The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[ReadingBob]

This is coming along great Tom!      

Feel free to call me a cracker too as long as you preface it with 'coal'.    

Coal Cracker
A resident of Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially the Anthracite region roughly between Reading and Scranton
Yuengling! Diet staple of coal crackers

[ACL1504]

Butty Coal Cracker,

Thanks for kind words and support. Thank you for the Flamingo glue, I like it.

Cracker Tom

[S&S RR]

Tom


Looking good - you are moving right along.  And once again you proved that a Model Railroader can never have enough weights. Or clamps too!

[BandOGuy]

I opted not to post my cracker comment as I don't want to join Tom in the corner. 

[ACL1504]

Tom


Looking good - you are moving right along.  And once again you proved that a Model Railroader can never have enough weights. Or clamps too!

John,

Thanks for stopping by. I think I need even more weights. They do come in handy especially when you need them.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I opted not to post my cracker comment as I don't want to join Tom in the corner. 

Chip,

I agree. We should probably let this one die a fast death.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Once I had the two coats of Hunterline Creosote Black A&I stain on the walls, I set themn aside to dry overnight.



I used Floquil Reefer White and dabbed the paint on the walls. I then dipped the brush into some clean thinner and blended the white paint into the walls.





More in a few.

[ACL1504]

The two house will not be foreground structures so I didn't add any nail holes. I will add one final light coat of Hunterline Light Gray A&I to the walls when the finished.



I made two porch frames out of scale 4x4's and added them to the front of the houses.  I made them the width of the house and came out from the house five HO scale feet.



The two porch frames were glued directly to the front of the houses just below the door opening.

Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

The roof decking was cut from plain cardboard. I cut each house roof decks to fit the particular house.



In the next photo you can also see the proch decking already in place. I forgot to take a photo of the porch being constructed. I stained scale 2X6's and glued them in place on the porch. The roof was added next.

[ACL1504]

Here is a quick little pictorial of the two Cracker Houses.

[ACL1504]

After the houses are finished, I'll need to finish the scenery around the houses. Just imagine all the junk I can put in the yards, old cars/trucks and all the other "yard art" these folks display.








Tom

[Erieman]

Good morning Tom,

The cracker houses are looking great. Can't wait to see all the junk you put here and there. That is going to make the scene really pop. Great job my friend.

Frank / Erieman

[BandOGuy]

As memory serves me after MANY years of being away from the Panhandle (Pensacola, thank you  Uncle Sam), you don't need to do much detail work on the windows. Not sure how you model missing glass and oiled butcher paper in HO gauge, but I'm sure you'll find a way.
Looking good, sir!

[RWL]

Tom,

I am catching up to this thread, the shacks look great, especially sitting on piers with enough room for the hound to cool off during the day. You might consider a Swamp Cooler for one of the windows if the inhabitants were affluent enough to afford one. You have certainly captured the south with this scene!

Bob

[tct855]

T~,
      Love the layout progress.  I like following how each scene progress'.  Keep at it my friend and get'er done!!!   T...