PRR Bellevue Sub Build

[ACL1504]

Curt,

The company houses look great. Nice job my friend.

Tom 

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

Thank you Jerry, Judge, Dave, Mike, and Tom for following along and the kind words.

Judge- Yes, they would fit right in on Tom's layout.

Today I finished up the last 3 company houses so the town will have 6 houses, a gas station, a church and a store. I'll start on the outdoor plumbing (outhouses) tomorrow. I have 8 of them from Wild West Models to build, but should be easier than the houses.

I was looking online yesterday for hand water pumps because I was going to say that the houses have no water or sewage but the costs were ridiculous. The cheapest price I could find would be around $27 + shipping for 6. After telling my wife that she said her grandparents had a house with a outhouse and a water hand pump in the kitchen next to the sink. So that's my story. They lived in Bluford WV and he was a coal miner that died from Black Lung.

My wife also said there were many houses with red front doors for religious reasons. Of course she told me that while working on the last house so I painted the door red (far right house).

[postalkarl]

Hey Curt:

Those cabins came out great.

Karl

[GPdemayo]

Great job on the cabins Curt.....

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

Thank you Karl and Greg for following along and your kind words.

Have a very short update today. I've completed the 8 Wild West Models outhouses with 3 different styles. It took about a day and a half to do. Next up is the Walthers Substation that goes with their power plant (already built).

Although I still need to scratch build a platform/deck for the freight house and a covered conveyor for the New River Mine I will wait until I get to those parts of scenery. After the Substation I need to start working on installing my signals and components. A major pain in the butt, but nothing says Pennsy more to me than Pennsy signals. I just hope the signal bridge held up to the move.

[GPdemayo]

That's a plethora or outhouses.....neat. 

[deemery]

Curt is on a roll with those outhouses 


dave

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Curt.

Cheers, Mark.

[postalkarl]

Hey Curt:

Looking good. Love the outhouses. All you need now is A 2 story one.

Karl

[nycjeff]

Hello Curt, I really like your company houses and the outhouses. Can't wait to see all of them in a finished scene. You are making good progress with your empire.   Jeff

[PRR Modeler]

Good Afternoon All,

Thank you Greg, Dave, Mark, Karl, and Jeff for your support and kind words.

As I mentioned before I've started the Walthers substation and I'm probably 40-50% done with it. The directions leave a lot to be desired, but it is a Walthers kit . I have to keep going between the instruction drawings and the box photo to get stuff right.

Everything was sprayed in flat automotive grey primer. If I need to touch up I use Hippo Grey craft paint since the color is almost a perfect match. The painted insulators are Brick Red craft paint.

[NKP768]

Nice work

Doug

[ACL1504]

Curt,

I really like that substation. Looks great.

Tom 

[BandOGuy]

Afternoon All,

Thank you Tom (ACL) and Greg for following and your kind words.

Greg- Running speed on my layout will be regulated, Not like what Tom let's you get away with.

Today I finished the Laser kit Xpress Church kit (beginners). I got it because I wanted a small church for the company town. Let's just say it's not my finest build. For some reason I just couldn't square the walls which of course threw off the floor and roof. I put shake shingles on the roof and put in stained glass windows (I got the idea from Tom). This is definitely a "2 foot" model.

I also started on the very small same style gas station kit. Hopefully this one will go better.

Late to the party (there's another first).
One of my buddies in college was a pre-ministerial student and served several rural churches in western Kentucky. I've attended a few that look very similar to yours and recall one or two of them being architecturally "non-plumb", also in need of major repairs.
Don't think any of that makes any difference if God is in the house.

[BandOGuy]

Curt is on a roll with those outhouses 


dave

Has he reached his tipping point yet?