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Mini Meet, March 10, 2013 - Show and Tell Display


Bay City: A Free-mo Module.

Bay City is a fictional city located somewhere on the west coast and is set in the late 1920's.

Bay City is a Free-mo module in HO Scale and was built by Peter Bouma. It was started 4 years ago and took approximately 2000+/- hours to complete. it consists of 28 craftsman type structure kits as well as 4 scratch built structures. There is a brick warehouse which was purchased used and all else was built by Peter. The vehicles are Jordan kits with the exception of 10 Athearn autos. The figures are by Woodland Scenics and Preiser. Most of the detail parts are cast metal which have been painted. The 4 structures are lit by LED lights with electrical help from Dave Chomyn and Murray Larson.

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