Plasticville & Nostalgia

Arnold - your posts are the best! I didn't realize you had two ball parks on your layout!

You're correct - Plasticville structures are great and for me evoke some fond memories.

Here's a couple you didn't include in your photos.

Very nice, Don. I do not remember seeing the radio station before, which is very cool (especially the way you nestled it between the trees), as is the manufacturing company with the loading dock.

Here is the Church on my layout (I had broken and lost the cross so I made a new one out of plastic flashing from another model):

This Plasticville Church looks a lot like the Presbyterian Church my wife and I attend, which is very near where we live.

Another classic is the Barn, already on my layout:

It is very appealing to me to get the complete versions of these models with all their details. IMO, the details, like the antenna on the chimney of the Split Level Home, have a lot of charm. Arnold

Arnold,

You sure brought back some wonderful memories. Although I modeled in HO back in the 50s and 60s, my layouts always featured Plasticville. I remember hand painting the fruit and vegetable baskets for the roadside stand. When I jumped into O gauge with my young sons in the 70s , Plasticville was still the easiest way to bring our trains to life.  The first ones that we added to our layout were O versions of the HO models that I had when I was a lad.  I still have a few on my layout today.  Thanks for the great post.   

Earl     

So glad, Earl, that you are enjoying this thread.

Another thing that I particularly appreciated this evening is how the Plasticville snaps together so the pieces usually do not need to be glued. At times, it was a little challenging; there was a need to be firm but not force anything too much for fear of breaking the little pieces of plastic on the edges that hold the structure together. However, this evening I was able to fit everything together by being firm, careful and persistent, and without the need for a drop of glue.

While l had P-ville on my childhood layout, l have been impressed by some of the bashed of it, and really like the bashed coaling tower l did, as the several different 200 ton coaling tower kits l tracked down were too big for a jerkwater short line.  But some P-ville bashes displayed on here have been works of art .  I did a number of wild and whimsical bashes of the P-ville RR station, but decided not to use them... although the scale stations eat a lot more room.  Plasticville can still be put to very good use....

I like both bashed and pristine Plasticville. By bashing it, one can make it more realistic, but I also like keeping it in its original condition, which is more toy-like. I particularly love those pieces with all the original fine detail.

One possibility I am considering is using chalk dust to temporarily weathering it to remove the shininess when putting it on the layout, then wiping off the chalk dust when removing it and putting it around the Christmas tree.

Would love to see more Plasticville you folks have, and know about the nostalgia they trigger in you and why.  Arnold

I will share a little nostalgia.

Here is the Split Level Home again:

My Aunt Ruth lived with her family (my Uncle Bill and 3 cousins) in a gorgeous sprawling split level home in Pennington, NJ. I spent a good portion of my summer vacations there when I was growing up, and I was treated like a prince there. This split level model reminds me of Aunt Ruth's Pennington, NJ home.

Incidentally, Aunt Ruth may have given me my original Plasticville Split Level home as a Christmas gift, together with the many Lionel trains and accessories she gave me as Christmas gifts. She loved Lionel trains, and helped my cousin Billy with his gorgeous Lionel train layout in the basement, including making the mountain and tunnel on it.

In my new "retro" layout (all 40's - 50's power and trains), the farm scene cried out for Plasticville buildings.

Peter, can we see more of that "retro" layout?

Doug

This is a few shots and overview of my current 5x9 foot layout, with mostly Plasticville buildings. While this part is “retro”, with O-27 track (but O-42 curves and switches, I’ll be expanding with a 5x10 foot addition with Gargraves track, and Ross switches. Plasticville will still have a home there, with the under-construction modified coaling tower and future pieces.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

This is a few shots and overview of my current 5x9 foot layout, with mostly Plasticville buildings. While this part is “retro”, with O-27 track (but O-42 curves and switches, I’ll be expanding with a 5x10 foot addition with Gargraves track, and Ross switches. Plasticville will still have a home there, with the under-construction modified coaling tower and future pieces.

Very nice, Artie, thanks for sharing.

Most of the buildings on Warrenville are O/S gauge Plasticville and Plasticville type buildings such as Littletown and Marx/K-line.

Some original, some bashed and some painted. Even though many are small for O, they present well and, with their small footprints, a lot can fit on a layout.

As a youngin' I remember having the Motel, Frostybar, Bungalow, Barn, church and crossing gates.

I fondly remember painting Plasticville people with my mom when I was around 6 years old - the only train related thing she ever did with me

My layout has about 70 Plasticville structures on it, along with similar buildings from Marx / K-Line. I have more in boxes. I grew up with PVille; it was on my original layout, and I wanted to recreate that 50s vibe, but larger. I love the stuff.

John, your post reminds me what a great time I had painting little people 25 years ago with my then 9 year old and 7 year old son.

Those unpainted little people were plastic but may not have been Plasticville. There must have hundreds of little people parts (heads, arms, legs, bodies) connected to plastic flashing in a bag. We painted quite a few and many of them are now sitting in the bleachers in my baseball parks, but I still have many of these unpainted body parts left in the bag.

Speaking of the bag of body parts, my 7 year old son liked putting those body parts along the railroad tracks showing that there were some unfortunate ones who didn't make it when they tried to cross the tracks. LOL, Arnold

@jay jay posted:

My layout has about 70 Plasticville structures on it, along with similar buildings from Marx / K-Line. I have more in boxes. I grew up with PVille; it was on my original layout, and I wanted to recreate that 50s vibe, but larger. I love the stuff.

Jay Jay, I was hoping there was someone on the Forum, like you, who has many, maybe all, of the Plasticville structures. I see you have refrained from weathering them, and instead opted to keep them all in their original pristine condition with all their charming detail. It looks like you have every little chimney.

At the moment I can go with either their pristine condition or temporarily weathering them, but having all the detail is very desirable IMO.

I rediscovered Pville about ten yers ago.  The local model railroad club has a multi gauge swap meet once a year (except for 2020) and I have stumbled onto some unbelievable deals, like twenty two complete Pville kits and a small hoard of Pvile parts, lot of Smallville, K-line.,Marx and Little Town stuff and a few Marx and Lionel items, plus one AF building that I haven't even opened up yet

I'm laying out plans to bash most of it and use some scratch built items.  Some is underway, like a factory complex, a police center with police and sheriffs offices and two story jail, modified urban train stations. a 15 unit motel, an Armed Forces Recruiting Center, and a tourist park with log cabins, tepees, tent space, and a trailer/camper area.  It will include an office/store/laundromat/showers/and kiddie center.  On the outskirts will be saddle horses for rent for trail rides.  A gas station will be adjacent to it and a cafe.

It's going slow because my workshop has no heat or A/C and half of is being used for storage, but I have almost nothing else to do with my time.

@jay jay posted:

My layout has about 70 Plasticville structures on it, along with similar buildings from Marx / K-Line. I have more in boxes. I grew up with PVille; it was on my original layout, and I wanted to recreate that 50s vibe, but larger. I love the stuff.

John, I Zoomed in on your Plasticville and see you have every weather vane, lightning rod and antenna, as well as every chimney. Very cool, Arnold

This sure brings back memories!!

As a kid, I had several Plasticville buildings including the split-level house, fire department, and barn. As far as I know, they're still in a box under my layout, and they haven't seen the light of day in decades. Since my layout is all tinplate, I have a "no plastics" rule for accessories. I really like Plasticville, but in my case I won't use it on my layout. It's time to dig it out and sell it so someone can enjoy it.

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Here's the dilapidated switch tower, which has a charm of its own:

I'd be very curious if any of you folks have similar feelings about your Plasticville.

Arnold

That little guy has great character!

While a tinplate collector I have always enjoyed the old Plasticville structures and the nostalgia they evoke. If I collected post-war O gage my layout would be filled with it. When I was a kid we had some around the Christmas tree layout...I still remember being down at floor level and wishing I could somehow "miniaturize" myself so I could walk around inside the little houses or climb the stairs to the switch tower.

A few years back a neighbor offered me his childhood O gage trains and mixed in was some Plasticville parts and pieces all of which I eventually re-sold to fund more tinplate purchases. I did save some of the pictures maybe you'd like to look them over...

Gerry, that's a very nice Plasticville collection you have.

Another thing I like about Plasticville is the boxes, which typically have very attractive pictures of the fully assembled structures. Those pictures on the boxes were also helpful when I snapped the plastic pieces together.

Split Level Home box:

Log Cabin Rustic Fence & Tree Box:

And my favorite: Roadside Stand with Paints Box, but mine didn't come with the paints (probably reduces it value by at least 50%, LOL), but at least the bushels of vegetables and fruit were painted:

Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Jay Jay, I was hoping there was someone on the Forum, like you, who has many, maybe all, of the Plasticville structures. I see you have refrained from weathering them, and instead opted to keep them all in their original pristine condition with all their charming detail. It looks like you have every little chimney.

At the moment I can go with either their pristine condition or temporarily weathering them, but having all the detail is very desirable IMO.

That's right, Arnold. I don't weather them (dust weathers them, however). LOL. The bright colors are part of their mid-century charm and the whole 1950s schtick. I also like them as complete as possible, right down to antennae and porch lights, but I'm not always successful here and there. I pick up parts as I can.

Finished up the modified Plasticville coal tower. The addition from Mount Blue Model Company went together well. Just some weathering and this should be installed on the future expansion of my layout.

Plasticville Along The Put:

More Plasticville Along The Put:

Oops, I almost forgot the farm:

Arnold

My grand daughter and I have assembled all of my plasticville, and disassembled and re boxed them. It’s great for her manual dexterity. There have been many an afternoon when our home has been a plasticville showcase! It always brings happiness. Who would have thought this was so endearing for so long! In fact she has her own plasticville collection.
I too love the box art. Some of my happiest childhood memories were purchasing a new plasticville item now and then at Woolworths.

Arnold,

Very effective use of Plasticville, especially the barnyard scene.  You did a fabulous job with all the trees and grass to enhance the look of the structures. I also have many of the same Plasticville pieces (with the original church cross!) but they are all in a Xerox box now. I haven't actually set them up in 60 years. But your layout looks ten times better than mine ever did!! Great job.

Arnold, nice thread and nice items to add to your time machine!

My all time favorite was the Hospital with the interior furnishings and equipment and the ambulance too.
would send photos if I weren’t in the hospital (working)!

thx for all the pics.

One of the nice features about Plasticville  structures is that it's so easy to put them  together and take them apart, as Leroof said.

I plan to periodically rotate my Plasticville and non-Plasticville structures because I love them both.

Another thing about Plasticville is that although they look toy-like, especially in their shiny, pristine and original condition, they also look good, IMO, on hi-rail layouts with realistic scenery. I guess if they are weathered, they look more realistic, but, again, I like them both weathered and in their original condition. As a result, if I weather them, I will use chalk dust so the weathering is temporary.

I always liked, but was not crazy, about Plasticville before, but now I'm getting crazy about them, especially when the structures have all the details. The Plasticville that Artie, Pete, John, Peter, Gerry, Don and Leroof have are fabulous. Arnold

FYI...On the east side of the Orange Hall at York (near Trainworld) there is a Plasticville table for buying all sorts of parts and structures--a very nice selection.

found these from my first layout:

My Plasticville story is not much different from anyone else.  I had a small amount of Plasticville that was obtained second hand from an "Uncle" who was winding down his layout in the early 60s.  The Plasticville pieces were put under the tree each year, none were ever added, and eventually I got married and moved on.  While we had a circle of Gargraves track under the tree at our home, there was no Plasticville.  When my Dad passed away I found some old photos of their Christmas tree with the Plasticville village under it. Well, I had the Plasticville at my home stored away in a box; I realized I could do this setup again. But I couldn't do anything the first year my Dad passed (too emotional), but found the photos again right before Christmas the following year.  That year I put up the Plasticville and the train layout pretty much as the photos and my memory could recall.  My wife and adult kids were a bit taken aback but very supportive.   My wife asked for more Plasticville added under the tree and I vaguely recalled a log home but didn't have it anymore.  Well, with a visit to an online auction site, that situation was fixed pretty quickly.  And I was astonished to discover that the silo on the farmhouse actually had a cap (mine never had one).  The diner with the peeling chrome paint has been replaced and the replacement looks the same as the original did around 1965.   I'm fussy about new additions since everything needs to fit my quirky memories of when I was a kid at Christmas.  We've added more buildings and trees over the years (pine trees only because its Christmas!) and a white fence circles the entire village - my wife thinks it gives a finished look to the display, and I agree.  My Plasticville side hobby been a warm journey that takes me back to my youth every Christmas.

Dale

There is something special about Plasticville and tubular track that immediately transports you back in time. I still have an extensive collection of buildings. There in lies my dilemma with my developing design and pending construction. I’m enamored with all the other realistic models that are available. I want to incorporate them!

I could just kick myself. Back years ago, I had amassed a large selection of Plasticville items, including one of their "Master Sets" About 20 years ago, while all caught up in HO scale, I sold all my Plasticville to a friend. Several years later I tried to buy it back, but he had already sold all of it. At least I still have my old Lionel stuff.

Jeff

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

More Plasticville Along The Put:

Top pic: Revell barn turned into a stock theater?  Is that in HO?  I used to like Revell HO (when I was still running HO) as well as Plasticville.

Arnold, I have a question. in your photo, there is what appears to be plasticville cream or yellow colored structure with a blue roof. Can you identify it? Is it HO plasticville or other?could it be a K-line O structure? There are little green plants

Post question  continued: Or shrubberies in the front of that structure seen in previous photos.

thx.

I never had any Plasticville as a kid. I had hand-me-down Lionel from an older cousin. This was assembled and wired by a neighbor high school kid onto a 4x6 train board. There never was any scenery. I might have had Lionel accessories, I think I had the gateman and the station you could announce out of. But I loved running that train round and around.

I think that's why I have zero interest in modeling. Like Arnold, I love the Plasticville I now own because it looks toy-like. I just love running toy trains, on temporary banquet tables, and I want them to look like toys.

Don't get me wrong, I really love seeing pictures of the marvelous modelers here with Legacy engines and detailed, detailed worlds. It's just fantastic and I do so appreciate it.

But what makes my heart sing is a toy train. Perhaps that's why I'd rather have a Scooby Doo LionChief starter set than a Premier engine. I still buy starter sets--it makes me feel like a kid again.

Tom, the red summer stock theater is an HO structure  but I did not save the box and do not remember the manufacturer.

Leroof, the house with the blue roof and plastic green plants on the front of it is an O scale structure and, again, I have no box and do not remember the manufacturer.

Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Tom, the red summer stock theater is an HO structure  but I did not save the box and do not remember the manufacturer.

Leroof, the house with the blue roof and plastic green plants on the front of it is an O scale structure and, again, I have no box and do not remember the manufacturer.

Arnold

Revell made few HO structures.  That was one and I also had a newspaper plant and a bakery (same buildings with different fronts and details), a beautiful little train station with a water tank and stand-alone spout, a bank with a vault, and others.

I had forgotten them until I saw your picture, now I have to go hunting.  Curse you, Arnold Cribari, for making me want to go pend more money.  

That particular summer stock playhouse is special to me because my wife loves the theater and acting, and now participates in a virtual acting class. Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

That particular summer stock playhouse is special to me because my wife loves the theater and acting, and now participates in a virtual acting class. Arnold

In my past life and career, I played several summer stock theatres and indeed ran one for two seasons. I saw that building and was instantly transported back to the 60s'-70s. I need to improvise something for my layout.

Summer stock as we knew it no longer exists. There are only a handful of strawhat theatres still operating. An era gone.

Rollin' through Plasticville at night:

Operating everything in the “evening “ always adds a special touch of magic. Arnold, are you going to add lights to the houses or was everyone asleep already? Thank you for posting.

Arnold,

Looks great. Your outdoor lighting is nicely balanced throughout the layout.

@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:

Operating everything in the “evening “ always adds a special touch of magic. Arnold, are you going to add lights to the houses or was everyone asleep already? Thank you for posting.

Sound asleep. LOL

Arnold - I'd move to your town anytime! I love the little split level in the last scene - think it has room for a layout?

Plasticville is my go to for just about every structure I have. I have a few Marx and K-Line buildings along with a few Lionel but the majority are Plasticville. I like their simpleness , just enough detail to not be totally toy like but not a rivet counters delight by any stretch! Most of mine has been repainted and glued together along with frosted window glazing and insides painted black so I can light them up.

Jerry

This split level house:

Is one of my favorite Plasticville pieces. One reason for that is this, my front to back split level house built in the mid-1950s:

Currently I do not have any Plasticville on my layouts. However, my layout from the 70”s used these beloved structures. Here are a few pics of my cul-de-sac, Freedom Hall park, farm with pasture and my coal yard.

I am working on my "retro" layout, sort of a pandemic project.  It is designed to run all postwar trains since my main layout takes command trains only.  So, of course I needed a farm scene with Plasticville buildings.  Here is the result.  Since we have horses, I had to have them also.  Turns out[, Plasticville didn't have but one horse in their "animal" set.  Then  it dawned on me that Lionel's General horse car used Plasticville horses, so they should be available with parts dealers.  They were an our local Desert Division parts guy furnished me with four.  The other two are watching for a train to go by.

I know Plasticville buildings are scaled somewhere between O and S scale, but didn't realize that if you put a 1:43 car in front of the house, it overwhelms it.  So, a 1:64 turned out to look better.

I only have 2 Plasticville buildings on my layout,  the police and fire stations.  Both  will become some sort of lineside storage facility.  Only the fire  station has a primer coat on it waiting for an appropriate color to mask the stucco. The police station is perfect,  has burglar bars on the windows, I will remove them from the 2nd story. I will frost over all the windows in both buildings so you can't see in. Still deciding on placement of them.

I guess in your opinion I must be some kind of infidel for not keeping them original. LOL.

Most of the building in my “town” are Plasticville, with frosted windows and lighting, but a few need to be done. I also use Lionel and Atlas, and Walthers, too.

Peter - that farm scene is just charming! And the F150 (?) parked out front looks great!

Bill - the term "Infidel" may be a little strong - Plasticville responds very well to kitbashing and upgrades. But still, there's something charming about the pure original.

I'm excited about Plasticville, even off the layout. With 2 granddaughters ages 9 and almost 4, Plasticville structures can be like doll houses for them. This particularly true of the Plasticville Hospital (with the beds, chairs, desk, emergency equipment, gurney, etc.) and the Plasticville Barn with animals.

My master plan is to get my granddaughters hooked on the trains by first getting them hooked on Plasticville.

The Hospital is awesome. Will post photos of it later.

Here we go, the Hospital:

I have most, but not all the hospital furniture. Will add to it when I go on the hunt for it at train shows.

Arnold

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Here we go, the Hospital:

I have most, but not all the hospital furniture. Will add to it when I go on the hunt for it at train shows.

Arnold

Arnold,

Your hospital is amazing! It even comes with a floor plan! Obviously it was built in the 50's since it's just one big ward and not individual rooms. Did it come with room dividers for the restroom or was that up to the modeler?

Everything in white for cleanliness!

Interesting Bachman Plasticville box labeling. Contents is the typical O/S scale Plasticville apartment house.

Note that it says "For use with all HO scale layouts" and then and "O SCALE".

Here is my only piece of Plasticville I currently have on the table.

Bruce, that’s an important piece of Plasticville!

@Rich Wiemann posted:

Currently I do not have any Plasticville on my layouts. However, my layout from the 70”s used these beloved structures. Here are a few pics of my cul-de-sac, Freedom Hall park, farm with pasture and my coal yard.

I don't know what it is but that shade of red on the wall looks great as a backdrop for the layout. Almost like it better than trying to have a blue sky, mountains, clouds, etc... Never in a million years would I pick that color but I love it.

@Don Winslow posted:

Bill - the term "Infidel" may be a little strong - Plasticville responds very well to kitbashing and upgrades. But still, there's something charming about the pure original.

Okay  I  understand,  maybe "sacrilegious " is more appropriate.

Seeing the hospital made me wonder if it also came as a "stripped-down" version without the interior pieces? I remember getting a hospital, manufacturing plant and farm to expand the town when my 1953 4x8  layout was redesigned to encompass an 8x12 L-shaped table in 1959. However, the hospital was just a shell ike most of the other Plasticville buildings on the layout and I don't think Santa would have discarded the interior.

My LHS had the hospital with and without the furniture. I assumed, possibly incorrectly, that the furniture was lost if it wasn't included.

I wish it also came with figures that were sick or injured, and doctors and nurses to treat them.. LOL

Here's what I did with the toll booth and LEDs from Evans Designs

The Plasticville hospital had a number of version with different color lettering. Not all contained the second floor with the furniture. In fact the first version did not have the 2nd floor.

I always wished they had done an O gauge version of their Contemporary house...

It always reminded me of the Brady Bunch house.

Jerry

Plasticville is great! Here is a grocery store that I've made a few exterior modifications to and added an interior and lighting. Currently working on a plasticville post office.

This has always been one of my favorites.

@EastonO posted:

Plasticville is great! Here is a grocery store that I've made a few exterior modifications to and added an interior and lighting. Currently working on a plasticville post office.

IMO, the lights greatly improve the supermarket. Well done.

@howardih posted:

Here's what I did with the toll booth and LEDs from Evans Designs

Awesome!  Now we need a picture of it on your tollway.  LOL.

Another great thread, Arnold.  Just had some time to go through the whole thread properly.  Plasticville is a little before my time but we have a few pieces from shows and generous friends.  There are a lot of interesting and unique pieces as showcased here.  Thank you for sharing everyone!

Some new additions.  Now, where to put them…

Here is my kitbashed plasticville motel.

Plasticville is the best.  Thanks for starting this great thread, Arnold.  My Plasticville became special to me because it was given to me by a friend, who at the age of 15 or so, decided he was too old for trains.  What a treasure trove for a boy like me with his 50-cent a week allowance!

The larger gas station is a little special because it looks so much like the Texaco station where we used to gas up our '46 Plymouth.  On my layout it had to be squeezed onto cheap real estate between RR tracks and a trolley track, necessitating the pumps to be at the right end of the building.

The 5 & 10 was special also, because of the times spent in Woolworth's with their variety of reasonable goods.  Notice the red Plasticville sedan in front, too.

I like details, and the fire station has several added to it - a lot of red cars, including one wreck that the trainees are practicing on.  The Chief's car parked at the side is a Grossman repro of a Marx auto.  That black grillwork seen inside the station is a speaker for a sound module.

Then there is the Colonial House, I think it was called.  Two shots of it- a yard sale out front and gardening in the back.

Keep those shots coming, folks.  This is fun.

From a previous layout:

I have found only few Lionel trains at garage sales but in 2005 I hit a mother load of Plasticville for $2.  It  included an Airport Building, Hanger, Union Station, Hall, Cathedral, 2 story house, Filling Station, Turnpike building, Frosty Drive in stand, and a un-built black Signal Bridge.  I had several Plactiville kits before and now have way too many to fit on my medium size layout but I change them out once in awhile.

Many are on my new train board shown below with a Plastiville town main street, farm and airport.

I have used two coaling tower Plasticville kits to make a modified coaling station tower and a coal mine.

Homemade Operating Coal Mine and Coal Loading Station

Main Train Board with more Plasticville

We love Plastiville around here for my 50's period O27 layout.

To see how I made the layout check the OGR link belowhttps://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...ra-027-layout?page=1

Post 1 on page one has a Table of Contents to find out where to see how I built a $10 Turntable, Round House, Actionable Touch Track Diagram Control Panels and many homemade cars.

Charlie

Pete, I love the little black coupe being worked on in front of the garage.

Is that a stock model or has it been customized in some way?

A busy Suburban Station, a Freight Platform, a Water Tower, and my suburb scene with 2 Cape Cod Houses and a Ranch House.  The Plasticville houses had such accurate, realistic details.

The real prototype for the Plasticville ranch house can be found in a development in Marple Township, Delaware County, PA. The first time I drove by them I did a double take. Also, the prototype for the school is in Upper Darby, PA. It’s sits off of Garret Road, across from the trunk line for the Media,Sharon Hill trolley.

Beautiful thread of information - thank you.  In the early 50's we had a 44' long train table loaded with Plasticville, I think we had just about every building available at the time.  Today, many still reside on the current train table, some have been repainted but not all.

QUESTION: Have any of you ever seen a plastic Army Barracks.  It was originally dark brown with a yellow roof and doors, but was repainted to match actual  barracks (of which many are still standing).  Here are a few photos from different angles and I hope someone recognizes it.  It did have very small army figures, played with and lost of course.

I see that I added three photos, but embedded one of them twice.  Sorry folks. Go Army!

I bought 8 of them with the intention of using them to depict every duty station where I served in both the the Army and the Corps.  That project is still in the "let's finish this someday" stage and I'll need to find some more to make it work out right.  

Actual scale is about 1/72, but they'll do.

@Jerry Williams posted:

Pete, I love the little black coupe being worked on in front of the garage.

Is that a stock model or has it been customized in some way?

What is the source of that GULF sign? There was one on the Gulf station in the Northwood Shopping Center in Baltimore. The last time that I drove by a few years ago, it was still there, mostly intact but not functional. It is now a BP station and the sign is gone.

@PRRMP54 posted:

What is the source of that GULF sign?

Lightworks USA Miller Engineering sign #8181.

Scenes are fun to make with Plasticville.

Waiting for a taxi outside the hospital:

Filling a pot hole near the RR Crossing Gate:

Hustle and bustle at the gas station:

Got to get a move on, the 9:30 AM church service is about to start:

Now arriving on Track Number 2, the Southbound Polo Grounds Express:

Down at the farm, the bull coming out of the barn has his eye on the cow:

It’s the scenes throughout that make the layout unique.

Who knows what’s in that hanger at Area 51!

I do have a single Plasticville structure on my layout, the Plasticville Turnpike. It guards the entrance to my vintage Matchbox Motorways slotcar set (a favorite amusement of visitors to my layout).

The workers are proceeding very slowly on this Plasticville construction project. Perhaps they're distracted by the constant parade of trains on the nearby mainline.

Nice post (as always) Arnold!

Plasticville #SA-9

Always something to do down at the firehouse.