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Super User 374 posts richhard444 Super User 374 posts
richhard444

MY LATEST BUILD - 

Since my wife is a retired educator, she wanted a school house on the layout. It will be added to the newest town of Watersmeet, MI to be built on my HO scale CNW Peninsula Div. railroad. The building is a kit bash using two DPM kits. The base kit is #106 Laube's Linen Mill. I will admit that it was not my original idea. I found the design article in the Model Railroad special publication "Modeling Railroads of the 1950's". The original building was to be a YMCA residence, but it looked like a good design for a 1950 schoolhouse.

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Richard

Richard - Superintendent CNW Peninsula Div.

blog - https://mrhmag.com/blog/richard_harden
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ICMainline Active Member 57 posts
ICMainline

Very nice!

I think I went to school there,haha.  It does somewhat resemble a school in my hometown (the school has since been torn down) that I went to in the late 50's.  This building will make a fine school...good job.

 
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musgrovejb Prolific poster 1,715 posts
musgrovejb

Nice!

Great job! 

May want to consider a little weathering and enhancing the mortar.   But  "as is" it would still look good on a layout.

Joe

Modeling Missouri Pacific Railroad's Central Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Patrick Stanley Frequent poster 592 posts
Patrick Stanley

Ritzy School District

We never had air conditioning. Nice work. I like your front door.

Espee over Donner
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Ken Glover kfglover Super User 1,499 posts
Ken Glover kfglover

Looks good

With some mods it could be my High School in the early 60's. It would have to lose the A/C though. The only "air handling" was to open windows. 

Ken Glover,

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Jackh Prolific poster 2,042 posts
Jackh

I remember going to a school like that also.

No AC, early 60's. Teachers would open the windows when it got toasty outside. That of course led to a bit of a fly invasion and students wandering around outside at least in their imagination.

Jack
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dkaustin Prolific poster 1,515 posts
dkaustin

My school had two types of A/C...

The classrooms had open window type A/C, but the office area had good ol' A/C.  It is still hot down here in September and getting sent to the office to cool off sometimes was a good thing.

Den

 

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     Dennis Austin located in NW Louisiana


 
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badams New member 6 posts
badams

Good looking bash!

I really like your model ... the front entry is particularly handsome ... and different from so many kits out there.
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