I am having Kubota envy, Mark! 
Some times I wish the Kubota was bigger and some times smaller, but mostly it is the perfect size for what I do.
We are fast as we have had lots of experience with the blocks, we have over 1000 blocks stacked at our house. I will have to post some pictures of our other walls.
Here are the block walls we have done over the years. Steps up to the deck.
By the driveway the bigger pond is to the right of the lamp post.
Front of the house.
The building to the left is tractor and camper garage, on the right is the old furnace shed that I have to clean out and repair.
This is a picture of a fire house from many years ago that I am going to model.
This is what it looks like now, a local business owner is slowly restoring it, he gave me permission to measure it and take close up pictures.
It has been to nice out side to be in the shop, then it rained for a couple days which we needed, so I started to model the fire house.
Mark;
I suppose the tower part held a bell for sounding alarms, and was not intended for hose drying? Neat structure.
Regards, David Meashey
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It is my understanding there was a engine tire (steel ring) up there, he is trying to find one.
Have him contact Brad Esposito at the East Broad Top Foundation. There are a large number of tires on the property many of which are for locomotives that no longer exist. A purchase or barter might be possible.
i am not sure, if i understood, what you meant.
if you mean the steel rims from around spoked carriage wheels,
take a closer look at containers for pills or juices .
they often have plastic lids or caps, that include a plastic-ring, that gets screwed off when the container is opened for the first time.
good hunting for a container with the desired diameter of cap!
Thanks Jon I will let him know. I was on the web site and would love to ride the train and see the shop. I find the belt driven shops fascinating to see run.
They run the belt system only for the extended tours that are given once a month during operating season. I was hoping they would run it for the FEBT Reunion this weekend, but the chairman says no 
I will have to convince Marie we need to go next summer and see if we can’t plan it for one of the extended tours. She is not a traveler, about two hours and she is ready to jump ship.
Had some shop time to work on the fire house. With the weather turning colder I will be in the shop more. Marie is painting the siding and trim, assembly should be this week.
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Mark would you run us through how you did your shingles and siding?
The shingles are plastic from Ozark Miniatures (https://ozarkminiatures.com). The siding in the peak on the end is PVC that I put groves in to simulate individual boards.
Picture is of the tool I made from a file to make the groves. Using a steel straight edge I pull it and the point cuts a grove.
The lap siding is made with plywood cut on my table saw. Using a dado blade I set it at 15* angle and move the fence each cut depending on how wide I want the boards. This building I am making 3/8” cuts so I move the fence 3/8” each pass.
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Ok, Who the hell is painting the gable? You got an easy 6 color paint scheme going up there!
You trim out that stick work (carvings) and dang…I love it!!
Reminds me of when I modeled my house.
You know Rooster, using your build, a How to Model Your House Wiki would be an amazing reference work.
Mark you two are doing a fantastic job with the details and paint scheme. I’m sure that soon we will see the 3 accent lines on the frames and no doubt you still intend to cut the corners on all those frames and set the rosette corner blocks in. Will that front over hang get scroll work support? A bit of ginger bread goes a long way. 
Didn’t need to add any nonsense for a twenty count