Post 29a 10-28-2016 revised 10-30-2022
Other New Addition Areas - Industrial, Local Train Station, Farm, Air Port, Microwave Tower
The area behind the main street is industrial with factory building (has Lionel whistle inside, see water tower added to roof), freight station and an American Flyer water tower with painted red and white checker board (it was a junker).
Station Plasticville and Bachmann HO Oil Tank with diesel horn
One dog bone loop has a farm which has the Ice Skating pond on it.
A picture below of the farm shows a microwave tower. This was made from a junker Lionel microwave tower structure without the top part. It was painted red and white. The housing was made from the cover of an old ac relay.
A 3v mini Christmas flasher light was painted red and two 3v white mini lights were placed in the antennas and one 3v bulb was put in the housing.
The four 3v mini bulbs were wired in series to add up to 12v which matches my lighting voltage. The antennas were from some plastic toy.
The other dog bone loop has a Plasticville Airport and Hanger. I got these in a box of Plastiville at a garage sale and just could not put them all on the layout. Picked up a few Lionel diesel generators at a train show and the Airport and Round house are typical spots for them.
This area has had other buildings here from the box of Plasticville building kits. There is a Frost Bar drive in, my favorite, on the corner of the layout and a Oscar Myers Weinermobile .
Plasticville buildings are great especially if you want to get building on a layout fast. I would still be building them if I made them from scratch!
More New Board pictures ,on the floor with Christmas tree. This was common for two months per year, from 1977 to 2011 before the new train room.
Charlie
