And it looks like a lot of excellent model railroading is happening across the great expanse. [wow]
Sue, I meant to comment earlier, great Shay and logging scene you got there! As always excellent work! What video editing tool did you use to create the patina view?
Ken, that is quite a “before and after” on the loco, great job there! Looking forward to more details on that one…[swg]
Now, here is my You Tube video I was trying to upload yesterday, the full 2:34 short video on my Southern Top Gon empty consist.
sue that is gr8. one question if I may.How long is your accual timber bridge? I see your piller and the two timber crossin there .Is the right timbers longer than the left ones.Thank you for a gr8 film of it.
Ezlielinski, looking good. How did you make the spark arrestors? I need some for my SW1500. Also, where did you get, (or how did you make) the bay window?
It wasn’t a lot of work, because I’ve been working on the structures and other stuff for several weeks now, but this weekend the Saint Anne Street area came together. First, the area as it looked on Saturday afternoon, after I poured and smoothed the Durhams Water Putty roads:
That evening, I painted the road, and on Sunday morning I installed the sidewalks, a second layer of styrene painted a slightly different gray, and marked with a pencil grid. Then, I put in the fire hydrants and streetlights in the holes I’d drilled earlier. Finally, I put in some cars and figures.
MisterBeasleynice job on the City Classics Market! Now I know where I can go to get a S&H Green Stamps book for the stamps I found. Buy the way that shopper with the cart makes it pop…who makes it?..
Yes, indeed, it’s the City Classics market. The signs all come with it. They provide both 1950’s and 1930’s prices on separate sheets. There’s a small sheet of paper enclosed that lets you order market-specific decals for a couple of dollars from one of the NMRA divisions. I did that, and put on the A&P decals from the supermarkets of my youth.
The figures are Preisers. There are a few others in the set, including a guy with another shopping cart. I’m going to put lights and interior details in the building. If you look carefully, you can already see the grocery racks inside. Once the lights are in, then I can see if the interior will show off the figures, or just hide them. If the good figures don’t show up well, then I’ll just put them outside and put some second-quality folks inside the store.
The bay window is an All-Weather Cab Window by Detail Associates (Walthers Part # 229-2301), and the spark arrestors are from Custom Finishing, listed as “Large, Round Style Spark Arrestor” (Walthers Part # 247-131). This style of spark arrestor goes into “backordered” status quickly through Walthers so order them quickly. Otherwise it’s about a month before they get more.
If they are sold out of the Custom Finishing #247-131 spark arrestors, I have also seen WC SW1500’s with the large round style (Detail Associates “Round Type” Walthers Part # 229-2102). It’s then up to your personal preferrence.
