Ed's New Moonscape Diorama Project

Woodsy,

I started this new diorama base project back in May and this is as far as I've gotten.

Except for the cheap framing, I already had the other materials on hand and decided they needed to be put to use. It's 48" x 38.5" and consists of two sheets of Masonite, glued and tacked onto a frame of fake wood (don't know what they call it but it's a plastic-like material), over which 1" sheets of Styrofoam are glued.

The crater rim is sheets of 1" Styrofoam cut and glued to the board. To finish this, I'll need to carve the foam to its final shape, cover everything with plaster (or similar), and then paint.

Here's the kicker: I can't do all that carving, plastering, and painting in the house, so it'll need to be done outside but it's gotten warm out there (we're looking at 112°F/44°C out on the patio). Plus, I have other things going on in my life.

Hopefully I can re-engage this project this coming Autumn.

The first two photos show the work in progress. The third photo was taken a few days ago after pulling out some of my SpaceX Moonbase HQ's to visualize what a set-up would look like.

See what you think.

From Vegas MoonBase

Ed

Ed's Breakfast MOLAB

Woodsy,

Here's my MOLAB. 

I got this along with other toys in a job lot and it took me forever to figure out who made and that it was a cereal premium. My sample is missing its wheels and I haven't bothered to make it whole yet.

From Vegas Base

Ed

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And from blog friend Paul V ...

My website has two of my Molabs on it. 

(I do have a cereal version as well but kept Bill's pic on this page because that came first. :)

https://www.triangspacextoys.info/SpGAorig/MolabOrF/MolabOrP.html

Best -- Paul V

Ed's Golden Astronaut SpaceX Boxed Sets

Woodsy,

Your recent post had me curious as just how many boxed Spacex/Golden Astronaut sets I had so I herded them all together into a folder for future reference and here they are.

From Vegas Base

Ed

Ed's Lionel Butterfinger Boxcar

Woodsy,

Here's a 'sweet' car from Lionel made during their MPC era - an era known for its wide variety of colorful, licensed rolling stock. It's one of many candy-related pieces of rolling stock out in The Cave.

From Candy Land Vegas

Ed

Ed's Trash To Treasure Flagstop Station

Woodsy,

It was great reading the recent series of posts about turning scraps from the parts bins into something useful. 

While my mind doesn't work well enough to come up with ideas for a spaceship or spy toy or action figure, it wants to focus more on what I might be able to do for my train layout. 

A few years back I wanted a really small flagstop station (I believe they're referred to as 'request stops' in the UK) for my Edge of Town micro-layout. 

Plasticville makes a small passenger platform that looks good, and I used one for a while, but I wanted something smaller still.

 Inspiration came from the Internet when viewing photos of rural milk platforms and flagstops.

 I ended up cutting down an old Plasticville platform that was a bit beat-up, added supports, a new wooden deck, and a passenger shelter made from a Plasticville 2-stall outhouse with the doors and inner dividing wall removed, and a bench added. 

I gave the whole construct a disheveled, 'I need maintenance now' look and am quite satisfied with the results.

From Request Stop Vegas!

Ed

Ed's Red Pyro Sighting

Woodsy,

These photos were culled from fleaBay many years ago and show yet another Pyro space toy.

From Vegas Base

Ed

More of Ed's Cool Pyro Space Toys

Woodsy,

These are the only other Pyro space toys in the collection. Prices for early Pyro have become so outrageous it's beyond belief having seen single toys selling for over $700!

From Vegas Base

Ed