I chose to do a scratchbuild of an old style Arby's. I'm doing it for a couple of reasons, first, I like the shape of the older building and want to also replicate that old cowboy hat sign, Secondly, my layout is expanding and it needs a fast-food restaurant closer to some industry. And lastly, I'm doing it because I don't have any kits that I want to build and I doubt that there's any within a 100 miles of here. I just don't feel like waiting for an order to be delivered, plus I enjoy scratchbuilding. I don't have a clue what I have to work with until I get my train stuff back in order and the drywall guy says he may not be back before Monday to finish painting.

So here's my initial attempt at a sketch of what I think it should look like. The customer area will be about 20' x 38' with a kitchen/service area of around 25' x 30'. I'm guesstimating the dimensions based on some photos that I found in the Internet:

   

Hello Everyone,

It has been quite sometime since I've been here. Life caught up with me and things happened to where I needed to take some time off. It has been so long since I was last here I couldn't remember my log in and had to have it reset. LOL, Over the past year though things have changed yet again in my life as me and my girlfriend welcomed our baby girl Faith Noel Miller into this world. There isn't enough time in the day to sit here and explain everything that has happened in the past few years. Although over the past year I have been collecting HO Scale trains again and getting my collection back up as all my trains from before were stolen. I've been collecting more B&O stuff than Pennsy stuff lately as I am finding the B&O more interesting at this time. But anyways, I hope all is well here and everyone is doing good. Now it's time for me to go and catch up on everything and see what I have all missed in the nearly 8 years that I was away.

Matthew Miller ( LiveSteamer )

You can post your progress thread here in this forum.

Don't forget to start a new thread (or threads) as follows:
o (your Screename’s) kitbuild 2022 challenge
o (your Screenname’s) kitbash 2022 challenge
o Or (your Screenname’s) scratchbuild 2022 challenge


So far we have:

Kitbuild Challenge:
tompm - Hot Dog Stand & Fruit Stand
scribbelt - Rivoli Theater

Kitbash Challenge:
nachoman - Coaling tower into an Ore bin
jim currie - Atlas Station and/or Plasticville School House

Scratchbuild Challenge:
ezdays - Arby's
Tyson Rayles - Potting Shed/Greenhouse


Let me know if I goofed anything   

I recently bought a Walthers kit of a Russell Snow Plow I want to paint in Canadian National Railways paint scheme of the 50’. The problem is that I don’t know which color was used on this equipment in 1959. Was it Morency Orange, the color used on CNR cabooses in this era, or CN Red #11.  I found a photo of a CNR Russell Snow Plow taken in 1959 but unfortunately it’s in B&W. 

I purchased this at a train show about 10 years ago.  I 3D printed a lever for it, since I never had one.
The letters on the handle is our railroad moniker:  MF&W RR

   

WPMA-19 backs up the siding to pick up empty reefers at Galloway Cold Storage.

Bruce

   

Here is my workbench after completing my last project.

   

Very clean indeed.

But maybe not for long.

   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrmZIgVoQw4

For those of you that like numbers and symmetry.....

.... From The Farmer's Almanac:

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/palindrom...ruary-wins

February’s Ten Palindrome Dates in Month-Day-Year date format Include:


2-2-22
2-20-22
2-21-22
2-22-22
2-23-22
2-24-22
2-25-22
2-26-22
2-27-22
2-28-22

Shore River's SW1500 pulling cars from the car float.

Bruce