Buffalo Canyon Mining Company in On30

Started by friscomike, January 30, 2025, 09:41:22 PM

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Mark Dalrymple


Jerry

Mike can't wait for the new build!  You doing some excellent work keep at it.

Jerry
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. Lincoln

Dave Buchholz

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The amazing thing about the Thomas Yorke kits in general, is that he used those basic wall castings for the starting point of several kits. The beauty to me, is that the roof angles were identical, so kit mingling and bashing is limited only to imagination.

Great stuff to imagineer with! Here's a cut and paste idea  that can be done using those same parts, with a few more additional Thomas York parts
New home of the North Coast Railroad, along the shores of Lake Ontario

friscomike

Howdy folks,

Thank you for the kind comments Gregory, Philip, Mac, Jerry, and Dave. 

Jerry, in addition to the box car, I am thinking about kitbashing the Inter-action Hobbies tool shed, which would be concatenated with a scratch-built water tower.  That would let me enjoy building a kit and scratch building in foam and wood.

Here is the vendor photo of the toolshed.  The available details are terrific.



Have fun,
mike

Larry C

Mike that looks like a really nice kit so enjoy.
Owner & CEO of the
Pratt's Hollow Short Line RR

http://www.ussvigilant.blogspot.com

friscomike

Howdy folks,

Thank you Larry.  I appreciate the comment.

The scenery is complete on Nowlin's.  Just waiting for the matt medium to dry.  I finished painting two figures and have one to go, and then it is finished...until I finish a model T or two...

Here are two fellas, Paul, the cool one, and Billy Dean with the straw hat (He lost an arm in WWI.). They are waiting for their next oil change customer.



Have fun,
mike

PRR Modeler

That is an excellent scene and back story Mike.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

Rick

Mike, Nowlin's is looking better than ever now with the scenery added.
Great job all around on that build.

Looking forward to your next builds with the boxcar and shed.

Philip


Jerry

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. Lincoln

elwoodblues

Mike like the scene and love the story.  All that work in the build and details has really paid off.
Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railroad Co.
www.cvry.ca

friscomike

Howdy folks,

Thanks again for the comments Curt, Rick Philip, Jerry, and Ron.

I'm inching toward the completion of Nowlin's Gas.  Today I worked on the last figure and it is almost done.  The figure is Mr. Nowlin reading a newspaper who has fallen asleep sitting in his chair out front.

Most of the modeling time was spent on the telephone and power lines from the pole to the station.  I used fly tying tippet, painted dark grey, and glued with ACC to insulators on the pole and station.  The pole needs a little cleanup otherwise, it is finished.

Pole and transformer connections


The lines extending from the pole to the station


I hope I finish it tomorrow.  I'm anxious to get on to the next projects.

Have fun,
mike


PRR Modeler

Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
Freelanced PRR Bellevue Subdivision

Rick

Mike, the looks very good and the wiring is a great touch.
The dirt used in the scenery is perfect.

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