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My take on the Orbisonia fire house

Modeling
#1

I always thought this would make a great small town fire house an when I found plans in the Sept. 1983 MR I decided to go for it. The last time I had seen it in person it looked like this

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and restored as a residence it looks like this
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and this is my take on it. I made a few changes and left off the corbels as I find details like this are the first to go.
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The town fathers felt the best place for Russell’s Garage was between the fire house and the church :thinking:

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5 Likes
#2

Great looking model, Gary. Well done!

I like the garage and church as well. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

#3

That’s a nifty little building, great job!

#4

Thanks guys, the gas station and station (built from plans for the Linnville, NC station) are from scratch, the church is an Aristo building.

#5

Not sure why I took those pics of the station that day but maybe now I know why? :+1:
That Russell guy must run a shady garage?

#6

Great work Gary! And nice job (as far as I can tell) planting your buildings on planks that you can take in for the winter.

#7

Thanks Cliff, I don’t have room to store buildings indoors, the planks keep them from blowing away during storms !

#8

What a lovely old building, and an excellent model!