locomotive caught my attention. Hence, Baldwin Mercantile, aren't you glad you asked.
figure, the truck and a couple of details are the only non
scratch-built things in this model. I will write a D.I.Y. article
on how I made the tree at a later time. The truck is a large
Micro Armor truck modified for civilian duty.
is a well weathered wall of
basswood siding covered
with vertical sheets of Paper
Creek Model Works Z Scale
tar paper. The vertical slats
are missing in places and the
paper is torn off or peeling off.
All the windows were cut out of card stock,
there are curtains in the top floor and a real
display window with real stuff in it (not a picture)
on the first floor. I try to use manufactured
windows whenever I can because "doing
windows" is so tedious.
a wall badly in need of repair: the
studs show where some of the
boards have fallen off, the sort of
detail you usually find only in larger
scales. A pile of wood on the roof are
testimony that the owners are
repairing the structure.
Other details include a sidewalk built
board by board and the produce case
with greens in them. This building is
one of the few I built which are solid,
not hollow.
Thank You for looking, I hope you
have enjoyed yourself.
Lionel to return to Z
Scale #2.
