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The Beaver Lumber Company Revisited
Perhaps you guys remember my portable exposition layout, The BLC. After I decided it won enough first prizes 
hm hm, I took it apart and rebuild it at my home as a fix layout. This gave me the opportunity of placing all the SW structures I've build over the years and also the ones that didn't get a place on the first layout.
I recovered all of the trees of course , and everything I could use again. The overall purpose of this, and my other O-scale french layout, is see the trains passing by whilst I am building brass/bronze loco's and wagons. A few maneuvers are programmed so I don't have to sit at the controls all the time. But it's all very simple you know. Depart, stop, halt etc..
So this is , except for one , the Railroad Post Office which is of my design and construction, an all SW layout.
Of course the photos are taken inside and elements like the sealing beams, windows etc couldn't be avoided. The natural outside light isn't here, but it gives you an impression of what I'm talking about. The little prairie will be the building grounds for The Foundry whenever I have all the structures to be released still. And that will be the last SW build on this layout.
I invite you all kindly to take a look at more photos of all those builds in the Gallery and on the forum's building threads..
That's all folks, thanks for watching
Robert
hm hm, I took it apart and rebuild it at my home as a fix layout. This gave me the opportunity of placing all the SW structures I've build over the years and also the ones that didn't get a place on the first layout. I recovered all of the trees of course , and everything I could use again. The overall purpose of this, and my other O-scale french layout, is see the trains passing by whilst I am building brass/bronze loco's and wagons. A few maneuvers are programmed so I don't have to sit at the controls all the time. But it's all very simple you know. Depart, stop, halt etc..
So this is , except for one , the Railroad Post Office which is of my design and construction, an all SW layout.
Of course the photos are taken inside and elements like the sealing beams, windows etc couldn't be avoided. The natural outside light isn't here, but it gives you an impression of what I'm talking about. The little prairie will be the building grounds for The Foundry whenever I have all the structures to be released still. And that will be the last SW build on this layout.
I invite you all kindly to take a look at more photos of all those builds in the Gallery and on the forum's building threads..
That's all folks, thanks for watching
Robert
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terry
Craig , I found them some years ago on ebay. They were from Buffalo Landing. Don't know if they still exist. It's very hard to find lumberjack-like figures in 1/48. Even in other scales.
Perhaps an idea for Brett to scan lumberjack and related-style dressed people and 3D print them. I'm sure they will be sold !! I for one, will be taker
One can't have enough people on the layout. They bring everything to life. Same with period cars. And I don't mean only trucks and tractors. Those, we have enough. I'm talking civilian cars. Very hard to find also..
As for o scale lumberjacks, I have been pestering the chaps at ModelU for some time , and they have said they are going to do some , but when , I couldn’t say. If more people contacted them maybe they will pull their fingers out and get some scanned. They seem to concentrate on stuff that appears to have a very limited market.
I believe Buffalo Landing is no longer trading .
Waiting for the Eurostar to Brussels to go on a Rhine cruise .
Nick