At his point on our journey around the Franklin & South Manchester we pass over the Mt. Allen Trestle and past the Stone Roundhouse which has been in the background for the last few sets of pictures.  Since this is one of my favorite areas on the F&SM I decided to bump the pictures of these structures here so we could take another look.

Gargle Oil Company set 3:

Gargle Oil Company set 2:

At this point we come to the Gargle Oil Company complex.














John Sullivan photograph.

Elijah Roth set 2:

Right next door to Baxter's is Elijah Roths's Carpentry and Painter Shop.  This is another one of George's FSM kits.

Quote from: ACL1504 on April 27, 2015, 03:04:41 PM
Wonderful pictures, thanks!

Tom

Thanks for stopping by Tom. I'm really enjoying revisiting the structures on the F&SM - lots of ideas on where I want to go on my layout.

I took a few in process pictures today of the scenery - I'm starting to add some of the talus materials that I collected out in Arizona.  I like to use my camera as a modeling tool to see if the color and texture look the same in a photograph as they do to me standing in the room.  What do you think?

Quote from: Raymo on April 27, 2015, 06:30:29 AM
John, Great shots of Baxter's! When I was there last week I took some more detailed shots of the details around the office to help me when I get back to building this kit.  Raymo

Raymo


Great pictures - thanks for sharing them.  Baxter's is a great kit - looking forward to your build.

Baxter's Set 4:

Baxter's Set 3:

Baxter's set 2:

As we pass The Franklin Watch Works we come to Baxter's Building Supply another of George's kits.


Baxter's Set 1:

Next - the final layer of sand was added before I add the ballast. Before I flood the benchwork with sand and glue I plug all the holes from the wiring and joints with clay. The paint on the ties and rails was also touched up with rail brown.  The final weathering of the track will come after the ballast.  The land forms are also covered with sand to help hold the scenery materials.  After it was just right I soaked everything down with wet water and flooded it with glue at 4:1.  Next step will be the ballast - then the scenery materials.

I also got out the A&I and touched up all of the cut ends and gave the foundations another shot.  Tomorrow I plan on getting out the chalks for the final weathering.