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Port Arend, 1959 ~
Gill nets drying down in Fish Town and the Hutchinson Bros. smokehouse working on a load of lake trout and chubs. The late freight stopped for some reason, the harbor quiet.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama #SmokedFish #harbor
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me . . .
IF ONLY.
But I'm grateful to Yip Harburg for those lyrics, for that little lift.
#HaroldArlen #YipHarburg #Oscale
#ModelRairoad #diorama #DigitaPhoto #WizardOfOz
Port Arend, 1959, Late Freight ~
Alco 1069 pulling hard on the Fish Town grade past the Coast Guard station in the late afternoon sun.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #October #GoldenHour #C&NW
#photography #diorama
Crazy making?
Hand drawing about 1000 rocks on this lime kiln and then painting each individually?
Well, yeah, a little.
But a lot more beneficial to the brain than watching the Big Orange Bastard.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #escapism #BigOrangeBastard
Port Arend, 1959
A couple of weeks behind, but I'm happy to once again, legitimately, call the White Cliff Lime Plant a work in progress.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
Oh, yes sir, Mr. Trump sir, here's that sack of shit you ordered. What's that, sir? Oh, yes, plenty more on the truck. Top quality State of the Union shit, yes sir.
#StateOfTheUnion #BigOrangeBastard #DigitalArt #DigitalPhotography #DigitalPhotoRetouching #Oscale #diorama
On this episode of messing around with my new camera and learning how to use it; some #oscale #modeltrain #macro #photography
Was invited to a model railroading club's display, and decided to have a go at taking pictures of small things.
Came out far better than I expected for a first attempt!
Visitor ~
Sometimes, people just show up while I'm hobbying my time away. They want to know what I'm doing. They don't say so, but I know: It's not enough.
#spirits #apparitions #SaveOurShip
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama
Flathead Ford, Bonehead Kid ~
Out of focus now, that senior year (1960-61) when I rebuilt a Ford V8 instead of studying. Did a good job. Meant to put it in a Model A hot rod I was building. Quit. Went off to fail at art school. No regrets.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama
#HotRod #FordV8 #memoir
Mocking up a little more of "the look" of a lime works, 'tho anybody who really knows one must be laughing. The rotary kiln, for instance, needs to be about 3 times this diameter. And who knows where all those conveyors go?
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #GreenBayWI #BlueSky #TracksideIndustry
Port Arend, 1959
I don't look back to that year when I was 15 with nostalgia. We had problems. And we added the 49th and 50th stars to the flag. Now I wouldn't feel too bad to see a new Mason-Dixon line, but where would we draw it?
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #MasonDixon #Amerika
Doesn’t seem like I have a lot to show for three hours of track laying, but fitting streamline points together is a very fiddly job. Especially in O scale as any errors are more obvious.
#Railwaymodelling #Oscale #Ogauge #Spur0 #Modelrailway
Starting over with this post:
At the Concours d'Elegance, One-Armed Baby Jesus and Pogoingo, the bouncing 'bot boy, pause to admire a perfectly preserved 1952 Cadillac Sedan.
#MinorBlasphemy #Jesus #Robots #Cadillacs #FineAutomobiles
#Diorama #Oscale #ModelRailroad
Port Arend, 1959
The first component of the sprawling White Cliff Lime Co. is nearing completion. That old gentleman is Mr. Olson. Owns the place. Knows everybody that works here, knows their kids names. Pays just OK, but nobody leaves.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama #kitbash #WrappingBoxes
Port Arend, 1959
The late afternoon light today lends a sort of beauty to even the back alley, the junk behind D.B.McNooch's little machine shop, that sumac that survives in spite of all we do. Murray Skynard's VW van, the latest thing.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #GoldenHour #photography #diorama
Coming to Port Arend ~
An inspiration, a few cheap novelty items, a broken toy. Lots more where they came from. Let's see what happens . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt? (Kinda)
Port Arend, 1959
Whoever dropped that beer bottle in front of Narrow Norm & Nora's is risking the considerable wrath of Nora. "Call it a dive if you want," she says,"but it's a damned clean dive! Bad enough these weeds in the gutter."
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #StreetScape
#WisconsinTavern #diorama
Port Arend, 1959 (still)
For the new year, this hard-working Plymouth WDT got rusty and dusty and painted and windows glazed and a horn and an engineer named Clarence "Clancy" Johnson.
Total investment in used loco+upgrades=$25.+hours+Clancy.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #SwitchEngine #diorama
From Port Arend, always in 1959 ~
Good night and joy be to you all . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #HappyNewYear #Diorama
Very Important!
For maximum efficiency, keep a tidy work area at all times.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #Ogauge #ModelMaking #dioramas #GoodAdvice
New Lionel legacy T1 Berkshire Boston and Maine! #modeltrains #lioneltrains #Oscale
From My Shack to Yours ~
This piece, which I wrote quite a while back, still sums up my feelings about Dark December better than anything since: youtube.com/watch?v=EZ2mT95Bcc
#holidays #DarkDecember #solstice
and for my modeling friends, this photo of my shack:
#ModelRailroad #diorama #Oscale
Guess there's a spring back up in there somewhere. Always at least a trickle coming down between these rocks, year 'round. Of course in the snow-melt time there can be a helluva lotta water in here.
#ModelRailroad #Ogauge #Woodlands #details #Oscale #diorama
Detailing the Details ~
Here are a few square inches that may be close to finished. Could be time to start another scene where I can work in broader strokes for a while. Fun to go back & forth, always learning.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #riverside
Port Arend, 1959
Well . . .
. . . it looks like the Coasties have finally tied up their 36 footer. To be fair, it must be admitted that neither the boat had bits nor the dock cleats 'til just now. They still have no ensign or halyard.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CoastGuard #diorama
Port Arend, 1959 -- Boat Ride
Why I am not renowned for filmmaking. Or smooth sailing.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #GreatLakes #BoatBuilding #Fishing #Rivers #Miniature #diorama
Port Arend, 1959
Dark so early now. The work, of course, is never finished down in Fish Town, but that's enough for today. Time to head up the hill for a shot & a beer, then home. Pot roast tonight.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #EarlyWinter #Ogauge #diorama #miniature #PixelMarkUpMode
