The Idaho Hotel is another "Signature Building On The "New" JJJ&E. I built this advanced kit over 12 years ago and this building is very distinguished with its corrugated metal roof. It took me over 14 hours to finish and weather this structure.
Three techniques were used to weather the Idaho Hotel. I used washes of acrylic paint and blue windshield wiper solution to weather the building ( 20% paint and 80% blue windshield wiper solution ). I also used the Bragdon Weathering powders to weather the building ( See Photo # 6 ). The third technique I used was to dry brush highlights in certain areas of the building. The "Dry Brush" technique was extensively used on the corrugated metal roof.
Bar Mills issued this kit in N scale as a limited run of 250 kits. There is actually an Idaho Hotel in the state of Idaho with very similar characteristics. This kit can still be found on Ebay form time to time and makes a nice additional to any N scale layout.
The Idaho Hotel occupies a prominent place in the town of San Marino, right adjacent to the double track mainline which runs through the center of town. The San Marino Santa Fe "style" station is right next to the Idaho Hotel. Passengers don't have far to go to get excellent accommodations in San Marino when regularly scheduled passenger trains make their stop in town. ( See Photo's # 1, # 1A, # 2 & # 4 ).
Photo # 2 A UP #3985 "Challenger" is on the inner mainline track directly in front of the Idaho Hotel in the center of San Marino. Some of the residents of San Marino live in the hotel. |
Photo # 8 An old time classic photo of the Idaho Hotel in the center of San Marino. |
Photo # 9 An old "Platinum" B&W photo of a UP #3985 "Challenger" on the the inner mainline track. The Idaho Hotel is in the near background. |
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