Johann Harrounn casting company O scale

[hairball]

This is another of my favorite FSM kits #225.....name ? = Sewells foundry, that I blew up to O scale and scratch built.  Took the basic premise of what George designed and ran with it . Left out the overhead travelling crane as this was eating land quick.  Georges was stone walls in lead, this is wood framed as I did not have the ability to do stone in plaster.

Johan Harrounn............harroun is a famous name he was henry fords early race car driver pre 1915, then went on to design and build his own automobile in 1917--1924 using a revolutionary 4 cyl single overhead camshaft.

For the first time I actually 2 toned the wood walls.  Managed to get a wood framed lift off roof building into it , plus a highly distressed wood boards side building.  What does this small casting company produce....??   Well the PUGWUMP BROTHERS rail services ordered 50 solid brass deer racks to fit on top of their headlights, backwoods style. There are 2 on display on the outside bench .

Side note.......I found David Braun in calif ( the back shoppe ) actually made brass antlers and I ordered 24 of them, he was floored I would order so many and gave me a good price.

Of coarse I used as many roof covering materials as possible, part of my personal style.

Wood siding 3/32 spacing AGED is from northeastern as is all the wood used to build the building.  Whats AGED.......the clapboards are deeper and you can feel it.  Has all the usual lifted boards using a wallpaper knife, plus nail head impressions using pounce wheel.  Paint is floquil Driftwood stain base coat , with railroad tie brown applied over top , thinned out by dipping flat 1/2" wide brush into the paint then immediately one stroke across the panel, then repeat.  I think the red is boxcar red floquil ?

mike lynch ....madmike3434........................HAIRBALL

[hairball]

a few more pictures to complete the scene details.

I see Zeek Pugwump is visiting ,  as his truck and pet oinker in the back, Miranda , is inspecting the brass racks with Johan himself, who is quaffing a beer at the inspection table.

There is a big checkers game going on as its late Friday and believe most of those figures are from same company ............name is ??

mike

[PRR Modeler]

You do beautiful modeling.

[hairball]

You do beautiful modeling.

Thanks, but like I said in one of the posts, building a FSM kit teaches you new how too do things each and every kit.  Think of it as going to high school then university as George got more and more creative techniques with each one.

mike lynch............madmike3434..........................HAIRBALL

[postalkarl]

Hey Mike:

Very well done. Love the colors.

Karl