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I had foolishly choosen to do the Denver & Rio Grande's
Gunnison Roundhouse as my first S-scale kit.
Foolish because I thought it was a really cool building that everyone would
like however the response has been really cool. I mean cool, like really cold.
Like almost no interest at all. Maybe five guys. Just five. Interested, sort of...
If I hadn't already started on the patterns (in fact, they are almost done) I
would have dropped the project. Didn't Thomas Yorke do that once? Yeah, he was going to
do one of his kits in S scale but no one responded. Man, I don't know what's wrong with
you guys but this sure isn't encouraging.
I've been told and told to do something in S-scale. Anything. So here it is. And
dead silence.
I know, I know, why don't I do Durango, or Chama or another more well known and
more likely modeled location? Good question. Well, I was all set to do Ridgway, it was
only natural after doing it in HO, but Banta Model Works announced they were doing
it so I backed off. This was one of the many mistakes I've made in my life. I should
have took their stupid laser cutter on! What a joke. I mean the masonry patterns they
cut. Sorry, but no machine can come close to what a human artist can do. But hey,
if you want that laser-fried stuff I'm not going to stop you.
Anyway, I'm doing Gunnison. Sometime. A few Sn3 model railroaders
are going to be very happy. It is a really cool building. Brick on one side (which
I suspect is a standard plan because it looks a lot like Salida and a lot like Durango!)
and stone on the other. Who can resist such a combination? This will be down and dirty
though, nothing fancy. And when I get around to it. No need for me to hurry.
TO BE ANNOUNCED
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