Not new model work, but new photo work of models. There was a request in a thread to show one’s layout in ONE (only) photo. I am building a linear around-the-walls that cannot be captured in one shot, so I Photoshopped together a linear view. Other image: for an online discussion, I needed to scan a snapshot from about 35 years ago. About 1978, I was asked to provide a diorama for a library display on model trains. It had to go in the back of a library case behind a display of railroad and modeling books. The diorama would be limited to 1 foot deep by 6 feet long. I built a vaguely Southwestern desert town scene with a Santa Fe train. I scanned this picture of a part of that diorama to show some early N scale “craftsman” kits. The Southwest mission style depot was a cardstock kit- don’t remember the manufacturer. I wanted a “town” but had no space, so I used a wood and brass kit, may have been Western Railcraft, called “Three Olde Stores.” Used them as flats. The warehouse in the foreground was a plastic kit, AHM’s “Chemical Plant,” probably from Pola.
I agree, pretty darned solid. Better than my own, anyway. I am between layouts, so I must post older imagery. Here is one.
Nice! It's cold in Maine too, although the big guy doesn't feel it. A Guilford Geep works the Calais yard Mike
Mike, your modeling of the area that I remember from 60+ years ago is spot on for a cold, bleak, rainy, wet, miserable late November day in northern New England. Couldn't wait to get home and be in front of a roaring fire with a mug of hot spiced Cider....too young for "spiked" cider, doncha know. :wideeyes:
We used to buy gallon jugs of unpasteurized cider at the roadside fruit stands in New Hampshire. Let it sit in the dark for a few weeks and it would "spike" itself. Just don't try to then use it for making jello. Could not keep it in the bowl. It just kept growing.
Russell, been there, done that, but we went a couple of steps further. Poked ice pick through cap, added potato skins or yeast (if your Mom had enough she wouldn't miss it), placed in root cellar or other cool secure (from view) location, and waited 6-8 weeks. By that time it'd be mid-December with nighttime temps well below freezing. Place jug outside in some out of the way location in late afternoon when folks were inside. Next morning early, retrieve the well-frozen jug, pour off the on top pale blue liquid into Mason Jar, hoping Mom wouldn't miss the jar, otherwise grab any convenient container regardless of sterility. It tasted terrible, but it had a kick, at least to a teen-ager. Shortly after we were married and living up in those parts, I made a batch for my new bride from Mississippi...her response, you actually drank this C**P...sez she who drank White Lightning as a teenager. :wideeyes:
I know it's not a YouTube video, but I'd almost swear you can see those girls' skirts rippling in the breeze.
Thank you, Michael ! I made the yellow skirt out of Sculpey clay and left a tiny bit of clay on the bottom of her skirt and painted it white for a bit of petticoat showing. It came out nice. I was happy.
