Yes, it’s a model - 3
5: It’s almost winter in New England as Maine Central 453
eases across road to deliver a boxcar to a small industry
not long after Guilford Rail's arrival on the scene.
The loco is an Atlas Alco C-424 and was photographed on
Michael Cawdrey's layout located in Queensland, Australia.
Michael painted the background and attached LEDs behind
it to create the distant lights. All the light in the photograph
was provided by the LEDs.
We think Michael has done a great job of creating look of a
chilly New England evening.
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6: This HO scale Pacific Fruit and Produce Company
by Tim Merkel consists of mixed media materials, with
photo images from web sources printed on 60-pound
card stock.
Tim describes the construction process: “I laminated the wall
graphics with white glue to a 9 x 12-inch building shape built
from stripwood-reinforced foam core board. I used 220-grit
sandpaper for the roof, accented with black spray paint and
permanent marker tar seams.
“I made the vending machine, roof cooler, produce crates and
loading dock deck all from printed graphics glued to wood
shapes; the cooler has additional details frommy scrap box.
I made the loading dock roof from corrugated packing sheet
laminated to paint stir stick wood, supported by bamboo skew-
ers. I weathered the building with acrylic craft paint.”
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MRH-Jul 2013
