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fmbugmanOGR Forum Member

So I bought the Atlas trackside Shanty and elevated gate tower because the gate tower IMO will require the least modification to look like the B&O ones used in Mckeesport, PA when the B&O ran right down mainstreet. I decided to build the shanty first. I spent a fair amount of time with interior details (1929 calendar, 1929 pin up girl, 1929 magazine on the interior table, nice clock some B&O safety posters from around then, to scale realizing that no one is ever going to see all the details I put into it but the details are there for me. And I electrify it and I realize the only chance in heck for me to see (or delude myself I can see) the interior details is to put the shanty THE WRONG WAY!!! That is to have it facing away from the siding and mainline. No one except a few hardcore fans will ever notice this detail but is going to drive me crazy (or as I have heard said "Drive you crazy? No you should take the train.") Well as small distraction when I turned on the interior light it shone brillantly through the four layers of interior paint on the four walls (The roof didn't glow). Ahhh just like a Plasticville model I thought!

12/6/122:45 AM

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dkdkrdOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by fmbugman:

So I bought the Atlas trackside Shanty and elevated gate tower because the gate tower IMO will require the least modification to look like the B&O ones used in Mckeesport, PA when the B&O ran right down mainstreet. I decided to build the shanty first. I spent a fair amount of time with interior details (1929 calendar, 1929 pin up girl, 1929 magazine on the interior table, nice clock some B&O safety posters from around then, to scale realizing that no one is ever going to see all the details I put into it but the details are there for me. And I electrify it and I realize the only chance in heck for me to see (or delude myself I can see) the interior details is to put the shanty THE WRONG WAY!!! That is to have it facing away from the siding and mainline. No one except a few hardcore fans will ever notice this detail but is going to drive me crazy (or as I have heard said "Drive you crazy? No you should take the train.") Well as small distraction when I turned on the interior light it shone brillantly through the four layers of interior paint on the four walls (The roof didn't glow). Ahhh just like a Plasticville model I thought!

BTDT...

And, I hope you're using an LED for the interior light, 'cuz my similar experience MANY years ago with the P-ville building was to slowly, over time see the walls and a roof panel deform, sag, fold, spindle, mutilate, ...etc....as the bulb heat slowly morphed it into something very sad, strange, and stunningly stupid.

Not even saved as a reminder of my own teenage stupidity. (I had plenty of other things that wouldn't fit a trashcan to remind me of that!)

Ah, well,...Merry Christmas!

fmbugmanOGR Forum Member

Well thanks for the perspective appears I did one thing right with the LED!

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