Photo of The Day

[Mobilgas]

  Paul,    Cool Photo  

[Ray Dunakin]

Great pic! Love the old-fashioned pinups, which seem so cheery and even wholesome. The gal happily hanging laundry while wearing only a short apron, during a stiff breeze, is almost comical.

[Ray Dunakin]

This 1942 photo of a copper mine in Utah is pretty cool:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/8945?size=_original

If you look carefully at the terraced slope in the background, you can see at least 8 short ore trains pulled by small, center-cab electric locos like the one on the bridge in the foreground. Also, there is a steam loco in the lower right corner, with the tender of another loco in front of it.

In the lower left corner is a small church, and what appear to be a couple houses, as well as portions of other buildings. Kind of surprising to see these so close to the workings of the massive open-pit mine.

[Mobilgas]

Here's one Great Car Dealership Sign

[Chuck Doan]

Always liked those Pontiac signs.

Here is maybe one of Fredric Testard's relatives?  http://www.shorpy.com/node/9691 H A Testard bicycles and automobiles.

[Frederic Testard]

Funny, Chuck. Nice store too. But as far as I know none of my ancestors ever lived in the USA, even in this very frenchy part of them.

[Scratchman]

I like the plank formed concrete, and the colored glass in the windows on this foundry near my home..



Gordon Birrell

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

[Chuck Doan]

That would be interesting to model that glass.

[Ray Dunakin]

Cool. Got any closer images of the windows?

[Scratchman]

Ray, I got this one and you can go to my Flickr page for a larger view. I will go over on Sunday morning for a closer look.



Gordon Birrell

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

[Mobilgas]

 

[Mobilgas]

 

[Chuck Doan]

Nice scrap Craig! Kinda sad though.




Here's one for when you run out of corrugated in O scale, but have some HO left over:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tskibby/5413946755/in/pool-rusty_and_crusty

[Frederic Testard]

Funny Chuck. Everything exists on this earth, somewhere...

[Mobilgas]

Chuck,    The corrugated on that building don't look that bad being there are 2 different types :)if you modeled a O scale building like that....everyone would call Foul.  $$ would like to have today's scrap price on one of those Steam Engines