Dan D. Sparks

San Diego Electric Railway Brill #9

 Modeled from an old c1961 brass model.


1. The Starting Point: A LMB Old Time Trolley. Stripped and detailed.

2. Painting.

3. Decals.

4. Installing a Stanton Drive

5. Adding Figures

6. Lighting

7. Where I should have put the headlight

8. Historical reenactment

9. On the layout


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