The past couple of weeks has seen a flurry (or is it slurry) of activity on the
CB&Q, as the Pines and Prairies brethren helped me prepare and then host two
layout tours of the Sn3 Symposium recently. Although they take many, many more
hours of preparation, tours are actually a good thing for the progress of my
layout. Hadn't hosted a tour since the 2010 National Convention, and I think
some things that got misplaced on the layout shortly after that were abandoned
in place until the big cleanup for this one last weekend. The Sn3 guys are top
modelers and nice guys to boot, and were very complimentary of the urban and
rural scenery they saw on my Chicago/Illinois layout.
While I received it too late to include in the Sn3 layout tours, I spent this
past weekend assembling one of two Monster Model Works 3-story building kits
from Jimmy Simmons. I've placed two pictures of the nearly completed structure
named Sears & Roebuck in the Photos section under "Doyle."
The kit went together really well, and the laser-cut brick walls have a lot of
texture which takes weathering really well. All in all, a breeze to assemble.
Figuring out what colors to use usually takes longer than the actual assembly.
I had to foreshorten the structure by an inch and a half to fit the space, but
that was easily done. Did some signage and graphics inside the front windows
and still need to add a downspout on the front right side to hide the seam.
It'll then receive some vintage signage.
The third photo in the album is Sears/Rt66 as it winds through the village of
Wataga. I've been experimenting with downloading old neons and signs from
Flickr and Google images, and using Corel Paint, reversing the images so I can
construct authentic 2-side signs so ubiquitous to small-town America in the
'50s. I like the effect so far, but have a lot more to do before I weather Rt
66 and add telephone wires.
Not much time before the next two days of layout tours in a week and a half for
the Thousand Lakes Region of the NMRA which is here in the Twin Cities. That'll
be fun to see and meet guys from scales other than S. After that, maybe some
hibernation time as we enjoy our traditional 5 days of summer!
Steve Doyle
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