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Thanks again for the kind words. They are much appreciated. :D :D :D

Thanks for the kind words fellas. Matthyro: It's HO. Spitfire: The silos (two frozen orange juice containers) are laminated with basswood scale lumber. The silo bands are made from thin fishing line painted black. The trucks are both Jordan Products models.

Philney Coal & Coke is a scratchbuilt structure modeling a typical coal distributorship in the 1930 - 40s on the east coast.

Thanks Marc: I checked out the Masonary site. I also looked over your site: Terrapin.... incredible weathering and paint work. I've bookmarked it for future reference. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Jon: Two questions. 1. Where are the soldiers going? 2. What are the women-folk waiting for? :D :D :D

I agree with Calflash- the solvent can quickly eat into the rivet detail. :( :(

I'm starting to detail an old model I had on the orphan shelf. I want to use a cinder block base for the small factory made of brick and clapboard. Question: Were (gray, flat-faced) cinder blocks commonly used in the United States as early as the 1920's?? :confused: :confused: :confused...

Fred: That's beautiful. Do you have horses? :thumb: :thumb:

Glen: The hammer was carved from a piece of basswood then painted silver. I used some pastel chalks for rust and dirt but the lighting for the pic was very bright so it washed out the weathering. G.Pfeifer: I never saw one that was made out of a flat car. It's real nice. Like it.

Thanks everyone for your comments. nscale modeler: It was a fun model to build. It looks much more difficult than it really is. GPeifer: Sumpter250 is right.The disconnect trucks, I believe, were used to transport the derrick. They could be removed or moved (under the chasis) any time it...

Like it alot Jim. Is Fred hard to please? :) :) :)

Matthyro: Your buildings are really unique. I can't believe they are made from cereal cardboard. Is there no end to what we can use to build models. Re: corn for the crib - do you have photo-imaging on your computer? If so you can print out a whole sheet if corn cobs by reducing size...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Matthyro: It's HO. Glen: It may have been from plans in the MRC you mentioned. I don't really remember - I built it over twenty years ago. The boiler is made of a wood dowel and a plastic straw. Several odds and ends from my parts bin and two or three...

Ginko Bay RR Piledriver (fourth pic)

Ginko Bay RR Piledriver (third pic)