Congratulations Arnold

Nothing quite like Plasticville nostalgia. Meet me at the Frosty Bar! LOL

I saw your photograph also, Arnold!  Very nice scene!

Great scene Arnold! Very nice!

Arnold Cribari

AWESOME ARNOLD!!!!!!

Thanks for all the kind words.

Alan Arnold is the special Arnold on the Forum.

There is also an extensive Plasticville village on the layout of John Torgerson on the opposite page 11. Oh, and there is a Frosty Bar! LOL

I like to periodically change things around in the village of my little world.

Currently, I have a Plasticville village in that section of my layout:

I converted to Plasticville because my granddaughters like it. Arnold

Congratulations Sir!!! And, it would appear that Granddad is wrapped around the little fingers of his Granddaughters.

Congratulations Arnold! I'll have to see if I can get my hands on a copy!

Plasticville rules! :-)

I have many fond memories of putting together my Plasticville buildings on my Gilbert Flyer layout as a child! Never had a Frosty Bar though!

@Tinplate Art posted:

I have many fond memories of putting together my Plasticville buildings on my Gilbert Flyer layout as a child! Never had a Frosty Bar though!

Well it's never too late to get a Frosty Bar! I got mine later in life thanks to the Plasticville table on the east end of the Orange Hall. The side art-deco-ish holes in the Frosty Bar reminded me of a local one that also had similar holes. Of course, many towns in the 50's had custard stands like this.

"Frozen Dairy Bar" by Paul McGehee. This early evening twilight scene of the famous frozen custard shop in Virginia brings back fond memories of summer nights long ago. It soon became a favorite of all those who enjoyed waiting in line to taste the frosty goodness of frozen custard: an ice cream-like treat invented in 1919 at Coney Island, New York, served soft in cones or cups. The little art-deco "Frozen Dairy Bar" building with its unique stylized "wings" was a roadside landmark until it was torn down in the mid-90's to make way for a shopping center. To this day, many still have wonderful memories of this unique place, where a little taste of heaven was served under the stars. ("Frozen Dairy Bar" is an archival quality limited edition print of only 500 pieces, faithfully reproduced from Paul's original color pencil drawing, each print hand-signed by the artist.")

Just like the good old days. Very nice.

Congrats Arnold on the CTT.   Can't beat Plasticville for good looks and good fun!

Jim K

I see a '59 Chevy and a '67 Corvette (unique license plate light(s)).

What is the other car?

Carvel's was our "Frosty Bar" on Long Island. In the South, they are called "dairy dips".

@rattler21 posted:

Congratulations on selling an item to CTT.  Where did you find their rates?  John

The editor of CTT saw a photo of a station that I posted on the OGR On-Line Forum, and he contacted me by email asking if I would consider submitting it for publication in CTT.

I never sold anything to CTT. Arnold

My favorite Plasticville buildings were the fire station, hospital, police station, barn, pond with bridge, gas station, ranch house and the airplane hangers.

Tinplate Art, I have the Plasticville fire station (not currently on layout), hospital with furniture (not currently on layout), barn (on layout), and gas station and ranch house (both on layout).

All of my Plasticville structures are charming, but I can't fit them all on my layout because of space limitations. Will rotate them on and off layout every 6 months or so.

I would love to get some O Scale sick or injured little people to sit in chairs and lie in beds to put in the Plasticville hospital. That will be a fun thing to hunt down at future train shows. Arnold

Did the furniture come with the hospital? I do not remember. ???

@Tinplate Art posted:

Did the furniture come with the hospital? I do not remember. ???

I think sometimes, but not always, the furniture came with the Plasticville hospital.

The more details the Plasticville structures have, the better, IMO.

Congrats, Arnold!

Peter

Got my CTT in yesterday's mail.

Good job, Arnold. Looks great!

Really great looking layout Arnold!

ed

Awesome Arnold!

Dave