Finding kits that fit micro layouts is probably the hardest part of building micro layouts. Most kits are far too large even when "selectively compressed" from prototypes. Part of the reason why Crooked Crick is dragging on longer than expected is because most of everything has to be scratchbuilt, so drawing plans, and finding parts takes a bit of time. After the 2015 Finescale Model Railroad Expo I picked up this kit from Railroad Kits. At 30 bucks it was a pretty good deal, the only thing I didn't like about it were the printed paper corrugated metal roofing panels. I wanted something with more texture, so I found some laser cut paper shingles I had on the shelf, and used them instead. I don't know where I got them from, at a show somewhere...Kimberton maybe?
I wasn't sure I really wanted a stone station, but it's named after Carl Fallberg, and so is the line of Minitrains American HOn30 locomotives and cars...so it would be wrong of me NOT to use it. Right? Now that I have it mostly together, I'm liking the idea of using it simply to add some different textures to the layout, as most of the structures will be wood, it will be a nice change to have a stone station to break things up a bit and add some visual interest.
Tomorrow is back to the cube farm after a long holiday weekend. I'm not looking forward to it any more than the next guy. It was good to get to the bench and work on something different, an easy kit where I didn't have to think too much about anything other than the repetition of laying strips of shingles, and making a mess of the bench with paints. It's therapeutic. Sometimes designing my own stuff can be just as stressful as work, so taking a break over a holiday after stuffing my face with food, and decorating the house for Christmas by throwing together a little station kit was a very nice change of pace.
Go Build Something Awesome!
I wasn't sure I really wanted a stone station, but it's named after Carl Fallberg, and so is the line of Minitrains American HOn30 locomotives and cars...so it would be wrong of me NOT to use it. Right? Now that I have it mostly together, I'm liking the idea of using it simply to add some different textures to the layout, as most of the structures will be wood, it will be a nice change to have a stone station to break things up a bit and add some visual interest.
Tomorrow is back to the cube farm after a long holiday weekend. I'm not looking forward to it any more than the next guy. It was good to get to the bench and work on something different, an easy kit where I didn't have to think too much about anything other than the repetition of laying strips of shingles, and making a mess of the bench with paints. It's therapeutic. Sometimes designing my own stuff can be just as stressful as work, so taking a break over a holiday after stuffing my face with food, and decorating the house for Christmas by throwing together a little station kit was a very nice change of pace.
Go Build Something Awesome!