a tour of the Cherry Hill, flag stop and the town of Delford

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after easter brunch , decided to set up my new Piko buildings and see how they fit in,
so
some hopefully fun eyewash-quite a few as i imagine some of
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my buildings you might not have seen elsewhere
 
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whoops, must have touched to porch light and sent it askew!
 
speaking of C and S coaches
while i have grown reluctant to change stock LGB, i recently bought these pair, combine and coach-
these are LGB, with, heaven forbid, repainted roofs -makes a world of difference -and even the red DSPP versions look great once the silver is gone -green is a bit robin hood compared to pullman green, but i like them and C and S decals are not easy to obtain ( so i left the incorrect stock lettering against black -it ought to be green)
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here is the back end of a piko pleasant town (toy) building alongside my gun shop near the creek bridge
these are surprisingly good in that they are small, and add not only dimension to the town and scale, but work great on tiny indoor layouts with tight space-and they remind me of the early mining bunkhouses and tiny churches i have seen in remote camps-small windown and simple
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the back of the ice house
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afternoon checkers at the gas station
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a shot down Main Street
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and of course us gun totin' yanks wouldnt be without a gun shop in the smallest town

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and finally an overview of the entire whim
despite a gorgeous day and a bit of garden work and a bike ride, i just was kinda lazy today and decided to play trains in the sun-75F !!!
thought its always fun to see other guy's stuff - so i set this up and took some pics to post
oddly there really are towns with streets like this not far from Denver in the mountains, long gone mining towns that still have residents and minor trade-

(and the eagle eyed of you will notice that the gas station has changed!!) -i had set up the pola garage and then opted for the much smaller US version i have made -show with the checkers players above-and yes those too are still to be found -although fewer and fewer

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last one! so much more fun than tidying up the garden-(after loading and unloading the rock from a rental truck on Sat, i laid a ton -literally- of flagstone yesterday for SWMBO in her rose garden for a pathway -and im a bit .....sluggish today, (despite a pot of very, very strong coffee with brunch) as well as after cooking dinner last night for our friends and breakfast for our mums this am..)

think ill gently 'vibrate' with a beer to take off the edge of the coffee overdose as the pm comes on - ciao
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Thats a grand tour Steve! Great look to the Piko buildings (naturalised:thumbup:). Giving me some ideas for the future (distant?). Thanks for posting - maybe some more some time?
 
Tony said:
Steve that really is something else you have captured the look perfectly. Love the Buildings and the trees ....Having never been to The US it reminds me of something from the Waltons
"Good night John boy"

Tony
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thanks so very much to all for the kind words everyone!

you know, Tony, theres more truth to this than you may know-re Waltons

the artist who produced those unusual, non-pola and piko building kits, Tom Muella, is from North Carolina--and he indeed models his buildings after those he sees in the rural south-unfortuanately they are modeled in a white resin, which i have learned is not terribly sun resistant-but he does a great job -and typically all you get are the walls and roof and base-very simple

these photos really give the idea to re-do some of the piko windows on that farmhouse, as they seem rather out of proportion, by US style , but im so lazy about cutting stuff up and retrofitting
 
Really lovely photo's Steve buildings look fantastic :thumbup:
 
Nico if i can be of help -let me know via pm
visited your rr site btw-
you can order directly from either Muella Scale Models-Tom is the sole employee
or Kanawa Creek-which has smoking discount prices-i have no idea what customs is like in the UK
and his stuff is actually less than POLA now that the exchange rate has made POLA so expensive-

IMHO his kits are art-and IMHO, at some point they will no longer be available-as i imagine boutique gscale stuff is about as esoteric as it gets in terms of volume sales and margins

as i mentioned-his buildings are white resin and you simply must be willing paint every inch-otoh
he not ony sends a detailed weathering and painting guide, but he includes what i beleive is simply dry powder dye, in various wood tones-ochre, umber, oxide-which you rub in, seal, then over wash with dry brush, etc-

he also sells great details on his site which he has sculpted-if you like the US style stuff-which his definitely is...
he has some superb small wayside structures too - overall quite sturdy and easy to handle if you glue everything shut and dont leave opening roofs etc as i do for interior stuff
 
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