The Franklin & South Manchester Railroad - it's all about the details!

[NEMMRRC]

I always felt the bus station in the area as the station above should be made into a kit. I'm sure we all have at least one choice.

Jaime

[Mark Dalrymple]

Does anyone know how the original stonework was done?

Maybe - as we get further into this thread - we could stretch it out to investigate a few small scenes?  Some of my favourites are views down some of the curved roads in Franklin.  There's not really any one building in these scenes, but rather a collection of small buildings.  Just an idea?  Really enjoying inspecting some of the new pics.

Cheers, Mark.

[bparrish]

Mark....

I'm not if your question is pro type or early fsm kits. 

The prototype was closely fitted rock with a soft mortar binder with sand and something close to Portland cement. 

The only fsm I ever built was the engine house in 1969 and I placed each rock in Walther's goo.

It's still out there on the pike. 


See ya
Bob

[S&S RR]

Does anyone know how the original stonework was done?

Maybe - as we get further into this thread - we could stretch it out to investigate a few small scenes?  Some of my favourites are views down some of the curved roads in Franklin.  There's not really any one building in these scenes, but rather a collection of small buildings.  Just an idea?  Really enjoying inspecting some of the new pics.

Cheers, Mark.

Mark

The stone work for this and many of the structures on the F&SM are made from the castings of George's FSM kits. Here are a couple pictures of the box and two of the many castings from FSM kit Number 250 The Barongould Tannery. Look kind of familiar.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi.  I meant does anyone know how George made the originals from which he made the castings?  It looks to me that it was made using individual stones rather than carving plaster.  I have been doing this of late using air dry das modelling putty.  I roll the das out on grease proof paper and stamp lightly with a rock to give the surface detail.  After letting it set for a couple of days (when it is the consistency of set fudge) I cut out the individual stones.  Once cured I glue these to a former and grout with a very fine powdered plaster.  The results are good, but I would be happy to try a different medium.  I love the look of these FSM walls, and was wondering (if they are indeed made stone by stone) what material/ technique George used?

Cheers, Mark.

[S&S RR]

Hi.  I meant does anyone know how George made the originals from which he made the castings?  It looks to me that it was made using individual stones rather than carving plaster.  I have been doing this of late using air dry das modelling putty.  I roll the das out on grease proof paper and stamp lightly with a rock to give the surface detail.  After letting it set for a couple of days (when it is the consistency of set fudge) I cut out the individual stones.  Once cured I glue these to a former and grout with a very fine powdered plaster.  The results are good, but I would be happy to try a different medium.  I love the look of these FSM walls, and was wondering (if they are indeed made stone by stone) what material/ technique George used?

Cheers, Mark.

Mark

George makes the molds for his castings out of metal. I will ask him about the process for the stone walls the next time I phone him.

[S&S RR]

This week I decided to move out to the country side for our highlighted structure or in this case a group of structures called the Burley Farm.

[NEMMRRC]

Neat!


And folks think the F&SM is nothing but big city decay....


Jaime

[S&S RR]

The main barn:

[S&S RR]

The Farm House:

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The Repair Shed:



The Produce Stand:

[NEMMRRC]

Here is a photo I made of Burley Farm.





Jaime

[S&S RR]

And finally a couple pictures of the pasture:

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Jaime

Thanks for adding more great pictures of this area. I hope others will add their pictures to the thread.

[Chet]

I had the opportunity to visit the layout years ago when he only had the first section completed and was in awe of the detail work George had done, and have been following the layout in print for years. I would love to visit it again. Thanks for the pictures.