"clang, clang, clang" went the trolley...or streetcar...

Post by **Lucy** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:59 pm

The tracks are a great touch. The base looks great. I love the motorman too.

Post by **Lee** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:35 pm

Howard,
Wonderful as usual!
Lee

Post by **Howard** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 6:44 pm

good evening...

painted the "motorman flattie" today...he's still mounted on a painting stick waiting to dry thoroughly...

i'll add a couple of thin coats of clear spray when i spray all the other trolley parts...

the rest of the project is in the "paint shop" right now...it's going to be colorful...

my very best regards...

howard...

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Post by **Howard** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 7:52 am

greetings to all...

here's a quick picture of the window inserts and the sign...more about the art for the passengers in the windows later...

still painting on the rest of the trolley parts...

my very best regards...howard...

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Post by **Lucy** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 2:27 pm

Howard,
I love the passengers in the windows and look forward to the story about them. But I have to say that there is one problem with this project - I can't get the song out of my head. Everywhere I go I find myself singing "Clang, Clang, Clang" went the trolley.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful artistic endeavors with us even if the song stays a little longer than intended.
Lucy

Post by **Howard** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:13 pm

good afternoon...

here's the finished trolley...i added a couple of coats of clear gloss spray after the paint dried...

the trolley passengers art for the windows was buried deep in a file in an obscure toy train forum...i tried to copy the link...but wasn't successful...so i saved the image and sized them in a word type document...

as with all projects i see things i'll do differently next time...this one is no exception...

now...back to making a little house...hope to post soon...it's another one sized to fit in with all the other "pack-o-fun" houses...

my very best regards...howard...

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Post by **Lucy** » Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:46 pm

I love the trolley and the passengers. So nice. I wondered about the holes on the sides when you were showing us the initial stages. I thought maybe you had tacked it together with a brad tacker. Now I see it is for the handles to climb on board.

Your trolley just makes you happy to look at it. Thank you.

Lucy