First, here is the town from an aerial view. The buildings are mostly Woodlands Scenics, assembled and painted painstakingly. Some are pre-built and painted buildings acquired from train shows.
Awaiting the opening! The lamppost is Woodland Scenics as well, made of pewter and hand-painted. The people came in bulk from China. The sidewalk is an interesting story...the areas where the buildings are were islands of 1/4" foam with gaps for the roads. I used a few different materials to fill in the road, starting with WS Smooth-It System. I didn't care for it, it left a lot of lumps and gaps so I filled in with gypsum and then first used a flat chisel and then sandpaper to smooth it down. I left enough of the foam to form the curbside. The lines were made with paint pend purchased at Michael's. The road was painted with WS Asphalt paint. The sidewalks were first painted with WS Concrete but it didn't look realistic. I repainted with WS Stone Grey and then dry-brush stippled white paint onto the gray to give it the worn pavement look. It was tedious work.
Once the base work was done, my dad positioned the buildings and glued them in place. He glued in the small detail features, including dumpsters and fire hydrants that were Shapeways 3D-printed items. He also placed the people and telephone poles. We may or may not put thread between the poles at some point but now we let imagination do the work.
The drive-in on the lower left of the above photo was originally on a base. My dad removed the base. It was very painstaking work but the end result works.
We have used up our Metal Works cars and now need to order plastic cars because Metal Works' selection is pretty much exhausted and it's getting expensive to get them.
It's always summer in Mina County! Even in the dead of January.
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