Scenery - Structures
Jack Mall Potato Co.
To All: One of the few industries not in the E. St. Louis area, but one I had to include is Jack Mall Potato Co. I measured this building in McBain, Michigan and scratch built it to scale. At one time Michigan was a major producer of potatoes and the Ann Arbor RR had a siding to this company. For a short time I sold it as a craftsman kit under my Layout Concepts company name. Here are three views of Jack Mall Potato Co..
Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout
Walthers modern fire escape and none Walthers buildings
I have the Walthers modern fire escape to be added to a DMP module building. The instructions say "on non-modular structures you may need to adjust the height."
I am guessing "the height" is the distance between windows vertically which will effect the length of the stair way.
Am I thinking correctly? Did you have a problem spacing from the top story to the ones below?
Thanks in advance,
St. Louis Gas & Coke & Covered Hopper Loadout
To All: I scratch built this spherical tank for placement at St. Louis Gas & Coke. I will add a coke gas tank and other structures in the future. The second pix is a scratch built covered hopper loadout that is placed at Monsanto Company.
Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St.Louis Rail Group Layout
Walthers Rotary Dumper
A while back I got interested in rotary dumpers. The rotary that got my interest was the Salida Colorado one used to transfer bulk loads from narrow gauge cars to standard gauge cars.
http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/79835
A Note to Scenery Manufacturers
A Note to Scenery Manufacturers - Please have your on-line descriptions identify items with tree nut-by product.
There are many children that are highly allergic to nut by-products. I have just found on the Woodland Scenics Ballast label - contains tree nut by-product.
Going forward, I will pay more close attention to scenery product labels.
Photo-Unrealistic Backdrops
When I decided to put some scenery along a two track staging area along one side of my room things got a little out of hand, as usual. I added another track for a small stockyard left over from a previous module. And I needed a place for a recently retired (it’s 1959) coal and water stop. All of this required a simple backdrop. The scene I had in mind stretched across a narrow band of two slides taken from several miles away. Just zooming in and splicing would not have left any ‘photo-realism’. Besides this is a layout, it’s a representation, made by me.
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