We have been working on the Chama coaling tower in 1:20.3 scale for the last few months. This week we are scratch building the coal grates and coal buckets with Evergreen plastic.

Our current Covid project is the large scale Chama coaling tower for the locomotive shop on the indoor section of our indoor-outdoor large scale railroad. While mostly built from wood, some of the detail parts need to be built from plastic and brass. The coal grates are made from strips and "I" beam shapes with angle plastic and brass rods.

The coal buckets are sheet plastic with a bit of strip plastic and "I" beam as well and brass rods and white metal wheels that will ride on the vertical tracks. They also use Archer decal rivets. A great way to add rivet detail.

AND we are pressing on with benchwork! Because the woodpile is in the way of a needed parking spot. So a short break for the next few weeks as we shift to the benchwork on the logging branch, the city section in the kitchen, and the "bog". The section running quickly through the bathroom....

Modeling neon signs:
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