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

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And another of the Burley Farm.

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Thanks  Dave it's great to see this thread starting to get going.

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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.

Chet
Welcome to the Forum and thanks for stopping by this thread - if you have any pictures from your visit please post them here when the structures you saw get highlighted.

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I decided not to wait for Tuesday this week to add another structure to the thread.  I have to work on a contract job a couple of days next week and wouldn't get back here until later in the week. So this week I picked the Blair, Campbell & McLean, Inc. Building - the sign says "Complete Chemical and Refining Equipment". This is a unique building in that it has a trapezoidal foot print - the wall are not at 90 degrees. George designed it for the spot and the wall is parallel to the track.  Here are three different pictures of the building from different angles.

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Now zooming out a little here is how the building fits into the scene in Dovertown.

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Here is an overview of that area.


Jaime

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You may recognize this building from the Dave Frary photograph on the cover of George's book.

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Here is an overview of that area.


Jaime

Thanks Jaime great picture.

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I took a couple overview shots of the area to capture the prospective view that George was going for when he made the structure the unique shape.  The first was with my iphone using the prospective feature.

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This is the view from the other side of the room with the produce stand from Burley Farm in the foreground and Doverton in the background.

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And finally a few more photographs of the structure showing how it fits into Dovertown.

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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

I asked George how he did the original stone work and he told me it was done with individual stones.  He pointed out that the detail of the stones is a little overdone or rough in HO scale to make it look good in the model. I have to agree that it's just right - the model looks great.

We will be spending lots of time with smaller buildings and street scenes.  I think we can spend 6 months on Franklin alone.

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I decided to add the next structure early again this week - I have a very busy week coming up - my daughter's wedding. This week I chose the Northfield River Boat House, or Boat Works as some have called it. This is a very nice structure that is often over looked because it is behind the big Northfield River Draw Bridge.  Here is a picture of the general area.

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The only view of the structure from the aisle way.

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The view through the draw bridge.