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Enough messing around. It's time to finish up the last blank spot on The Hills Line... the Stutsman Warehouse and Corporate Office. The warehouse itself is a multi-level, multi-structure building that's interconnected at a variety of angles, all taking up seven feet of linear space, or roughly one-third of the Hills portion of the layout. … Continue reading Stutsman Warehouse: The Core
I've probably built more power poles for The Hills Line than all of my other past layouts combined. It makes sense for a few reasons. The prototype works in a lot more industrial area than previous ones. Plus due to its history as an electric interurban it would make sense that electrical lines would follow … Continue reading High Voltage
My friend Alex is a genius. Seriously. For those that don't know, he's the man behind the design of the popular portable auger kit available from MiniPrints. He worked with my friend and fellow Iowa Interstate modeler Scott Thornton to develop the product and bring it to market. Since then, he's gone on to assist … Continue reading Three-Dimensional Genius
Final touches on the southern portion of Eldon C. Stutsman, Inc. in Hills, Iowa. I owe a lot of credit on this project to my friend Murray Bouschlicher for providing me reference images of the complex. Those photos served as my guide for the prototype layout to best replicate it on The Hills Line. There's … Continue reading Truly Complex
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