Master Creations Blandings and Gallard Cement Co

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Everything look great, the build and vehicle.

Those small brass cut outs are the hardest to build. I did in fact through one out. I'll build the other three as I'm sorry I got rid of the first one.

Tom

[postalkarl]

Hey Steve:

I'll be following along. Have fun with it.

Karl

[Opa George]

Steve, just getting caught up with the last few days. That truck looks fantastic--very unique and wonderfully eccentric! But I am in awe of your tenacity with the kit. You should take a victory lap--you aced it.
--George
PS--just thinking of adding spark plug wires in HO makes my brain hurt.

[SteveCuster]

Thanks George. It is an interesting kit for sure. I've never seen one of these trucks on Shorpy or anywhere. The doors are really strange. I started building a few Jordan's for the scene and it's a relief how much easier they go together.

[SteveCuster]

I think I've gotten to a stopping point with the scene. I added a Jordan Steam Shovel and some more details. I wanted to wait to add some fencing and a few other edge details until I figure out where the entrance will come in.


I built this Jordan Steam Shovel over the last couple days. These are nice little kits and they go together pretty easily. I built one of the Steam Cranes for my salvage yard and it mostly went together the same way.


Here is the crane in the scene. I was originally going to also add a Jordan Mack dump truck but I think I might put it on the road going in or out of the area. Of course the edge next to the track will get some more weeds and details but I'm going to wait for that.

I added a few more details around the warehouse.

I added a couple details around the office building as well. I just temporarily placed the oldsmobile truck behind the structure here. I'm not sure where it will fit just yet. I may use it on a completely different scene. The lower area in the foreground will be a little river/stream. The stream will tie into my Cartwrights Machine Shop but I made it too low to match the water level on that diorama so I need to rework the level of the creek bed.

I added a few details around the front support posts. I'll probably add some more junk into the hillside but I havent decided on a fence yet here.

Thanks for following along everyone and for all the encouragement along the way. I had a lot of fun reworking the design of the kit.


-Steve

[Zephyrus52246]

The scene looks great so far.  I wouldn't have had the patience to deal with building that truck.  You did a great job on it, and the whole kit.

Jeff

[S&S RR]

Steve


Fantastic modeling.  I'm really enjoying your thread.

[PRR Modeler]

That is an amazing scene.

[Opa George]

Steve, beautiful scene all around--love the details. I particularly like the trees toward the back of the scene.
--George

[JimMooney]

You stumble across the weirdest things on Pintrest sometimes...Cairo Bank in Cairo WV..
look familiar?

[deemery]

"Mary Anne" looks great, both the model and on location!


One suggestion:  Add some darker shading (different color dirt or even some ground ashes mixed with dirt) to show the track paths where the shovel moved.


dave

[Mark Dalrymple]

I always found that model with the curved corner cutout very odd.  As such I knew it had to be based on a real building!

Cheers, Mark.

[SteveCuster]

Wow very cool find Jim.

[postalkarl]

Hey Steve:

Looks just beautiful. Keep up the great work. Love the colors and weathering.

Karl