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The month of April has yielded some good progress on the farm project.


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The Colorado Front Range farm.

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Custom built structures are part of the provenance of any exhibit of this nature. Seeking original drawings and plans Colorado O Scale Modelers members constructed board by board each structure for this exhibit.

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1890’s machine shed, barn and a very common design in use throughout the Midwest and Mountain West.

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Board by board

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Modernized 1940’s roof, corrugated steel shingle installed one at a time.

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Stave concrete sectional silos from the 1930’s/1940’s are a perfect combination.

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PVC pipe, styrene, brass wire, and lot of time.

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Silflor supplied the specially ordered 12mm high static grasses for use on the high plains meadow.

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An emotional impact for anyone that has lived on a farm in Colorado in the 1940’s and 1950’s

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Developing the high grasses found in the high plains of Colorado was a difficult process.

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Progress thus far shows the original modules in place with the newly created farm sections. Blending and combining of the scenes will commence.

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Colorado Front Range agricultural ground

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Crop Rows from Silflor of Germany.

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JTT Corn Stalks by the 100’s the planting will begin soon.

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Simulating the plowed field with cardboard corrugated stock

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Still wet with a mix of Noch and Woodland Scenics glue