Franklin & South Manchester Railroad - 2016 - From the Air. (Volume 2)

[tct855]

When I see all the great detail in the F&SM I just wonder , did/does George have any other hobbies, and is George 130 years old and has been retired for 65 years or more, I just can't believe the amount of time that went into his layout.

Again , thanks for sharing the best thread on the internet.

Jan,
         George & I sat down and figured up from all the time spent on the layout came out to be about 9 years of 40 hours a week work to what is known today 2017.  Of course George has added some 2 dozen or so buildings and is busy redoing scenes on portions of the layout in the original island.

It's a good thing George is so darn wallabee fast! or we would have to wait another life time to see what we can see during an open house now.  Thanx Thom...

[deemery]

Is the Spring/Summer viewing schedule announced?


dave

[tct855]

Is the Spring/Summer viewing schedule announced?


dave

Dave,
           Yes this year's open houses at the FSM are:

Saturdays Only: 9:00am-12:00pm

April 29th 2017
May 27th 2017
June 17th 2017
June 24th 2017
No listing at this time for the rest of the year.  Thanx Thom...

[rpdylan]

Re. the American Tool and Die building--- are those walls from a kit (Magnuson?) or something that George made?
thank you for all the work that you are doing for this thread!

[Raymo]

Bob, Magnuson Models Victoria Falls Hotel. Looks like he used 2 kits.

[rpdylan]

I see, thanks!

[S&S RR]

Dan and Bob


Thanks for stopping by the thread.  I think you will find a piece of every kit Magnuson made somewhere on the F&SM.  George definitely figured out how to make plastic not look like plastic.

[S&S RR]

I'm working on getting the next batch of pictures ready to post.

[S&S RR]

Before moving farther into South Manchester I want to go back and post pictures of a couple more structures that are behind the structures we just reviewed.


The first is Spot Cash Wholesale Grocers.

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Spot Cash Wholesale Grocers ( Set 2)

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The second structure is one of George's FSM kits - here on the F&SM he calls it Owinell & Wright Flour Mill.

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Owinell & Wright Flour Mill (Set 2).

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Owinell & Wright Flour Mill (Set 3).

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Owinell & Wright Flour Mill (Set 4).

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Owinell & Wright Flour Mill (Set 5).