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 Posted - November 05 2016 : 5:17:31 PM
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A Personnel Challenge.
This week I'm starting with something I did just to see if I could make something decent out of the very bottom of the Plasticville line. The four store front buildings of the Supermarket, Post Office, Hardware Store and the 5&10 always struck me as the most toy-like of the line. Here I took the first two and did my best to make presentable structures of them. First I ditched the roofs added a foundation to raised them up. The PO got steps, the supermarket a new door. After that is was paint, signs and details. What do you all think, a success? 
 
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 6:27:43 PM
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 6:53:07 PM
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Holy Smoke, Batman! I'd always liked the old Plasticville
for its clunky looks, but had no idea she could clean up
so good!
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 6:57:20 PM
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| You truly are the Master of Plasticville.
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Posted - November 05 2016 : 7:41:28 PM
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Definitely much improved!
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Posted - November 06 2016 : 3:41:30 PM
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next challenges are
hobby shop, post office & Texaco gas station hehe
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Posted - November 06 2016 : 3:59:56 PM
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Thanks guys, I guess they were a success.
Microbusss, The one on the left IS the Post Office, I have the gas station (no tower variety) waiting with ENCO decals. I haven't picked up the Hobby Shop.
I'm afraid these may be the last new builds I do for a while. The Fox River Valley Railroad appears to be coming to an end as it now exists. Hopefully to be built bigger and better at a new location. Don't worry I have lots of contributions to BOTW you guys haven't seen yet.
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 4:30:48 PM
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| Nice photos Gary. This one a Bachmann N scale station.
Built in the 1970s as part of their built up structures.
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 6:08:29 PM
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see WHY I should mail GaryB my Spectrum Bus Station & have him detail the parts, add signs & stuffs?? 
BUT I'd put it together myself
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Posted - November 10 2016 : 7:06:52 PM
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A large Coaling station for the roundhouse area.
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Posted - November 11 2016 : 12:32:48 AM
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quote:A large Coaling station for the roundhouse area.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - November 10 2016 : 7:06:52 PM
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this coaling station is based on the one in Cheyenne, WY for the Challengers & Big Boys
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Posted - November 11 2016 : 12:32:58 AM
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Posted - November 13 2016 : 11:03:08 AM
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Neat buildings everyone. That N scale station is a dead ringer for the Atlas HO one. Are you sure that's a Bachmann?
Microbuss- I can't imagine how I would detail the bus station but not build it. I would certainly make a reference to Greyhound's badly named 'Terminal Food Service'
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Posted - November 13 2016 : 12:43:03 PM
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quote: quote:
this coaling station is based on the one in Cheyenne, WY for the Challengers & Big Boys
Originally posted by microbusss - November 11 2016 : 12:32:48 AM
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And yet, that wasn't the UP'd biggest. That one had a capacity of 650 tons of coal, but the one in Pocatello could hold 900.
What's amusing about that model is the packaging: That's a model of the Cheyenne bunker.. but one of the locos shown using it is a Dreyfuss Hudson.
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Posted - November 17 2016 : 9:34:46 PM
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| Nice!!! Mike!
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