Main Street, Davetown

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I finished this diorama after a lot of stopping and starting.

More pictures on my Fotki page: http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davetown/main_street-buildings/

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turn out nice, like the overhead wires.

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Thanks for the pictures and ideas. I haven’t started my town yet. It will be next, after I finish the rail yard I am working on.

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Looking real nice!

I like the weathered look to the roads, very realistic.

Now you need to dirty up those shiny cars.

Craig

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Nice job!, but as previously stated, the cars are just too shiny! One other thing, if you are modeling the mid '50’s, when I was a kid, the street lines were all white - yellow didn’t start untill the '60’s or '70’s. Keep up the good work![:D]

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Thanks for all your comments. I haven’t picked an exact time period. It will probably be the early 60’s, but I’m really not sure yet. I attatched the cars with silicone so I can remove them without screwing up the road. I might replace some of the cars with 60’s vintage cars when I find them.

In the area where I grew up there were some roads with yellow lines, some with white and some with both. Some back roads had yellow and black stop signs.