Here are some old shots I took of my Richmond, Texas modules where I set them up out doors for a photo session. This is looking northwest into the business district. Looking north east past the county court house and the Methodist Church. Looking north east from the edge of town. The Santa Fe bridge over Highway 90 at the cotton seed oil press.
That's a cool photo, Mike. Also it's great that you're able to get around enough to take a photo, keep it up Bubba.
I like Russell's modules EVEN THOUGH I have been through Richmond many times over 50 years, and I am moderately critical. (Some say immoderately...) But I like em, like em, like em...
Thanks Harald and Kenneth. One of these days I will add the "cows" beside the cotton seed warehouses for Kenneth. They really were fire hose reel housings but at first glance from Highway 90 they looked like grazing bovines.
Duh...? I always assumed they were some kind of ventilators-- like a squirrel cage blower... Never saw that detailed a picture before now.
a couple more shots of some recently weathered rolling stock... a pusher set in the hole at Lafferty extra 4236 East at Farron have a great weekend! md
I finally got around to a project I have been putting off for years. When Kato released the four car boxed set of Santa Fe Valley cars, they included one in the 1942 paint scheme. That scheme only lasted about 5 years and was long gone by the era that I model. The Monument Valley they included in the set had PULLMAN in the letter board instead of SANTA FE like the cars were repainted after the Pullman breakup in 1945. The silver stripe right below the roof line and the one right above the trucks disappeared real quick too. I renamed the car and removed most of the skirting only leaving little bits covering the battery boxes and the mechanical AC as was Santa Fe practice. I had to re-do the underbody detail a bit also to reflect what was on the cars running on the Santa Fe.
As per usual, I went to RPM-Naperville with MiNi. Kato brought along their new toy to show. Show was great as usual, although always HO centric. Great modeling is great modeling in any scale.
