Today was devoted to school work. I just sent a rather lengthy chapter introduction off to my dissertation supervisor. Yeah!
So, here are some odds and ends, which is all that I had time for. Yesterday I applied Rust-oleum flat gray primer to some Model Power unpainted animals, No. 6171. The box contains 36 assorted O scale pieces at a bargain price. The details are great and there's a wide variety of poses and sizes for most species. These are animals that Chef Wagon will either use to produce milk and cheese or will be "guests" at his PRR dining car table or the new track side diner:
Today's bright sun showed up some little plastic nubs that I could have filed off a bit better but these are great animals. On the right are the milk producers, on the left are the meat producers. Don't be alarmed by the horse. It will be set out to graze behind the completed diner, which in turn will give rise to rumors (unfounded) about Chef's mystery meat blue plate specials. Once painted, the horse may sport a "sandwich" sign horse blanket advertising the diner. Sort of a new twist on roaming advertising. If not, I've found a security envelope pattern that will make a great all-around horse blanket.
Yesterday evening, it was fun looking a photographs of the different animals to plan my painting strategy for each figure. Missing from this shot are the two sheep included in the assortment. They have long tails and thus, Chef tells me, are wool producers, not food or milk producers. The hand cart is a Bar Mills pewter casting. Filing off the flashing reminded me of my three college years as a jewelry major before switching to something even less practical. I'm glad that I kept my mini-files and other tools; they certainly have come in handy on the Tomlinson Run Railroad.
Unfortunately, stores were closed today (Easter), so I couldn't get the Crazy Glue that the diner kit requires. I did, however, check to see that my plastic cement purchased who-knows-when was still viable. Luckily it is, but had it not been, I found a new trash can for behind Chef's diner:
Tomlinson Run Railroad
