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City of Rockridge Time era early 1930's - 1960's A Northwest Missouri town with concrete streets |
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ROCKRIDGE, THE MONKEE MOUNTAIN'S PRIMARY CITY MAIN STREET Rockridge was far from being finished prior to being razed Rockridge was built on my bar for lack of room elsewhere All of the large brick colored structures were scratch built Rubber molds were created using walls from Magnuson kits Using plaster of paris, walls were created, cut and glued together The walls were then spray painted with Krylon red primer Thinned Floquil concrete paint was applied to simulate the brick's mortar All window trim were hand painted. Clear plastic and paper shades were added The walls were then brushed with a coat of black india ink & alcohol The concrete streets were made using Durham Water Putty Durham Water Putty is very slow drying allowing plenty of time to work the streets The sidewalks were made similar to how real sidewalks are made 1/8" thick wood forms were temporarily tacked onto the street Thinned plaster of Paris was then poured into the sidewalk molds Expansion joint lines were scribed in with a dull Xacto knife All concrete items were then painted using Floquil Concrete paint The streets were weathered with black chalk dust The streets were sprayed with Dullcote to seal chalk into position  1
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SASSAN VINEGAR PLANT The Sassan Vinegar Plant was a wood kit that I purchased The unfinished room was designed into the kit It came with plaster vats that had to be painted and decaled Also included was an old wooden vinegar tanker you had to build  1
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KING MIDAS FLOUR MILL The grain elevator tubes were made using PCV piping The pump house on top was scratch built using wood clapboard siding The Port Grain Company (Fig 3) was replaced later with a Walthers kit A Walthers background flour mill (Fig 4) was used due to lack of space  1
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THE ICE HOUSE & SHANTY The Ice House & Platform was scratch built from wood The switchman's shanty was also scratch built from wood A workman can be seen relieving himself in 2 photos The flatcar with the 2 guys on it was inspired by George Sellios  1
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HOBO RESIDENCE & STORAGE The caboose was a Woodland Scenics metal kit The old caboose was taken over by a hobo family The old automobile was one of my plaster cast models I took a freight car and made a hobo's home out of it  1
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INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE COMPANY This is one of my scratch built brick structures  1
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ASSORTED PHOTOS All fences are Central Valley plastic fencing The small abandoned gas station is a Woodland Scenics metal kit My father once owned a Mobil Gas station, reminded me of this one The old freight station was an old IHC plastic kit  1
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