Scenery - Structures

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Mulligan's Excavating

Everybody knows the story of “Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel” and how Mary Anne got stuck in the cellar of the Popperville town hall. Not too many people know what happened 75 years later when the town of Popperville built a new town hall. The old building was scheduled for demolition and the town was going to sell Mary Anne for scrap. Hearing this Mike Mulligan’s grandson, Bill set out to rescue Mary Anne.

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Making HO scale snow fencing

In a recent Weekly Photo Fun thread, a couple people asked about the snow fencing in my Bluffs enginehouse scene.  I wrote that that fencing was made by a friend from the Yahoo Proto-Layouts list, Randy O'Brien, by applying a solvent to plastic window screen material, hammering it flat, and then painting it orange.

TrainCat

Does anyone know if TrainCat are actually operating?

Their web site does not make it clear & I am unable to get to their on-line store.

Steve

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Junction Valley Railroad

I found this while wandering around Google check it out it is the worlds largest quarter size railroad.

 

I can not take credit for this video but it is pretty cool.

 

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My model of Monster Modelworks Feller's Garage

Here is my version of Monster Modelworks Feller's Garage.  I turned mine into a Shell Gas Station with lots of typical detail found at gas stations in the 70's and 80's.  I decided to make my own awning instead of using the one in the kit.  I just like some of my structures looking different from everyone elses.  I added darkened photos behind the clear acetate windows so you can sort of see an interior but not clearly.  When I drive by these structures in my area, the inside of these structures are very dark to almost black.

Retarder for Plaster of Paris

Hello All,

I am a retired Chemist who also watches "Americas Test Kitchen".  The answer to the question concerning the use of baking soda versus baking powder is this.  Baking powder has an acid added to baking soda which improves the activity of the baking soda.  So, lemon juice and vinegar are weak acids.  It is the acid added to the baking powder which is doing the trick.  All three additives should do the trick.

 

Pete

Concord, Ma

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[N scale] Building the Colorado Convention Center : Steel & glass scratch built

Hello all. I am new there!

I am  a french n scaler, and i am building a N scale layout in my basement inspired from Rio Grande Railroad. The first part is a small town called Turtle Field. This part is finished. The second part called "Spirit of Denver" represent Denver around the merger with SP.

For this part i have started to build a model inspired by the Colorado Convention Center. I love this building because the Ligth rail is passing throught.

This buildding have a structure in evergreen strips :

 

O gauge layout update may 26, 15

Work on the scenery and DTC signs.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O1AB8dd_cng

 

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CY&PRR - Freytag Foundry

When I first saw the articles in the April and May 2009 issues of Model Railroader by the late Dean Freytag, I knew I wanted to build it and I knew it would be right for Blue Island on my layout. It seemed like such a large project, I didn't get to it until 2014 after retirement, and it was a dead-of-winter project taking 150 hours and over 1,300 pieces of styrene sheet, strip, and structural shapes.


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