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Morning all,
 As always, wishing you all good health and for your interest.
Here we have a really good version of my Hotel Anchor, full of Australian good taste from the early 1960s period.
Very typical before the idear of planning laws on a scale of 1/35 to 1/32.
Cheers

Made my day week!
I need a water tower for my RR.
That square one may just be it!
Thanks Gordon!
Marty

No fair. For decades you've had a secret stash of great models we never knew about. Go stand in the corner! -- Russ

A fine set of classic and classy models. An impressing suite.

1:24 scale models
I got six structures a early tank truck, a 3 foot gauge work truck and a small wood coal mine car. The models were first built 20, 30, 40 years ago. I can' remember. I took them off the shelf in  August of 2022, dusted them off ,made repairs,and added  more clutter. I added a barn-wood frame around the edge of the ply-wood base. I build a base  for the two trucks and coal car. Out of barn-wood.
 photo  #1...  of the nine models at the gallery in Helper Utah They were on displayed from summer of 2022 to summer of 2025 when the gallery closed it's doors.

 photo #2... of the six  structures in there traveling boxes. The bottom, back and two sides are ½ inch ply-wood nailed together. I added wood Handel's to the sides to help when moving. I made the inside of the box to match the base of the model. ,so the model will slide in and out. After sliding the model into the wood part of the box. I made the top and front out of card board and taped them to the wood box

 photo #3... of the six  structures in my front yard  (Left to right) (a... Square water tank) (b...Saw sharpening shed) (c... Ball signal with watch tower) (d...Tool shed) (e...A dilly of a signal) (f...Coffee can water tank.)

 photo #4... a... Square water tank

 photo #5...   f...Coffee can water tank.

 photo #6...  c... Ball signal with watch tower... https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=78.0

 photo #7...   e....A dilly of a signal... https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=52.0

I will go into more detail on the two water tanks , the two shed sand the three vehicles.

Gordon Birrell 

Typical...

Quote from: lab-dad on April 23, 2026, 05:35:24 PMJust awesome!
I'd hate to be the maintenance person on that thing!
MJinTN

Maintenance? We don't need no stinkin maintenance, run it till it quites then get another one.

Unless I get a couple furniture commissions I guess I will have to make my own.
It will probably be 3 times the price and take 18 months to build. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
MJinTN

Just awesome!
I'd hate to be the maintenance person on that thing!
MJinTN

Couldn't you have just zipped over to Italy, photographed an ancient Roman mosaic floor, eliminated the colored glazing and then had your router cut the remaining pattern? Would've been done by lunch   

(Did that sound like uncle Russ!!! I'll let myself into the corner)