You should check with Marie on that. I thought the same thing.
On our railroad, Herself once told me no proper lady would get off at a mine site or a freight station. If passenger service was being offered by a railroad, there “better be a terminus, sunshine”.
On the upside, I got access to another garden bed.
Win-win!
I have been seriously neglecting pictures I only have a finished one of a signal tower I made. It is modeled after a Ontario and Western RR tower, it was a locale RR back in the day.
Ok @Rooster you challenged me and this is what I am working on. It’s a small house, I will be adding some fancy facia too.
You need more colors now!
I will work on that. There will be more buildings.
Did some work on the fancy house between church on zoom and pushing snow. Put roof on most of the house and facia, still need a door.
Started another building. This is a local building it’s been closed for several years, just sold at a tax auction. Used to be a restaurant and bar. Its only two floors now, several years ago the top floor burned.
Dang, that must have been a very contained blaze! Reminds me of the old Onion headline “Wildfire somehow rages back into control.”
Is the burned floor still up top? Or did they raze it and build another roof? This is kind of unusual IMHO. Great looking frame so far. Was it an old inn?
The history is it started as a two story building that they raised to add another floor under the other two. Some years later the top floor burned and they built a new roof on the second floor. Last time I was in (late 70s) there was a very nice bar and dinning room, there are rooms on the second floor.
Temporarily set the roof and balcony on. The small pieces are part of the railing, they will cut in half.
Only able to find this color picture, @Rooster Marie said she will be using 5 different colors on this.
Mark,
I don’t want to send Marie in a tizzy however this may be one of those structures that considering its actually a 1:1 prototype and not free lanced she may want to just stick with 2 or 3 colors considering the period?
HOWEVER you could also pretend ( like I do a lot) that if you purchased the 1:1 structure this is what you would want to do with it model. You could go crazy with 20 different colors and open a strip joint for Sesame Street characters or something like that?
Besides it is Your RR Your rules and if someone asks why you did it that way you just tell’em.
" I don’t think that’s any of your business" then they just walk away.
I had to use Art Int. on this structure cause I wanted a quick answer and was rather surprised at the results. Which I briefly back checked cause I don’t care as I have enough 
holes of my own.
Either way cool prototype choice and thank you for sending me down a hole and the quick history lesson but that’s as far as I’m gonna go.
So my AI results
The Unadilla House, built in 1804, originally served as a single home before being converted into a restaurant around 1840. It has a rich history, having hosted notable figures like President Theodore Roosevelt, and has undergone recent restoration efforts to preserve its historical charm.
The Unadilla House, located in Unadilla, New York, has a rich history dating back to its construction in 1804. Originally built as a single-family home, it was converted into a restaurant around 1840. The building has served various purposes over the years, including being a bar and an inn.
The Unadilla House is currently closed but remains a point of interest due to its architectural beauty and historical background. With the right vision, it has the potential to be revitalized and return to its former glory as a community gathering place.
In 1804, homes were typically painted in a variety of colors, but black and white were not the predominant choices. The Federal style, which was popular during this period, favored lighter colors and earth tones.
In summary, while black and white were used, they were part of a broader palette that emphasized lighter and earthier tones in home exteriors during 1804.
BTW…Teddy Roosevelt’s cool but I don’t like the Yankees …never did!
They are all overpaid!!
Some of the history I have not found, thanks for going down the rabbit hole. We are modeling 1900-1920s or there about. She is sticking with the 5 colors, they are historic paint colors. True it is our RR, and we have taken liberties with some of the buildings.
and that is good so.
because you have to live with the results, and be content with them.
True also. If you make it so, then no one is free to criticize. Stand up and yell:
“I am the Railroad Maggot!”
