Oh, come on, Bill. That kit is a piece of cake or maybe a piece of something
else. {:-)
Gerry Evans
In St. Louis
----- Original Message -----
From: Willam Fraley
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 9:38 AM
Subject: {S-Scale List} LVM 31 Combination Tower- Station [1 Attachment]
[Attachment(s) from Willam Fraley included below]
As many of you know I'm rebuilding the lower division of the Jefferson
Central. This has turned out to be monstrous frustrating project, more than I
ever thought I would get into at this stage of my life, however, I am what I am
and I do labor the point! 8>)
Last month on this list I asked for a tower kit and received a very nice kit
[Building & Structure Co. - Interlocking Tower] from Bill Winans.
Then Jeff Wilson of Hoquat Hobbies fame, advertised a Lehigh Valley
Combination Tower/Station kit (LVM31) and I thought that would just fit right
into the area I'm rebuilding, so, I purchased it and have been working on it
for about three weeks.
Folks, this is no kit for amateurs! It said to read the instructions and
also has many cautionary notes. I read the instructions at least three times,
then decided to let my 60 years experience build the kit. I can tell you that
the marked parts are confusing, some areas of needed coverage seem to be
missing and that this kit is like putting together a 5,000 piece puzzle. This
kit requires a lot intricacy, and I'm doing the best I can.
(I inserted a photo of the model as of this morning.) As you can see, the
finishing up work ["polishing" if you will] is about to begin.
Please don't take this as a "Downer" on the LVM31 kit. I know the kit I
bought was not cut out by Frank Titman because of the work included. (Unless
this was put together by Frank at his end times, before selling LVM off.) it
does require a good bit of modeling experience to build to its completion.
This overall rebuilding project has just taken up more time than I ever
thought it would and my time is running short.
I wonder how many of my fellow modelers out there have built this kit and I
would like to hear about their experiences.
Cordially,
Your friend in our S scale modeling world,
Bill (Fraley)
