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My BOTW is the old "Arlee Station". I picked this one up at an antique store for $5, repainted and renamed it. The odd couple on the bench are talking about the good old days...
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Posted - January 27 2014 : 03:08:49 AM
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Posted - January 27 2014 : 09:20:22 AM
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another snow scene ken
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Posted - January 27 2014 : 4:27:20 PM
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Nice snowy building ken but here in the eastern US we are sick of snow! 
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Posted - January 27 2014 : 6:45:24 PM
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It was good, fast skiing snow in the Midwest. 
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Posted - January 27 2014 : 8:41:03 PM
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| Nice buildings.
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 10:42:30 AM
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"Business" building renovate . . . I'd gotten these business buildings with an engine house (engine house previously posted). Recently got after them a bit; mostly the two-story one. So . . . now it's a building for lease on a Spartan layout. I'm thinking a grocer or mercantile and a café should share the downstairs and the owners live upstairs. The smaller building needs a getting after yet, though I did start smearing some paint on it just to get some ideas.
As purchased . . .
A little Tuscan paint seemed to camouflage glue damage . . .
Need some people in this ghost town . . . and maybe some hitchin' posts.
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 10:49:54 AM
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| hi barry,great improvement,look more realistic,ken
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Posted - January 30 2014 : 8:58:37 PM
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Barry, that building not only looks good, it looks good for your era, as well.
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Posted - January 31 2014 : 10:21:29 AM
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Hey Barry,
Maybe the smaller building could be a blacksmith shop?
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - January 31 2014 : 11:11:13 PM
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We got several inches of snow today . . . so it was either get out and play in the snow . . . or mess with the model trains . . . tough choice. So . . . I got after that little potential blacksmith shop . . .
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Posted - February 01 2014 : 06:53:32 AM
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| barry,you have great imagination,and skill,love em ken
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Posted - February 01 2014 : 09:54:44 AM
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It would be an understatement to say you have transformed those buildings. They all have a realistic, worn patina to them that's hard to capture.
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Posted - February 01 2014 : 2:36:28 PM
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My Building of the week is Ladder 5 and Engine 3 in there quarters.
I know, I know another Fire truck and house shot,but I must confess after 28 years of eating smoke and getting burned numerous time's I guess I'm partial,but I do have other building's HONEST....
Mike
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 11:04:22 AM
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| That's a pretty cool station Mike. Seems like maybe there should be a couple of firefighters sitting' out front in lawn chairs, hey? Did you ever get into the firefighting train stuff; like that Roundhouse set?
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 11:35:37 AM
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Barry:
A great sign (above the structure) for that horse and buggy scene would be : "Classic Restoration Services" to tie it in to the modern era (as located near an Amish community,
which might need such). I saw a D-I-Y cable episode this past December with Vanilla Ice, who now does construction rehab, where he had such a real company build a custom buggy for his Amish clients in Ohio or Indiana.
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 11:35:49 AM
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quote:That's a pretty cool station Mike. Seems like maybe there should be a couple of firefighters sitting' out front in lawn chairs, hey? Did you ever get into the firefighting train stuff; like that Roundhouse set?
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Well Barry to tell ya the truth No.
Never liked the way they looked,to clunky,and to be honest I really never saw a prototypical unit,do they even exist or did someone dream up a firefighting train set.
Anyway thanks for lookin at the shot,and the guy's should be in the scene by next week.
Mike
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Posted - February 02 2014 : 1:44:49 PM
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Mike,
I'm not sure about fire fighting trains, but the tank car with a nozzle has a prototype in that the rail grinder trans would have this type of car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pAfMlr4Pko
Regards John
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 01:52:25 AM
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Very nice. Iconic. It resembles so many small scale supermarkets of the 1970's.
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 01:53:34 AM
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Posted - February 05 2014 : 09:07:07 AM
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| hi Chops124,looking good,just needs the people as you say ken
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Posted - February 06 2014 : 11:44:13 PM
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quote: quote:
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 05 2014Â :Â 01:53:34 AM
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Looks great! I have that same set of buildings and your pictures got me thinking about getting them out and working on them a bit...
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 6:44:54 PM
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What happened to BOTW? Come on guys, feel free to show off your new buildings. I can't because I can't post pictures (yet?).
-Steve
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