Now that’s a town with a whole lotta character…Nice.
Beautiful Ray, that town is really a masterpiece
The combination of your modeling skills and photography skills make for some amazing pictures. The close up of the seated figure (your brother?) could pass for real. I love the reflections in the windows, especially because I don’t see 1:1 people or structures in them. That along with your superb detail add to the illusion.
Super job.
BTW, your rock work and the way you can make individual small rocks look like a large natural formation has inspired me to attempt this with my recent tunnel portal landscaping. It’s far from perfect, but I think it will look good in close-up.
Thanks guys!
The town will look even better once I get the road built, which will hide the edge of the foundation.
Very impressive. Now you need even more people. 
Ray Dunakin said:
Thanks guys!The town will look even better once I get the road built, which will hide the edge of the foundation.
Do you really think you need a road? I think it looks fantastic they way it sits.
Bruce Chandler said:Ray and his brother in cowboy duds 10 paces and guns drawn when the town clock hits high noon! Father Fred and Steve with women of illicit purposes on the balcony of the drug store watching the brawl. WAIT??? Wheres the clock?? Excellent work Ray...you need a few rabid roosters(foaming at the beak) running around town as well. :)
Now you need even more people. :D
One reason I want to put in a road is so that sand and mud doesn’t get splashed on the buildings when it rains. Besides keeping the buildings clean, I want to avoid having the windows scratched and the paint worn off by the repeated “sandblasting”.
Ray, what kind of road? Ashfault? Con-krete? Rutted?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Ray Dunakin said:I understand!
One reason I want to put in a road is so that sand and mud doesn't get splashed on the buildings when it rains. Besides keeping the buildings clean, I want to avoid having the windows scratched and the paint worn off by the repeated "sandblasting".
Steve Featherkile said:
Ray, what kind of road? Ashfault? Con-krete? Rutted?Inquiring minds want to know.
Hopefully rutted by knowing the work ethnic of Ray it will be bangin’!!
Steve Featherkile said:
Ray, what kind of road? Ashfault? Con-krete? Rutted?Inquiring minds want to know.
Asphalt is the most common road surfacing I’ve seen in these kinds of old mining towns, so that’s what I’ll go with. Of course it will be old and have potholes.
Yet another progress report… I added the sign over the door of the drugstore, and also installed and wired all the lights. Here are a few test photos I shot this evening:
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Dos_Manos_files/Media/IMG_6598/IMG_6598.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Dos_Manos_files/Media/IMG_6600/IMG_6600.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Dos_Manos_files/Media/IMG_6614/IMG_6614.jpg)
You can see more pics beginning here: http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Dos_Manos.html#144 I’ve also begun work on detailing the interior of my previous building. It’s the white building with the “Cora’s Closet” sign. I originally planned to make it a dress shop but now I’m going to make it a bakery, called “Cora’s Cakes”. So far I’ve built a glass display and several shelves, and I’m in the middle of sculpting lots of cakes, pies, breads and pastries out of polyclay. Sorry, no pics of this stuff yet. I have to set my modeling aside for a bit now… I’m leaving on the 28th for my annual Mojave/Nevada camping trip. I’ll be exploring old mines and ghost towns, and also doing some rocket aerial photography. That was my main hobby before I started building the layout. So for the next few days I have to go through all my camping and rocketry stuff and make sure everything’s in order, fresh batteries in cameras and altimeters, etc.
your work and its results fascinate me!
Beautiful Ray.
Looking forward to the photos from your camping trip 
Ralph
Very nice. Great craftsmanship. Do you have a more distant shot - I’d like to see how they fit in to your overall layout.
Super! I just love dusk photography of lit interiors. In your case the low light of dusk adds even more realism to your scene. Well done!
Can only repeat what all the others have said. Fantastic results and modeling.
I love to see Ray’s work. It’s always perfect!
Jon.
Amazing work, Ray, truely amazing…
I just can’t get over the great work you do.
Didn’t anybody tell you it’s HOT in the desert in July?
Have a good trip.
Bruce Chandler said:
Very nice. Great craftsmanship. Do you have a more distant shot - I’d like to see how they fit in to your overall layout.
. . . I shot a few pics this afternoon showing how the town fits into the layout… Eventually there will be buildings going almost all the way to the base of the trestle in this photo
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miscellaneous_files/Media/IMG_6638/IMG_6638.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miscellaneous_files/Media/IMG_6637/IMG_6637.jpg)
Here’s an overhead shot of the town site:
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miscellaneous_files/Media/IMG_6646/IMG_6646.jpg)
And here are a couple shots of a train passing through:
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Photos_files/Media/IMG_6635/IMG_6635.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Photos_files/Media/IMG_6641/IMG_6641.jpg)
