Gaslight Man-Bat: Prepwork (3) - The Street Lamp

A significant amount of time has been spent on the primary element of the groundwork of this project. . . 

Starting off with a single-luminaire street lamp from MiniArt's Street Lamps & Clocks set (35560), this rapidly evolved into a sub-project unto itself, with the modification of various elements to ac- commodate the requirements of the project. These include the replacement of the molded ladder supports with aluminum tubing.

Most of the work will be focused on converting the electrical street lamp to an open flame, unmantled gas lamp. The omission of the gas mantle is as much a work-return consideration, as it is a historical consideration: widespread use of mantles in the US was not seen until the turn-of-the-century.   

More to follow. . . 

FOLLOW-UP. . . The lamp sub-assemblies--save for the luminaire 23.05.2020--DONE!--have been completed and they have been set aside to 'set'. The gas jet has been fitted: it will be permanently attached once the luminaire bracket is permanently attached.

UPDATE - 01.08.2020. . . I recently stumbled across a 1/35 scale, resin, single-luminaire antique street lamp from the Italian firm, Royal Model. They offer a wide range of superb diorama acces-sories, and this is no exception! It was precisely what I was looking for from the outset, and though it is somewhat more simplistic, I believe it will be far more effective--and truer to the vision.

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003