tetters Wrote:Everything looks fantastic. Just great!

tetters , Thanks and glad to have you following the progress.
Mike

I got a major step done today. I cut the highway out of one continuous piece of roofing felt. I then did the piece from the bridge to the crossing. Now for striping and blending in.





Mike

I have started a Blair Line Sunset Motel. I have stuccoed the office and built the room bases and walls. This is a very well designed kit and goes together extremely well. I will be calling it the Yucca Motel and have scanned and redone the sign on photo paper and sprayed with Testors Decal coating to protect the ink. The yucca on top of the sign will have a long stem coming out the top. I will be using Model Tech Studios roof sign maker to make the Yucca sign that goes on top of the bungalows.







Mike

Hey Mike...Long time no see...

Those li'l buildings are going to look great on that fantastic layout. Gotta love those loooonnngg consists you can run on that pike...

BTW...You wouldn't happen to have one of the old-time NP orange reefers laying around your store anywhere, would you..?? I'm looking to get one to "round out" my collection of S, HO, and N reefers of that type and road name....

Keep up the good work...And keep those pics comin'....

Steamtrains Wrote:Hey Mike...Long time no see...

Those li'l buildings are going to look great on that fantastic layout. Gotta love those loooonnngg consists you can run on that pike...

BTW...You wouldn't happen to have one of the old-time NP orange reefers laying around your store anywhere, would you..?? I'm looking to get one to "round out" my collection of S, HO, and N reefers of that type and road name....

Keep up the good work...And keep those pics comin'....

Thanks Gus , and sorry but I do not have any NP reefers. I may get back to working on the Motel today.
Still spending most of my time looking for a job.

Mike

Sorry to hear about the job....
I went through that last year, and spent the better part of it lookin'...Fortunately, my previous employer "saw the light" and brought me back in.
Keep plugging away...No other way out...

Steamtrains Wrote:Sorry to hear about the job....
I went through that last year, and spent the better part of it lookin'...Fortunately, my previous employer "saw the light" and brought me back in.
Keep plugging away...No other way out...

Thanks Gus , I have about 30 applications out there right now, we will see.
Thanks , Mike

Here is what I have been working on (slowly).
It is a Blair Line Sunset Motel.
I finally have it on its base that was cut to fit the highway north of the ghost town. I need to place it and do grass and earth around it and blend into the highway yet.
Any way here she is.







Mike

Good job on that baby...!!!

That motel reminds me of many that were to be found on the old Route 66 as it wound its way westward. I drove on that road many times in the days where long stretches of it were still 2 lane only...and Holiday Inns were few and far between.

Aaahhh....the good ol' days....

Steamtrains Wrote:Good job on that baby...!!!

That motel reminds me of many that were to be found on the old Route 66 as it wound its way westward. I drove on that road many times in the days where long stretches of it were still 2 lane only...and Holiday Inns were few and far between.

Aaahhh....the good ol' days....

Me too Gus. My folks drove 66 with me in the car many many times as well.

Thanks , Mike

There was a lot of these type Motels in the day.
Actually a lot of Yucca's as well.
Check this out.











Mike

Here is the Motel in place on the layout.
It is in front of and slightly to the right of the ghost town.
Thanks , Mike

I love that motel scene Mike!!! Makes me wish I had room on my layout for something like that.

Ralph

Ralph Wrote:I love that motel scene Mike!!! Makes me wish I had room on my layout for something like that.

Ralph

Thanks Ralph , I really had fun with that one!!!

Mike

That turned out really great..!!

I keep staring at your backdrops and dream of the day I can have some like that...