Photo of The Day

[Gordon Ferguson]

Another variation on a theme

[kneighbarger]

Well, if you have a few extra 55 gallon drums laying around, here is a scene you can put them to use in. 
Approximately 1955, Los Angeles harbor.

[mabloodhound]

Look at the right shoe on the peddler.

These are a few images of London streets in 1876 http://www.retronaut.com/2013/07/street-life-in-london/

[shropshire lad]

That's Gary Glitter's Grand Dad !

[EZnKY]

Beautiful weather today in central Kentucky so I visited one of my favorite places - Brassfield, KY.  It's an abandoned stop on the old Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad.
Tracks were removed in 1932, but the depot has survived, albeit in a very abandoned and neglected state.  It's great how it sits out in the middle of field at the end of the farm road.  Anyway, up by the road, adjacent to the right-of-way, is an old store run by the Combs family.

It struck me today how much the store looks like a Chuck Doan project.

Here's the depot. 

[EZnKY]

And here's the store.

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, that certainly does look like something from Chuck's workbench!

[Ray Dunakin]

Here's an old shed I saw in Julian, CA. Note the tree growing out of it!




In this shot you can see the whole shed:

[Scratchman]

Old rusty car.



Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[EZnKY]

It looks like someone Photoshopped that tree sticking out of the shed door!

[Ray Dunakin]

The historic drug store in Julian has an old-fashioned soda fountain:










Julian is a small former mining town in the mountains east of San Diego. Nowadays it is mainly a quaint tourist destination, known for apples and apple pies. I have a few more pics here:

http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Julian_CA.html

[Ray Dunakin]

Yeah that tree sticking out sure looks odd, but it's really there.

[finescalerr]

Eric, you have materialized out of nowhere. Where have you been hiding ... and why? -- Russ

[EZnKY]

I've been lurking more than hiding Russ.
Just got my second and final child through college.  He's finally gotten his own place, so I've spent most of this year renovating his bedroom to be the new model shop.
And without a shop, I've been spending my modeling time drawing each of the RNI&B's locomotives in cad.  David Fletcher, Rich Wickett, and others have been a huge help.

Oh, and trying to keep the architecture practice going...

[finescalerr]

Nice plan! -- Russ