Modeling Power and Light Poles and Garagemahal updates!

We are getting caught up at Garagemahal, take a look at the 1:20.3 scale power poles! AND Trains are running!! AND Karyn is modeling 1;32 scale interiors!
After getting even more stuck inside, between COVID 19 and the earthquake and now the pseudo hurricane we have been stuck in a lot this summer! Usually with the power on but not always. With power poles down out in the street research on modeling power and light poles was easy! Just don't step on the wires!
After a week of modeling by window light and battery lights, we were thrilled to have power again. I spend the week cutting out parts as my soldering iron sort of needs electricity to work.
I found a great little casting to use as the light shade on Amazon:
A CBH Radial Brass Hardware Backplate Washer
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Karyn built the transformers from copper brass and wood.
Karyn is also building interiors in 1:32 scale. And WOW DO THEY LOOK COOL. Based on CUTEBEE Japanese kits, Karyn kit-bashes and scratch builds to make them much better!
www.amazon.com...

[@lescobrandon3047]

Wow, a couple who are both master craftspersons. The jazz music is perfect as well.

[@bobainsworth5057]

Great beautiful work. Bye the way their not ladder grabs but actually called steps. Keep up your great work.

[@davidgjam7600]

Their matching dinosaur museum tshirts are adorable

[@ToyManTelevision]

Ken Konard hi. Gee steps. Have been remiss in posting comments. Can’t read them well anymore. But soon! Fixed eyeballs!

[@iannarita9816]

Thanks again. You guys bring some cheer into a day. My wife really liked the doll house.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Those little kids are really fun! And I love the small scale!

[@ozone-xv7hk]

That mustang... the best thing to see after a hard day’s work. Makes my day. And if that isn’t enough, we get to see all the modeling and craftsmanship that goes with it. Another excellent video, keep it up!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!! Been cleaning up the yard. Rather be working on the switching yard. What a mess out there. Sigh...

[@chrishereford5969]

Thanks Dale and Karyn, you're two of the sweetest, busiest people I know. I simply loved your work, and attention to detail. Stay blessed. Dale, I loved the way you joked about "Intellectuals," it made me chuckle! Love to both of you!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi! Thanks! Wow. (Blush). We are having a great time just screwing around with building things. Miss the traveling but staying in ain’t that bad.

[@upsd402]

Love the layout, the room really taking shape. Great video.

[@ToyManTelevision]

upsd402 hi. Really a fun room now. With cars in it!

[@marykoferl5639]

Amazing detail in all your projects. Very interesting. Thank you.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!!!

[@wwskydvr]

It's fun to watch talent and enthusiasm in play. Very nice guys.

[@stephenriley9084]

Dale, Karen, Great insight into what you have been doing in the bad weather. All very neat, intricate and creative. Not boring!😀. Regards Stephen.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!! Fun to do. Staying in has an upside.

[@gardenrailroading]

That is Beautiful! Love what you are doing on the layout and Karyn's houses are wonderful!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Thanks. Really fun. Karyn is building a 1/12 scale right now!! And I’m... well commenting to people

[@joanmoran4756]

I'm amazed at your detail. you both have more patience than I do. Keep up the great work....love it 😊

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!! Next week we are at Ely. Three shows. Including the first fire of the 81!!!

[@JerkRice]

The lighting adds a little magic to the exterior and interior scenes. The sounds you added to this video were a nice touch. Crickets for the night exterior shots and jazz for the classy apartment interior.

[@ToyManTelevision]

I’m planning to have those sounds on the layout

[@irish00011]

Just as Jimmy Durante always exclaimed (my, am I dating myself!); Everybody wants to be in the act. It has transitioned from 'Toy Man Television', to the Karen and Dale, Sunday morning extravaganza. You Kidlets, once again, have proven, life should be a real joy in retirement. Who knew? I just wish I had your energy. I enjoy your enthusiasm for taking on such intricate projects. Bless you, many times over. Well, my time here with the gushing platitudes has concluded. We'll see you Tuesday, and next Sunday, with a brand new show. Happy Sunday. Be safe, and be well!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Timothy M hi And gee thanks wow. Remember the old saying “ the more things change the more they stay the same”? Well that also means the more things stay the same the more they change. Case in point: 2020. Earthquakes, wind storms, fires, even pandemics are all Inevitable. Yet still unexpected. As for us we were on similar paths and because of KZbin those paths crossed. And so here we are, still doing what we have always done, but now together. And that has really altered what and how we do things. So the show has changed a lot while really staying the same. Hum.. or not. No matter. Thanks!!

[@slam854]

Like the light pole modeling, shades are wonderful, too. Both of your modeling capabilities are really shining. This is fun for you and fun for us. WOW! love the lighting and the good choice of music.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!! I really like the shades. And the transformer. Thanks!!!

[@kenshores9900]

I really like what you have done with the layout. Fantastic details. Look very authentic.

[@georgebottarini1788]

Amazing talent you both have. Please keep the updates coming.

[@ToyManTelevision]

As soon as I finish these phone calls onto the railroad crossing the grade crossing. While we were in Ely we studied the wooden grade crossings. So now we know how those things work. It’s one of those things that you’ve seen 1 million times but not really paid any attention to. Who knew that they were held together with giant Allen head screws!

[@dougcostello9064]

Impressive work guys. Love it. 👍

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!!!

[@timothyboles6457]

Awesome work guys. The yard looks great and the room diaramas are beautiful

[@billginnj6595]

Outstanding work!!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!

[@billtimmons7071]

You both are true artist. I go to your channel to get my spirit lifted after a enduring a week of the weird COVID world we now live in. This video is very inspiring. As a retired electrical power engineer I find that your transformers are very, very realistic. You both are so patient with details. You make the hobby world 150 % better. Thank you. P.S. Very glad that the tree missed most of your garage and that no one was hurt.

[@ToyManTelevision]

It’s almost amazing that no one was hurt in this windstorm. It happened in the middle of the night and a lot of people were asleep at the time although it tended to wake you up! But a couple of houses were smashed by fallen trees and fortunately no one inside was hurt. But come in the morning they were trees blocking almost every road. I can’t imagine the destruction head there been cars on the street, other than the parked cars that were destroyed

[@Shadowfax-1980]

This living the dream for sure!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Retirement doesn’t suck. Well, mostly. Pacemaker, new hip, parts taken out. Parts but in. Cataract surgery in a few weeks. Later a new knee. Oh well. In the meantime models! Cars! Traveling to railroad museums!

[@larryarcher4502]

When that engine hit the switch stand I was waiting for the fly off the track glad it didn't happen love the attention to detail it speaks volumes you to stay safe I've been cleaning up from the wind here too and smoke!!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Yes it just nicked it. Karyn thought I had come up with a clever system to spin the lantern. Well sort of!! But not really.

[@danielboone3770]

Dude, this amazing! I love the display cases, especially the one with the railroad vehicles. The K-27 passenger train set is no exception either.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!! Tomorrow we are showing a brass model. An old old brass model built by an older guy. Me. Take a look

[@terielrand8344]

fantastic modeling from both of you! I had a tree fall into a neighbors yard in a wind storm and received the same phone call. I was lucky in that I hooked up with a couple of college kids on break with a pick up and chain saw!

[@ToyManTelevision]

I don’t suppose those kids want to cut up another tree…

[@kenamosjr.bo_51]

Good to hear you made it thru the wind storm without damage. You 2 are very talented modelers, love the lighting effects. Stay safe an God bless you.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Ken Amos Jr. B&O_51 hi. Now stupid legal issues over the damn tree. Who knew that when your stuff, tree, house, furniture, whatever blows into someone else’s yard it becomes their problem. My insurance won’t do anything EXCEPT for the neighbors trees landing in our yard. The neighbor is pissed. Sigh.

[@kenamosjr.bo_51]

@@ToyManTelevision we had neighbors tree hit our 1st house and 32k in damages, our insurance covered it because it did no damage to their house- tore out fence an that doesn't count. Thing is, they're insurance WILL cover it- at least here in MD thats how it worked.

[@Buck1954]

I've been watching that opening scene with the little rocket ship for awhile now. I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, but... I really enjoy the old time cartoon art. I get tickled watching that opening cartoon.

[@Drkush2022]

You two are super talented! Great great job you two!

[@ToyManTelevision]

ThanksI!

[@jasonsnyder3948]

Nice job TM; love the detail on the generator Karen.

[@daviemaclean61]

Not too shabby for two retirees working by candle light! It's all in the details. Cheers

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Clear back when I was designing garage Mahal I thought it would be really neat to have the workbench sticking out into that window bay. Later on I sort of regretted it because boys are your feet cold when you’re sitting there in the winter! However when the power went off boy were we glad to have that wraparound window

[@daviemaclean61]

@@ToyManTelevision All my workspace and layout are in the attic, so it's electric light or nothing at all. Occasionally a fan heater is deployed, but not too often - it is handy for getting paint to dry a bit quicker though! Cheers

[@williambryant5946]

You guys have got the most awesome space there. I'm very jealous of the space and the amazing collection and of course the mustang. The telephone poles look great. The mini houses are awesome. She did a great job on those. Stay well. -Wil 👍

[@ToyManTelevision]

Will be getting back to that in a little while when we have some more to show. For the next three weeks we’re going to be at Eli Nevada riding trains and looking at their new locomotive, steam engine number 81

[@user-cu9kz5ec8o]

Wow! Fantastic!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks.

[@tomas5376]

I see an awful lot of talent here! Both of your creations can easily be mistaken for the real thing! Even the painting on the backboards looks real. Nice work 👍✌️😊🙏🏼⚒⚒⚒🚂🚂🚂

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!!! We really like the look of the power poles!! Just had an idea this morning on the far right side. Stay tuned.

[@craft-o-matic2377]

Very cool stuff you two are working on! Take care ! Lisa

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. And thanks!!

[@ronniedavis3713]

Karen, Outstanding model work !!!!!!!!!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Right? Thanks

[@wmjwell]

Amazing track work and Kayrn is a fantastic artist. You are so made for each other! Would be easy to have the wires connect to switches to turn on/off the lights. You could “automate” the lights with an Arduino circuitry if you wanted to give the impression people are in the apartment. Both of you are so amazing!!!!

[@ToyManTelevision]

I’d like to figure out Arduino. Which sounds really interesting but I don’t know anything about it! Need to look into it and learn how to use it

[@wmjwell]

Tons of things on KZbin about them. Also, look at Jameco Electronics as they have them along with instructions. Lots you can do with them

[@garypearsall1589]

Nothing like a natural disaster to motivate one to get things done. Always a milestone when trains are running. Both of you have an eye for detail. Love the doll house diramas.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Disaster on top of disaster. But safe inside screwing around

[@garypearsall1589]

@@ToyManTelevision drove through there last week on my way to Antonito and Durango. Stopped at Ashton Gardens and everything was ship shape there.

[@robertemmons2260]

Good morning. I hate windstorms. Sorry about the damages. I love how the background had turned out! You two had done a tremendous job on it. Karen's little Amazon apartment looks very complete! Thanks again for another great video!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Robert Emmons hi again. Yes those little rooms are great! No to get her to build me a power plant in a larger scale, 1:20.3! She really came up with super transformers so now a powerhouse

[@robertemmons2260]

I saw the transformers and how Karen had made them. I have stuff like that laying around in my shed and I've never thought of using parts like that for anything other than it's intended use. Just shows the level of creativity that some people have, and what I don't. 😁

[@1800clyde]

Cool stuff. Let them DRG&W shine! Roll ‘em 😎

[@ToyManTelevision]

I’m rather narrow minded.

[@rrelectric5159]

Nice! Seeing Karen wiring here miniatures reminded me of some 1:1 houses that I wired up that looked just like those. Your transformer on the pole looked really cool. Be sure to follow the prototypes to get primary and secondary wiring to look realistic.

[@cudathehawgjetfixer7520]

Great work to the both of you! Now what you need to do is start your own Apartment Kit Company, you have the talent and the ideas to better the existing so why not go that extra step and make your own kits.

[@stephenrick6672]

Master Modelers!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Gee. Blush!! Thanks!

[@jonnybeck6723]

Love the '50's jazz and the guitars... All you need now is a set of Ludwigs and a baby grand. cheers kids

[@ToyManTelevision]

Jonny Beck and a pipe organ cause they are cool.

[@jonnybeck6723]

@@ToyManTelevision A tall steepled Community church built around it's pipe organ...(?)

[@ToyManTelevision]

Jonny Beck yup OR a sewer Under an opera house

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

great video liked 🚂👍😮

[@ToyManTelevision]

Brian Rock Railfan hi. Glad you liked it. Fun time in a weird time!

[@kenshores9900]

In an attempt to make you feel better, Ihave friends in Lake Charles, La, that do not have power still 3-4 weeks after Hurricane Laura. They lost over 1100 transmission towers, over 6600 power poles. All water treatment and sewage treatment plants. Lots of people lost everything. Great video.

[@ToyManTelevision]

We didn’t have it all that bad. No one hurt! Ok about 2000 trees down, few hundred million in damage, but compared to the fires? The hurricanes? Nothing really.

[@kenshores9900]

Toy Man Television I know how you feel about the damages you experienced. After Hurricane Ike it took us 4 hours to clear the tree from the drive so we could get out of the drive. Of course there were trees down al over the street. The work you have done on your layout is marvelous. You are a true artisan as is Karyn. Stay safe. Talking with our neighbor I learned she had and got over Covid. She was a mere child (48 years old). She recovered but not with feeling bad and death warmed over.

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

Wow very cool

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi and thanks!!

[@ritaloy8338]

Get you self some 28 - 36 gauge copper wire used for rewinding electric motors and run that for your wires

[@ToyManTelevision]

Got some. And some green thread. But someone just sent a link to an elastic product. So if something snaggs the wire or something it stretches rather than breaking something

[@NYCJDClark]

Thank you for the tour of Garagemahal. You folks have put together a nice place to screw around. What is the story on the telephone switchboard? Both of your work areas look fine. The poles look great, nice job.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. The switchboard is out of St Mary’s of the Wasatch. Huge girls school in Salt Lake City When it was torn down I grabbed a bunch of stuff. That’s all I have left. But it’s cool!

[@NYCJDClark]

@@ToyManTelevision Thanks, it looks neat. I enjoyed the video tour of the Garagemahall.

[@cadenchristiansen3553]

I thought that lamp was real it looks so good

[@ToyManTelevision]

CADEN CHRISTIANSEN my favorite lamp from Karyn is scratch built. The desk lamp by the computer. Tiny. And super tiny light!

[@Mike-tg7dj]

I feel y'all's pain. The yard I maintained for years was destroyed March 3of this year. The tornado ripped five hundred year old oak trees out of the ground..The property took direct hit, you could follow its path. Those fancy traffic light poles that are streamlined aluminum designed to withstand hurricane wind were blown away. Those transmission lines with their aluminum poles bent over and stayed bent, total scrap. There was loss of life anyway it isn't about us it's you guys and how our thoughts and prayers go out to you all.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. Yes we didn’t have it to bad. Lost about 2000 trees. And a few hundred million in damage. But compared to many disasters... nothing. Nothing at all.

[@jimkammerer8028]

AWESOME GOOD VIDEO VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR VIDEO AND YOUR TIME HAVE A GOOD DAY BE SAFE AND CAREFUL MASK UP WHEN YOU GET OUT JIM KAMMERER OF PHILADELPHIA PA 😷👌👍

[@ToyManTelevision]

Masks at all times around people. Even on Halloween 🎃

[@robertweldon7909]

There is a braided fishing line that comes in a discolored appearance (blackish green) and looks a bit like old copper pole line wire that could be used as pole line wire. It is very strong and is around .009 dia. Check it out, it might be just the right thing for your pole line etc. ;-)

[@ToyManTelevision]

I’ll look for it. Thanks

[@railfanjk8964]

nice vid

[@ToyManTelevision]

Thanks!!

[@samfuller6273]

Cool 😎

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

My club was adding lights like that before covid!

[@ToyManTelevision]

I really love the effect. I always love to take a look at a layout after the shadows fall and all the lights come on

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

@@ToyManTelevision agreed

[@cambridgeh.lutece6658]

Well well well... is that Gallopin' Geese I see in that display case? Though... with those power lines you could easily run a interurban on the model!

[@ToyManTelevision]

Just found a product for wiring. Hum.... I’ll show you guys.

[@gentelbenn62]

sequins fabric supply, good shades

[@FunAtDisney]

The switch yard scene with the lighting and the crickets chirping was really nice, as was the apartment scenes. So why does the LED lights need 3v verses the incandescent needing 12v? I thought the LEDs could run on 12. My outdoor low voltage system has both types of bulbs on it. (PS: That first apartment scene must had been Scandinavian with that glassed in bathroom! I actually saw they have that on one of those house hunting shows!)

[@ToyManTelevision]

The LEDs run on 3 volts. Most LEDs have a dropping resister to lay them run on 12 volts. Even the led strips have one resister with every LED. So a 100 led strip has 100 resistors. Which use more power, like three times more power than the LEDs! So I’m using just LEDs. And a tiny little half amp 3 volt supply that can run all of them.

[@FunAtDisney]

Toy Man Television ok that makes sense. And my daughter just got those strips around her room - very popular with her friends (they must have them during their Zoom classes!)

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

And he said let there be light 😉

[@ToyManTelevision]

And after applying 12 volts there was light. And it didn’t suck. (It was good).

[@elektro9564]

Here is a good site for photographs of vintage power/telephone poles, most of the photos have descriptions too. www.insulators.info/pictures/?op=list&folder=57 Also the light shades you are referring to with the ruffled shade are generally referred to as Radial Wave fixtures

[@ToyManTelevision]

Wow that’s really great thank you! But very first picture, the weather and on the pool looks exactly like the weathering on our poles. The ones that blew over or so ratty looking it’s pretty easy to understand why they blew over! I wanted something a bit more substantial than that and that pole looks exactly like the towels that we used

[@elektro9564]

@@ToyManTelevision Your welcome. you should put in a couple square poles in somewhere so they look older, nice to have a mix of poles of different heights and types placed around.

[@mattmarks9935]

I believe that you can take a picture of the instructions and use Google Translator to read them in English. Hope this helps.

[@ToyManTelevision]

The really unfortunate thing is they’ve already been translated into English by somebody who doesn’t speak English! So attempting to figure out what they mean by do not attempt to rebuild a car… Well I’m not really sure what that means

[@DrGerryD]

The "ladder grabs" on the poles were typically ONLY used by telephone companies. Take a closer look on the prototypes as to the locations and how high up they go on the prototypes. Just up to the lowest set of wires, telephone wires. Above that are modern day cable TV wires, Then higher up is the location of lower voltage distribution to homes and businesses. Early days had this being three individual wires, attached to three insulators on the poles, not the cross arms in most places. These were two hot wires and a neutral. the two hot wires were 120 volts to neutral and 240 volts to each other as the step down transformers were center tapped on the secondary side. The primary side of a transformer connected to only ONE HIGH VOLTAGE wire on a cross arm atop the pole. Typically there were three high voltage wires on cross arms for three phase power. Some businesses need three phase so they had three transformers mounted on the poles. Very early street lights strung together, a string of them comprised of 120 volt lamps were strung in a group of ten or so and they would be run through a light detector that would turn on a connection to low voltage line, one of the three wires attached to the insulators on the pole proper. These were on the poles as a single third insulator sometimes above the three for home distribution, sometimes under. They picked up the ground from the neutral wire for the home distribution. These were turned on by early photo detector circuits and relays. Much, much earlier had separate power lines from a distribution center only to power the street lighting and turned off and on remotely every day and night. Poles with transformers had ground wires running from the transformers to ground rod beside the poles. All transformers had a fused connection to the high voltage that could be opened with a long pole. Some locations had knife switches atop the poles mounted on double cross arms that would connect to a lever and pole that could be locked at the bottom of the pole. This was to disconnect or shut off a section of the high voltage. I know this blurb is very brief, and in many locations in the U.S.A. there were variations, but be it safe to say, this is the way it was done. I hope it helps you and if you need to discuss this further, use my "contact me" point at my web site: kitbash.ourpage.org I would enjoy exchanging email with you. Gerry

[@ToyManTelevision]

Gee 😊 thanks!! Wow great history I know most of the poles along the rails were “telephone only” for decades as there was no power in the sticks. Much went in in the 1869’s and 70’s. And were Telegraph. Then telephone. Later power for signals. In my case I’m putting high voltage at the top. Then the light power below that. Then phone below that not on cross arms. I’ll se if I can get to your page!

[@Bigbuddyandblue]

Working on modeling power poles, when a wind storm blew through and knocked down prototype power poles! Irony or tragedy? 😛

[@ToyManTelevision]

Irony is so ironic

[@stephenwalls9277]

I had to pause the video at the view of the attic. That red and yellow colour scheme is exactly the same as Hornby models used back in the 70s.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Love old Hornsby! Well old models in general. And the foreign ones are great because we never saw them in the states. Back in the 60’s. Those are Acucraft. But yes, similar look!

[@ronniedavis3713]

Dale, Why are you not running all of your locos by RC so that you don't have to wire your track or ever clean track again !!! And just power only lights in your buildings and track lamps.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Going to do that with some. Need to try it. But I have a lot of locos and it’s expensive. But try one and see

[@waspanimations7037]

I'm to distracted by your dilophosaurus shirts

[@ToyManTelevision]

Dino tracks at Johnson farm in st George Utah. Amazing! Great museum.

[@kenshores9900]

Not meaning to make you feel bad. Just say there are those that have it much worse. They are still using generators, coolers, and ice. Mosquitos are still active.

[@jimbobjones5972]

A little music to go along with railroad operations when you get to that point: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXvRZGyKqZ14gNE

[@ToyManTelevision]

Fun! Thanks!!

[@pbyfr]

Great show, I enjoyed it a lot. Why no LED for the big lamps? In O scale, I use standard white 3mm LED, which frost the surface to give the frosted or opal glass look. When off, it looks like some frosted bulb cover. I recently bought but didn't test some EZ lines thread, it seems excellent. berkshirejunction.com/subdirectory/ez-line/ I can relate to the badly translated instructions, my Japanese models only have text in Japanese, and the maker kindly send me a Google translation, which can be quite funny (hopefully the instructions had also a lot of images). The different interiors are great, it reminded me my current project of making furniture for an O scale office.

[@ToyManTelevision]

That’s cool!! I’m going to bag some and try it.

[@maxl6318]

Hello Mr. Angell, how can I contact you personally? Maybe via Facebook? I want to send you a letter from Germany ;-) Best regards, Max

[@jml8975]

If you visit the channel page, there is an "about" section. Their email should be under the "about " section.

[@ToyManTelevision]

Hi. There is a link there. But my email is a mess. I get like 200 emails a day. Can’t find anything there anymore. But look for dale angell on Facebook. And message me. Or I’ll try to spot the email. But emails tend to get lost.

[@billvassar7473]

fantistic job Karen.

[@billvassar7473]

how dare you isolate your frogs, isent social distance enough?

[@ToyManTelevision]

As of now it works really good but for some models I’m gonna have to power those little suckers! So I’m looking for something in the way of a powered frog. Sort of like Kermit