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part of Milwaukee’s past. This car dealership remains consistent is our effort to make the
makes its home in an old train station, a brass scenes flow independently and latched to-
kit by Micro Structures. Every one of the ve- gether, no matter which configuration they
hicles on this layout was custom painted from might be in. We achieved this by making the
the bumpers and rims to the light bars on the roads run in the directions opposite to the
squad cars. The resin tanks and armored per- module next to it so there wouldn’t be any
sonnel carriers are by Z-Panzer, the plastic car dead-ending into a farmer’s field. The same
kits by Märklin, the tractor trailer is from ballast, the same scenic ground cover and the
Randy Brown (AMS) and the squad cars and same Rit dye for weathering was used and
pickup truck were purchased on ebay. each one of us had our specialty; I painted all
All of the wiring was purchased from Hob- the buildings and vehicles, Kevin did all the
by Crafts N More and is made to the Z Bend track work, wiring and ballasting.
Track Standards. Micro Trains Line Co. flex This is a story of a dream realized. Kevin
track was used for the straightaways and a and I poured our passion of the hobby into
Micro Trains Line Co. switch with molded our layout; our blood, sweat, tears and a few
roadbed was used near the US Army Reserve. choice words went into every detail and we
The cork roadbed is from Itty Bitty Lines are looking towards our next project with the
(IBL). All my citizens are from Preiser, in- same enthusiasm. *
cluding the dog.
Even though our modules were built at
different times over the years, one thing that
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