver, Colorado. Many of these standardized signs were sold to mines and industry through the Mine & Smelter Supply Company in downtown Denver.


"Stonehouse Steel Sign Co., Denver, CO. William Stonehouse opened a sign shop in Chicago in 1863 and taught his son James Wesley the art of painting gold leaf lettering on store front windows. by turn of the century j.w. moved west with the gold mining boom and set up shop in Douglas, Arizona.  Ten years later, he moved to Colorado, and it was here that the accident prevention sign business was born. J.W. saw a need for safety in the mining industry. He created standard bell signal signs to better communicate in the mines, therefore reducing accidents and injuries. He lobbied for the codes to become standard in all mines in Colorado and was ready to sell his silk screen printed signs when the mining bureau enacted the standard. in 1913,  J.W.  moved to Denver, where he continued to design signage that would set the standard for the "safety sign" industry.  The Stonehouse Steel Sign Company was formed as a corporation in 1914, and has stayed in business through multiple generations."  Info from www.urbanremainschicago.com




  Inside the tractor shed overhead view. 

Inside the tractor shed. 
 Tractor shed roof is real corrugated, metal sheets, weathered with Games Workshop Paints
















Cheers, Gerald

2 comments:

  1. A beautiful piece of work and very inspirational. Thanks for sharing:)

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  2. Gerald
    Nice modelling but I would appreciate a name-check against this layout.This is pretty much a carbon copy of my layout, Yellow Ridge Mine. I spent many months designing and building my layout and whilst I am all for inspiring other people, a name-check would have been nice. Unfortunately I cannot stamp a copyright watermark over my exhibition layouts like you can on your photographs. Quite ironic really.

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