Back To Modeling, Sorta...
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As things appeared to have slowed down, I offer my latest projects for the G&MP.
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The depot is a laser cut Mount Blue kit? based on a standard C.M. & St. P. design.?
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Also in the works is an old Pine Canyon gas station that's been kicking around in storage.? I'm kinda alternating between the two projects, both are at the sub-assembly stage waiting for me to get up the enthusiasm for painting before final assembly.
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Rich G(ajnak) |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýNice start. Rich ?? I bought two of S
Scenery's resin depot kits years ago that had Reading as the
prototype as I recall.? I wasn't aware of the Mount Blue or I
would have gone that way, but then again most all small stations
are similar.? I also built a Mini Structures 2 story station about
that same time.? It's a SP prototype, even though Bill Banta cut
some SOO line stations the actual difference are small.? And when
built close to the tracks, there isn't much room for size
differences 20 years later.? Unless I can clone my self 25 years
earlier, they'll have to do!
As to the Pine Canyon gas station, I
also built one.? Mine also spent years in storage. ?? One of the
smaller cities West of here just off the I-10 freeway contains a
version of it, so they do survive.? Mine is too large for the
layout so I put it on one of our modules, problem with that is we
don't have the ability to actually display it anymore.? I
decorated mine for Phillips 66--I also made a boo-boo in it's
construction but nobody will know!.?
Might have some photos someplace.?
Those Pine Canyon kits were great and not that hard to build.?
Modifications were a bit more difficult as it's hard to add or
sever wall sections.?
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
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On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 09:38 AM, Bob Werre wrote:
Those Pine Canyon kits were great and not that hard to build.? Modifications were a bit more difficult as it's hard to add or sever wall sections.? Actually... I've cut many Pine Canyon kit walls using my chop/miter saw and a fine tooth blade (60 TPI, I believe). When I used this blade to cut MDF building cabinets, it produced a wood powder as fine as "powdered sugar." When I used this blade to cut Pine Canyon walls, the blade produced a fine shredded "mozzarella cheese." It is a very messy process, even with a vacuum attached to the saw, but it produces very smooth wall cuts.
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Phil Scandura
Flagstaff AZ |
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I wish the Pine Canyon kits were still available, they were very nice.? I built a small number of them, including the Rigsby Terminal kit which I had to modify to fit.? Cutting the walls was a bit messy, but not hard to do.? I used a table saw with a carbide blade, which made a bit of a mess, but that's why we have shop vacs!? The layout may never be done, but the building fits nicely now.?
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Jerry Poniatowski
Brighton, MI
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Bob Werre
pscandura
Jerry Poniatowski