Building a city scene
ing that facade led me to use string for architectural details. The resulting ar- ticle appeared in the September, 1980, issue of RMC.
I attempted to paint some houses and distant hills on the backdrop. These soften the juncture of the bench- work and the backdrop and provide a skyline. Mock ups are periodically recom- mended in the model press before one does their final structure modeling. I followed that advice for my town. They were made from poster board and held together with white glue. They were of- ten cut and modified, and paint colors were tested on them. There is one prob- lem associated with mock ups: they tend to become permanent if one pro- crastinates about building the model. I started construction of this part of
the layout in 1977. The old materials, Holgate & Reynolds brick, reflect the modeling of that time. The town of Ful- ton was completed by 1985. I work very slowly. A photo of a part of Fulton ap- peared in an article about my layout in the November, 1995, issue of Model Railroader. Fulton is the backdrop to my photo of Ma & Pa No. 44 in the No- vember, 2012, issue of RMC. In recent years the switch machines began to fail because of wear, the ply- wood sub-base was sagging, and the
The small freight house on the east end of the Fulton station platform closes off the station area. Milk cans are an indication of an important area business. Workers stand in relaxed poses to avoid “frozen” action poses (above). While Fulton is planned and operated as if it were midday, many buildings have lighting to show off the layout in the evening (below).
Homosote® was delaminating. The
hardboard fascias were warped. Time had taken its toll.
buildings were sold, and salvageable details were stored for future use. The
All of the Fulton
benchwork went to the dump. When a new scene unfolds here, and it will, it will be better for the planning and work that went into Fulton. It was a pleasant place.
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