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 Posted - February 16 2015 : 12:44:34 AM
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My BOTW is not one of mine. I found this photo of the Life-Like Firehouse online. What a great job someone done here... I have the fire house but can't force myself to change it much. I will add some detail to it and a lot it's surrounding areas...
Edited by - walt on February 16 2015 12:46:15 AM
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 11:14:55 AM
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 Someone must've really put their heart into that model, I mean, it looks like what a model railroad manufacturer would do if they re-released as a pre-built model. Looks great. 
-Steve
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 2:10:50 PM
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I think I'd want mine like that too
I do believe the real one doesn't exist 
L-L did model their buildings after places around Philly too
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 7:44:46 PM
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Mexican rail road workers houses. Until recently, a lot of Mexican rail workers lived in re-purposed
(as it is fashionable to say) box cars, right smack next to the rail lines. I have seen similar dwellings
from dust bowl era American rail workers. Since NAFTA, much of Mexico's prolific, but inefficient,
railroads have been bought up by consortiums and otherwise abandoned, so those workers no
longer have to live in these box cars. Now they live in card board shacks. Viva NAFTA.
Box cars by Gordon Pugh, trains by Harald Halseth, caboose weathering and detailing by
Moose Yarbrough. Taken at the El Paso Model Train Club, today.
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Posted - February 19 2015 : 12:21:48 PM
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Cool stuff guys! Whoever detailed that firehouse did an amazing job.
I finally found a decent photo editing program that let me print some high res signage for my electronics store.
According to the internet "Earthbound" means reliable in 1950's slang. I'm not sure how accurate that is but the name works.
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Posted - February 19 2015 : 4:22:18 PM
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| Looks good Eric. Even the old air conditioner in the second story window. Nice array of building paint work and I dig the cables holding up the marquee on the bank next door.
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Posted - February 19 2015 : 10:26:04 PM
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| I'm afraid I can't take any credit for the bank. I'd be curious to know how the original owner got such a clean finish.
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Posted - February 19 2015 : 11:39:18 PM
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quote:Looks good Eric. Even the old air conditioner in the second story window. Nice array of building paint work and I dig the cables holding up the marquee on the bank next door.
Originally posted by Barry - February 19 2015 : 4:22:18 PM
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There's someone that lives near me that still puts their air conditioner like that.
-Steve
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