Challenge #3 - “The only difference between hell and Thurmond . . .

[Kentuckian]

Putting final details on the buildings before attaching them to the module.  Steps and sidewalk.

[Kentuckian]

Overall current state of module. I finally “planted” the buildings, so I could compute ballast and start the background scenery. Everything depended on where the buildings were located. I didn’t know what to do with the foreground, so I went with the prototype and installed a dummy track. Probably have a few empty coal hoppers sitting on it.

[dem34]

Just tell people its a stunted N Trak module. 

[nkalanaga]

Build another one, so they add up to an Ntrak module length, and they could be used as one.

[Kentuckian]

Mountains in hours. Don’t worry, I’m not done yet.

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[Kentuckian]

Almost ready for paint.

[Kentuckian]

Scribing panel lines with a surface gauge.

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The two towers:

[Kentuckian]

Post Office building is done, and the module is completed, only about three months late. I may add a figure or two later, but I am calling this a completed project and moving on to the next thing. Maybe completing Challenge #2! Or maybe the lift bridge module? I don’t plan on posting anymore to this thread; if I make any changes it will probably be documented in a weekend update.

Thanks to Lee @wm3798 for starting this Challenge, and for his encouragement. Thanks to everyone who posted.

[wm3798]

That turned out very nice.  I love the night shot.  The only drawback to the printed structures is the absence of interior lighting, but overall, nicely done!
Lee

[nkalanaga]

Do the buildings in the real Thurmond have lights at night?  As an almost-ghost town, the place may be quite dark, except for the station.  I've never been there at night, but even 30 years ago it wasn't a lively place in the daytime.

[Kentuckian]

So I changed my mind about where to post updates.

About a month ago at the C&O Historical Society’s Modelers Weekend (Hawks Nest at Chief Logan) a fellow member was offering to engrave station names in the style reminiscent of station signs that the C&O used. I got mine in the mail last week and just got it installed. Thanks Bill S.!

[John]

I love this module ..