A Rock Shop for the In-ko-pah Railroad


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Ray Dunakin

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I just finished building and installing a new building for the town of Dos Manos, on my In-ko-pah Railroad. It's a rock and mineral shop, housed in an old, false-front wood building. It has a detailed interior, complete with working lights and a lighted display cabinet. All the rock specimens are real stone.

Here are a few pics:

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The door is a modified Grandt Line product. I added the window and an Ozarks Miniatures door knob. Everything else is scratch-built:
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The interior details really show up well at night. The hanging lamps were made from fancy "pewter" buttons and a small bead:
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I also finished wiring up the lights in the two-story house:
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You can see a few more pics on my site:
http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Dos_Manos.html
 
Ray, that is some fabulous work. The lighted interior of the rock shop looks just like the real thing. How did you mke all those little rocks for the shelves?
 
Thanks! The rock specimens on the shelves and in the display case were made by crushing real rocks down to 1/8" or smaller (mostly smaller).

BTW, the necklaces hanging on the wall to the left, are also made with real stone. I just crushed some rock even more, to a fine grit. Then I made loops of thin wire, dipped them in glue, and sprinkled on the rock grit.
 
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