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I finally had a full complement of soldiers to fill a wagon. I thought it was a good idea so I glued them all in. Well measure twice cut once applies to weight. The wagon weighs in at 13.8 oz. astonishing my white metal simplex can manage it on straight and level track.
Arriving late at this party... the level of work is admirable really! Now you need to add a couple of 1/48 aircraft and you are set (my other part of the hobby).
Great scenes Larry. Both the model & prototype photos. We are lucky these days, so much info is readily available on the Web. Curious about the 2 lines in the prototype. One with the troops, the sleepers are clearly exposed. The other one they're buried. Or is that not a railway line ?