Sunday Scenic Showcase February 1, 2-14

Amazing prototypical detail work Alan.

Heck of a Job

Ken M

Beautiful, no one does it beter.

Jack

New Zealand!!! Your business is spreading worldwide.

Another outstanding rendition. Great, great and great.

WOW Alan another masterpiece, you will be constructing a few for my new layout

Alex

Just another day at the beach for Alan. Always beautiful work. 

Nice work Guys!  

BAR I like the details

Here are some new background buildings we have been working on.

Alan, Super job in a rather short period of building.  I think I saw your original post on this just last week. 

Bar GP7 - Nice detailing in your post.  Fruit on the tree. Transformers on the pole.  Very nice.  The background is also attractive.  I like the horse riders crossing the stream...

Nice lookin tanks Alan!

Rich those look great. The last 2 pictures is exactly what I did with my leftover parts from my diesel building kitbash

Thank you everyone. Here is an almost completed picture of the tank with the foam piping on it. I made the tank from a picture.

Alan Graziano

ALan

I notice the SHELL logo but not the Words, Does SHELL have a different Brand Name in NZ?

Steve

Steve,

The picture that was sent to me had this logo. Shell has changed its logo a number of times over the years.

Alan

Great stuff all around!

--Greg

Coal tipple has been on public display at a McDonalds, Beaver, PA.  It came home over the weekend.  There is some small repair.  First photos with my wife's custom background.   Still lots and lots of work to do.

Johan,

The detail in your scene is perfect. The stream in the background looks great.

Rich,

I like the new background wall sections.

Mike,

It looks great. There is so much going on in the pictures and the background just caps it off.

Alan Graziano

Alan, terrific work! How do you pack and ship your models? I was given the opportunity to have my Missouri model displayed in the Captain's Cabin of the real ship in Pearl Harbor IF—and it's a big IF—I can get it there in one piece. After pondering it for a long time, I chickened out and have the model on display in our spare bedroom. The grandkids didn't want it to leave, but more importantly, I was afraid that the rear main mast would let go and would be irreparable. 

Ray,

I double-box them and use styrofoam peanuts to pack around them. I use US Mail or UPS. For the most part they get there in one piece. There is some occasional damage. Double-boxing seams to be the best way to go.

Alan Graziano

Thanks again Guys.  I am so glad i found this forum. Great and always helpful people here.

Johan

PorvooModelRailways Finland.

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Working on an Alkylate Chlorination and Nitration Unit for a customer. I need to complete the pipe routing then it is on to paint.

The two stage desalting unit was plagiarized....... I mean made in tribute to Alan Graziano.

Not everyone wants or need old buildings! New, modern stuff is long overdue in this hobby,especially in this scale.

The chemical plant is wonderful! I agree. Not everyone needs or wants a layout saturated with backwoods, heavily weathered and delapidated structures. While it's very compelling to have buildings that can be heavily weathered, most going concerns, especially industrial, perform some form of routine maintenance that keeps weathering to a minimum. Case in point: Heaven Hill's Bernheim distillery facility in Louisville, is clean, up-to-date, and ship shape. I've been in lots of plants (100's of them) and some are worn and many are trim and neat. It's our choice as to what we like and what we want to represent on our layouts.

You bring up an excellent point, IMHO.  There are companies who care for their properties.