Z Central Station Contest Entry Thread

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Hi Z Modelers this is my entry for the scratch built category.

This is a Zscale layout diorama in an old leather travel case
completely built from scratch

A farm house and outhouse
A barn with silo with ad’s on the roof
A drug store, Grand Hotel, Bank and trust, Barber and a Post Office with Flag.
Benville Railway station with platform
A water Tower
A Sports and Gunshop, outfitter
A shed by the Farmland with Farmer working
40 handmade trees
Very realistic looking pond .
Hand painted car made from pewter
Power pack plug-in with Marklin plugs on side of case.
5 hand painted Preiser figures
Real travel stickers on leather suitcase
Hand painted background picture by Cindy Walker

Thanks for looking

sites.google.com/site/zscalemodels/Home/layout-diorama-in-leather-travel-case
Ben

Here is my contest entry peice. It is also the prize i have donated for this contest. Its an all wood scratch built trestle that is roughly 50 scale feet tall and 150 scale feet long. I hope that it finds a happy home on someones layout.
Thanks
Steve aka "Slugger"

Here my entry under the module section. It is my first attempt at moduls and have learned a great deal in the process.

Here is an entry for the Module Category.

Category 1, Scratchbuilt (text after photos)

Scratchbuilt Box Cab (powered).

Made just for the challenge. This is the proto to see if I wanted to make a few more of them. Not sure yet if I do.

Used a Marklin 8816 for the power.

Cut down the 8816 chassis to make space for the front and rear walkways.

Front and rear headlights plus interior is lit front and back. Lighted with four Marklin light bulbs (LEDs might have looked too bright for this old looking thing, but maybe on the next one).

Body made from styrene while all items on top are handmade of brass except headlight cases are made from brass and styrene, and bell is made from aluminum (I needed a lighter metal to be able to stretch out the bell shape). The bell actually has a clanker in it (brass) and the bell swings to and fro (can't get it to ring though ).

Although it should be black, I painted the smokestack red just to break up the black and white look of the box cab.

Added brass windows, doors, ladders, stirrups and brake wheel from Micron Art. Used a Micron Art ladder sideways to simulate a railing on the front and rear.

Curved roof was made using a bit of heat while bending.

Created decals on an ink jet printer. Smaller decals front and rear read "Watch Your Step" (yesteryear safety concerns and all that).

Not weathered yet (I tend to wait with the weathering until I know what the item is going to be used for).

Note: Since I don't know what I'm going to use it for yet I left the Marklin style couplers in place but they could have been changed out to MTL couplers with a bit of effort.

Questions? Just ask!
Zcratchman_Joe

So there is no mix up- Lil Toot is not in the contest- never was or were- for futher disclaimers see other post- to long to retype here.
Fred

soccrdad30 wrote:

Note 2. No entries in the Weathering Category. So, I will get with Alex to see what he would like to do with the FR BNSF PS-2 Hopper.

John... you've got mail. Keep the FR BNSF PS2-cd hopper as a prize for the next contest.