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

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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...

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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. :lol:

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

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Great work as always Howard! :)

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Howard what a nice piece! I love the colors and the flatie.
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VERY nice. Could you take a photo next to a quarter or something to give us an idea of the size? Thanks - Paul
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