Jake's Abattoir, git along lil' dogies
My steers arrived yesterday from the folks at Aspen Modeling Co.
http://www.theaspenmodelingcompany.com/index.html
And they are indeed a good looking bunch of critters. Not only are they actual steers, not cows, but the modeling work is excellent.
While I was building the stockyard I was using an O scale figure to see if everything was in proportion. This fellow had no reason to be in a stockyard, he was wearing a suit. I thought it might be fun to see if I could "cowboy" him up a bit. I added some foil chaps, lengthened his coat, scarf and a hat and Viola!
Here is the cowboy on the left and the original figure to his right.
Well it looks like I've got some figure painting to do.
Rick Reimer
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It's obvious
It is obvious to me: The suit is a government regulator.
Don
Rincon Pacific Rwy, 1960. HO scale std. gauge - interchange with SP.
DCC-NCE, CMRI, JMRI
No Six Shooter?
A cowboy without a six shooter is like a doctor without a stethoscope!
Other than that, nice work!
George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers, ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
Modeling the Ogden River Railway in HO.
Conversion
Rick, you did an outstanding job on the conversion. Awesome, awesome !!!!
Nick Biangel
No six shooter
Thanks George.
Up here in Canada most "cowboys" didn't have a Colt strapped to there hip. But They were never more than a stones throw away from their rifle.
RR
Rick Reimer,
President, Ruphe and Tumbelle Railway Co.