I kind of miss painting

I've done all my pulps, and we seem to have all we need.   I miss painting.  It's very relaxing.    Need to get something.   Hmmm.   I could tidy up some bases and some of the overtly splotchy dip spots I guess.  I do have that townhouse model to put together. 

Terrible Buildings

I finally went through my old train box and fished out the usable buildings.  I washed them down and glued them together.   Some were mine when I was a boy (mid 70's), some were my older brother's (mid 60's).    They are all pretty bad.   They are cheap, old and in bad shape.

 Group 1:  a poorly assembled freight station, signal tower and factory.

Group 2:  a beaten-up savings and loan and a cheap motel.  The motel looks far worse in person than it does in the picture.  It was of pink plastic and my 12 year old self painted it yellow with poster paint, which is all thick and gloppy.  It also is poorly aligned in its assembly.

Group 3, small passenger station and platform.   This one isn't too bad, other than being 40 years old and deteriorated.