I know that this is a little out of my neighborhood, but I couldn’t resist this. There was a paper stock HO scale file online that I located (not copyrighted) so I printed it out and built it. The shell underneath is black foam core board and the image is printed onto 110lb. cardstock with my HP inkjet.

Anyway, it turned out decent and I will use it. There is a motel attached to it- the property is in downtown Chicago. Here is the site for the real property:

http://ohiohousemotel.com/

And here is the PDF file: http://rail.habersack.com/paper

Here is the cardstock and foam board model:

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. There were a few things that I was looking for to go atop of my building for the railroad. I saw a few things around that fit the bill.

What’s here? Two LEGO bricks, a wood skewer from a party favor, two FunFoam marshmallows, a cologne bottle. The roof is foam core, the building is Plexiglas covered with illustration board and striped with auto pin striping tape. Is it perfect? No but it does the job.