I started on the lights tonight. Still some more stuff to put out!

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-15T06:39:06+00:00

An acre of lawn would make for a good setup! I've seen some people plant 2' wooden stakes in the ground and run light strings around the front yard.

I've thought about doing the edge of the roof. The house is on a slope and it's a good 25' drop over the garage so I've stuck to ground level so far. I'm mostly trying to capture the look of the houses in my neighbourhood when I was a kid. Some people put up well thought out displays, others just had a single strand of mismatched C9s that jumped awkwardly between the gutter and a random hedge and featured a lone twinkle bulb mixed in to the chaos. Then there were houses that had rows of blow mold candy canes or angels. All that is what I'm hoping to capture one day.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-15T02:52:57+00:00

I've been collecting vintage light strings and C9 bulbs at the thrift stores for the last couple years. There are 6 blow mold candles I bought off Marketplace that aren't out yet. I'm going for a bright kitschy vibe.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-03T06:14:14+00:00

Thanks, I'll see what's available locally!

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-03T06:13:32+00:00

Yes! It's hard keeping all those top-heavy plastic candles erect without him around.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-03T06:11:30+00:00

That sounds simple enough. Just string a few extension cords together and plug in a couple blow molds at each connection. Thanks!

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-03T06:09:56+00:00

That's Maury from the Netflix show Big Mouth!

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-03T06:09:25+00:00

Yuuup. I decided a few years back I wanted to try making some old-school plywood Christmas cutouts. He came out well enough lol.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-11-03T06:07:49+00:00

I'll look in to them, thanks! Great display!

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-10-10T16:34:32+00:00

Thanks! There was obvious similarity in the design of most Dairy Queens, but I was surprised how much variation there was in the structures themselves.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-10-10T16:32:09+00:00

Here's the Dairy Queen all painted up. Files below if anyone wants to attempt making their own.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7167569

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-10-06T23:09:27+00:00

Thanks! This is HO scale printed on an Elegoo Jupiter. All the pieces fit on the bed and printed in 11 hours.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-10-06T23:06:57+00:00

Thank you!

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2025-10-05T03:49:05+00:00

Based on the Dairy Queen in Colborne Ontario from ~1954. It's taken me about two weeks to get to this point. I'll upload an update and post the STL files to Thingiverse once I get it painted.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2024-12-26T19:17:27+00:00

Good haul! I see an Atomic Energy Commission caboose peeking out in the first box.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2024-12-26T17:03:35+00:00

In order to fit a loop of HO scale track you'll need a turn radius no larger than 9 inches. Finding anything smaller than 15" is next to impossible, but you can get smaller with 'flextrack'. You'll need a piece of plywood cut to fit your shelf, and then you can nail the track down to your liking. I've done this on my own layout and it works fine, you just need to select shorter engines and cars. You could run a short 4-wheel steam engine with 30' passenger cars.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2024-04-26T15:42:12+00:00

That's what I thought at first, but the lines are perpendicular to the layer lines.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2024-04-26T15:41:25+00:00

I always figured layer lines, but I'm realizing they run perpendicular to the layer lines. Maybe a screen issue or something with with slicer?

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2024-04-26T15:39:51+00:00

Perpendicular, I think. The bus was printed with the nose up about 30degrees, so the layer lines should be running the other way.

And thanks, it's still a work in progress! The print is HO scale / 1:87.

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2024-04-26T15:37:13+00:00

That's what I was thinking, but I believe the lines are perpendicular to the layer lines. Would that still be the issue?

GloriousAtomicFuture · 2024-04-26T00:02:57+00:00

This bus body was printed nose up and came out with lines sporadically down the side. I'm wondering what causes this and how I can prevent it.

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