Hi Bob -- It took me a bit to figure out how to get to your blog, as I had to type it in. Having gone to school in Ithaca, I knew how to spell Elmira (I also have the book on the Elmira branch), so of course I spelled out the blog as Elmira. WRONG! It is Elimra on the blog, so for the rest of you who think they know what they are doing, as I did, this will help. Bob did spell it correctly in the address – I just read it as I thought it should read, much like those scrambled word paragraphs you get now and them to prove you can read anything.
That will be a neat model when you are done Bob. What I will really be interested in seeing is your treatment of the coal chutes... Thanks for posting! Bill Winans ------------------------------ After a long Hiatus I update my blog on building the Pennsy's Elmira Branch in S Scale by posting the start of my concrete coaling tower project. I believe I found an interesting way of recreating large cast concrete structures that look realistic and are inexpensive to build. Older concrete structures used individual boards to create the form liners used to cast the concrete and in the process the wooden form lines were cast into the concrete. I think my process captures the effect nicely. Let me knowwhat you think. http://bobssscaleprrelimrabranch.blogspot.com Bob Frascella Wenham, MA
