Photos and info on the first show and construction techniques.
  
   
    
     
      
      Here's how it looks today.  Black weathering is done with India ink in a alcohol wash.
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      The "PACCAR Foundry" module with all the plaster cloth painted with "blotches" of color. 
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      Grass, dirt, and rock scenery is added with trees and shrubs.  This is how it now looks.
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      Before
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      After (Most of the trees by Z-thek).
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      For the NTS2004 show in Seattle, Tom did a repaint on 17 Amtrak cars.
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      The competed UP cars being pulled by MT GP-35's.  Note the addition of undercarriage equipment.
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      We are always trying to inovate.  Here is Andy's Scooter Train...not always all that easy to run in traffic.
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      Andy also build a "Z-Bench" that he has used with the modules and stand-alone.  It is a test and repair station 
     during the shows.  
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