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Ghost Town
Posted by mfifer on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:55 PM

Here is one more in the ghost town series I plan to plant. Done with wood cardboard and masking tape.

Mike

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Posted by SpaceMouse on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:06 PM
Nice and crappy!

Chip

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:18 PM

I think I've seen the prototype...Smile [:)]  Nicely done.

If your ghost town has any masonry buildings, the walls will be in very good condition as long as the roof is reasonably intact.  The Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, NV, looks almost as if you should be able to walk in and book a room - until you notice how dirty the windows are...Shock [:O]

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Posted by Geared Steam on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:55 PM
 tomikawaTT wrote:

I think I've seen the prototype...Smile [:)]  Nicely done.

If your ghost town has any masonry buildings, the walls will be in very good condition as long as the roof is reasonably intact.  The Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, NV, looks almost as if you should be able to walk in and book a room - until you notice how dirty the windows are...Shock [:O]

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

LOL, same with the big , empty glamorous Hotel in downtown Goldfield, you know the one, right beside the subway entrance?   Wink [;)]

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein

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Posted by L Cowan on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:19 PM
It looks like my house.   Very nice job, can't wait to see the entire ghost town.
Never to old for trains!! Lee
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Posted by Cannoli on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:25 PM
Nicely done, I look forward to seeing the completed ghost town.

Modeling the fictional B&M Dowe, NH branch in the early 50's.

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Posted by R. T. POTEET on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:31 PM

By definition a Ghost Town is any town which exists in a shadow of its former glory. A Ghost Town does not necessarily have to be completely abandoned; a town with a turn-of-the-twentieth-century population of, say, 5,000 residents but with a current population of only 500 is, by this definition, a Ghost. Neither are they confined to the classic West. Pennsylvania has a considerable number of Ghosts up on the Big Level.

I have had occasion to wander through Ghosts in Northern Nevada that were completely abandoned but which still had a considerable number of structures still standing some of which were of rather substantial construction and still in pretty fair shape as if waiting for former occupants to return and resume residence; other buildings at the same site were rapidly falling to pieces and being reclaimed by nature. At the same time I have visited Ghosts where nothing is left standing but memories. Some years ago I pulled off of I-80N - now I-84 - to investigate a Snake River ferry site in the Snake River Plain which I had found marked on a map of Southern Idaho. To be honest I found it quite by accident; there were a few lower walls of a couple of buildings remaining and some outlines of foundations but beyond that? . . . . . . . . . . . nothing! I found the remains of one structure where a stone stairway led down to a basement door; the downstairs landing was filled with sagebrush and when I descended a couple of steps I was greeted with the unmistakable warning of a shaketale. Discretion is always the better part of valor and I backed back up to ground level! They do, I am sure, present some excellent modeling opportunities.

I, too, am an N Scaler, sir, and I am very impressed with the quality of your modeling; I am even more impressed with the quality of your photography!

From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet

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Posted by loathar on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:41 PM
Looks like crap!Thumbs Up [tup]Wink [;)]

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