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 Posted - July 12 2015 : 12:50:50 PM
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My BOTW for this week is a department store kit that I used for my ghost town layout in H0.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - July 12 2015 : 5:05:50 PM
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my building this week is a aristocraft timber yard,ken
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Posted - July 12 2015 : 9:42:57 PM
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Detailing the Tyco Center Street School a little. Have all the parts not seen in photos... Added some color to the play ground toys... Fence is loose ... just sitting for photos...
 
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Posted - July 13 2015 : 12:15:01 AM
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| That school looks fun Walt. Just need a passle o' kids on that playground and maybe a school marm. Ken, I check those Aristocraft things out now and then. I've been real tempted to get their sand tower/building set.
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Posted - July 13 2015 : 08:02:26 AM
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quote:That school looks fun Walt.
Originally posted by Barry - July 13 2015 : 12:15:01 AM
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You think that school looks fun. The one I went to had monkey bars! 
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Posted - July 13 2015 : 3:57:13 PM
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Good stuff guys, Kovacstee, where can we find more photos of
your "Ghost Town" layout?
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Posted - July 13 2015 : 7:09:46 PM
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Now Don, you know those monkey bars are too much of a liability.
quote: quote:That school looks fun Walt.
Originally posted by Barry - July 13 2015 : 12:15:01 AM
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You think that school looks fun. The one I went to had monkey bars!
Originally posted by scsshaggy - July 13 2015 : 08:02:26 AM
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Posted - July 13 2015 : 9:41:11 PM
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Well I guess I'll give equal time for now.
Walt - I real like that school, neat detail.
Ken - Good looking lumber shed and Kovacste neat using that building in a ghost town. Everyone always has wooden buildings in ghost towns.
Mine this week is the Bachman CityScapes Department store, actually 2 stacked, with the first floor removed from the upper one. I also reversed the walls and added a skylight (It was a funnel) and a clock that was a Christmas decoration. This is my B&W portrait of my Marshall Fields & Co store.
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Posted - July 13 2015 : 11:49:24 PM
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| Lotta nice buildings this week. Keep it up guys.
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Posted - July 14 2015 : 08:23:06 AM
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Very nice buildings this week, everybody!
Steve, I really like the vegetation growing on the roof, and the broken windows are a nice touch.
Walt, that school complex makes me think of Sesame Street®, which is a good thing! Question: Is the playground equipment glued down? Because there's not any room for the kids to shoot hoops! 
Ken, that lumber shed kit built up into a good looking structure. I don't envy the HO scale guys their job of handling that large dimensional lumber, though!
Gary, I love the look of that department store, and that clock is an excellent touch. The B&W photo gives it that period feel, thanks to the old B&W movies. It's amazing how such stores have changed, from multi-storied windowed downtown buildings full of character, to sprawling, windowless, characterless, suburban structures. BTW, do you have a shot of that funnel skylight?
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Posted - July 14 2015 : 11:28:10 AM
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Good point, Glenn. The slide was the only thing still glued from years ago. I went in after reading this and carefully removed it. I will locate the equipment to better spots.
Thank You, for pointing that out! 
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Posted - July 14 2015 : 5:53:20 PM
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I moved the playground equipment around some...
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Posted - July 14 2015 : 8:23:13 PM
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Walt, after I opened my big mouth I wondered if the playground was big enough for some hoops, but I see you managed it pretty well. It looks good!
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Posted - July 14 2015 : 9:04:51 PM
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Gmoney- Here is a view with the skylight. The plastic I used to trim the funnel doesn't stay on too well. Will redo with electrical tape someday. Thanks for the kind words. I intend to do a similar B&W study of all my other large structures. Keep a look out for them here. 
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Posted - July 14 2015 : 10:13:40 PM
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| Glenn, I'm glad you brought that to my attention. Can't believe I didn't notice that mistake.
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Posted - July 15 2015 : 08:17:51 AM
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Thanks Gary, I was wondering how you did that, because I didn't know you could get square funnels. I was envisioning a cone-shaped skylight of some sort. It impresses me how some modelers can look at an everyday object and see modeling possibilities, or conversely, have a desire to model some particular detail and then find some everyday object with which to do it.
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Posted - July 15 2015 : 08:25:57 AM
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Walt, we make mistakes all the time we don't notice. If you don't believe it, ask your wife!
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