Here’s another quick detail project I thought I’d share. I’ve been trying to capture those kind of details we see everyday but don’t see modelled too often. Both types of construction/warning signs were done from styrene strip and sheet. The horses are scale 4’x 3’. The orange stripes are decals (the flash kind of wiped them out). The flashers were made from a bit a styrene rod and a small disk cut from a piece of rotary beacon sprue. The taller ones are scale 5’x 4’. I swagged the measurements while sitting in traffic. The warning signs were copied from a traffic sign web site and printed on decal paper.
Nice job. Judging the good condition of the road, I am guessing the layout is not set in California. Maybe the roads were better back in the 40s and 50s. I just noticed the newer vehicles and that the truck has “Castle Rock, ME” on it.
I guess the old truck on the left is a “classic” set in modern time. Back in the sixties I remember road crews still using those round, black kerosene smudge pots. I always thought they were kind of cool / evil looking things.
Eric - the road surface is alot worse than it looks. And Maine roads are every bit as bad as California…frost heaves, runoff, snow plows…
Slim…the older trucks are the restored classics…but in Maine they never throw anything away anyway. It gets used until dead then parked next to the last old car in the front yard…
Dan,
Great job on those barriers. It’s this type of sharing that makes model railroading fun and interesting. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of your projects.
I hear it’s a pretty “Dead Zone” but that you can get a few “Needful Things” there if you know where to shop. Watch out for the St. Bernards in town, they can be a bit tempermental. At least it ain’t Derry, Maine. I can’t stand evil clowns in the sewer system.
