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Overhead View of Street Running Module
scale cobblestone, inlaying them with aban- modules are painted by custom mixing colors
doned streetcar lines. On one side of the so that each building is unique. All of the
module, the mainlines are street running; on windowsills, roofing, porches, chimneys, etc.
the other end they cruise past the US Army were all painted in this manner. The trees on
Reserve that was not far from where I grew this module are by Architrees except for the
up. The barracks, motor pool and office cedar bushes on the end house near the wood
building are paper kits by Micro Trains Line fencing by RS Laser. Those I made by tak-
Co. modified with Plastruct sheet metal roof- ing Woodland Scenics Poly Fiber, pinching
ing. There is a siding that switches off the off a small amount and rolling it between my
mainline and services the US Army Reserve. fingers until it took shape. One end was left
The loading ramp is by Randy Brown (AMS). slightly pointed and the other end blunted. I
Just outside the US Army Reserve is a glued the blunted end down, lining up a half
small residential neighborhood similar to the a dozen or so cedars in a row exactly as you
one I lived in as a child. The houses are solid would find them in real life.
resin buildings purchased on ebay that I cus- Right in the middle of this module is a
tom painted. All of the buildings on all of the cross section of streets and here stands a root
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