Placerville
Scenes from around Placerville
There are three grade crossing in Placerville. The first one, south of the depot is shown below. The crossings are from Tichy, the plank for the crossing were made from scale lumber and the caboose is a P-B-L model.
I built the depot from a Ragg;s kit. It was painted with Floquil paints and weathered with Bragdon powdered pigments. This figures are from Fun and Games. I don't glue the figures in place. Instead, I pin the figures in place so they can be easily moved or replaced.
There are a number of structures along Front Street behind the depot. All of these are fronts about 2" deep. The Placerville Garage was built with parts left over from the Monster Model Works Placerville Store. Most of the trees here were built from Scenic Express Super Trees.
North of the garage is this little house. It was scratch built using a photo off the internet.
The post office was right next door. Again, it was scratch built using photos off the internet. The flag pole is from Woodland Scenics and the figure from Fun and Games.
The PLacerville store was built from a Monster Model Works kit. Again is is only about 2' deep.
Another scratch built house built from photos located north of the store.
The second crossing north of the depot. The #346 has uncoupled from it's train and pulled forward to clear the grade crossing.
This little material yard is located on the north end of the house track.
This little material yard is located on the north end of the house track.
None of these little scenes are finished. I need to add more details, additional ground cover, shrubs and static grass.
Bride 45A
Yes, work continues on Bridge 45A. All 22 bents are now finished as is the bridge deck. The prototype had 29 bents. About 600 individual pieces of strip wood were cut, stained and assembled to make the bents.
North Bents
Center Bents
I cut 325 bridge ties for the bridge deck. I ordered the wood from Northeastern Scale Models. The wood from Mt. Albert or Kappler is nicer but the material from Northeastern is much cheaper, when purchased in bulk, and is "good enough" for bridge stock.
As always, your comments, questions and suggestions are welcome
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