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This page contains photos of our restoration project in Brookford, NC (most recent photos on top):

	Before and after scenes as of May 2008
	Recent restorations as of the end of 2007
	Scenes with restoration completed in the Fall of 2007
	'Brookford Blitz' on April 17, 2007
	Some of the first scenes we restored in late 2006 and early 2007
	Grand Reopening on November 11-12, 2006
	Selected individual scenes at the beginning of the project
	Overall photos at the beginning of the project

These photos show our progress with selected scenes as of May 2008. You can see just how much difference a little cleanup can do with a scene. And the cleanup can be done in your own workshop. Jim Allen did his at home. We will furnish not only the scene components to be restored, but also photos of how it looked 'before' to guide you in your restoration. Just contact Gil Brauch or Carl Wessel if you are interested, or just drop an email to .

Jim Allen transformed this building into the outstanding looking Rexall Drugs scene as shown below.	The skating rink was not only 'grungy' looking, but it didn't work.	The rather seedy looking theater district takes on a whole new look after restoration as shown below.
The original building was pretty non-descript, so we decided to add some character to it -- a process we usually don't follow, but it suited this purpose.	After restoration, not only does it look better, but the skaters now merrily circle about on the rink.	We were able to get pretty close to the original with this one, although finding all the right 'little people' remains quite a challenge.

 

 

Here are some scenes completed at the end of 2007. The top picture in each pair is "Before" and the bottom is "After" restoration. Click on thumbnails for larger versions.

 

 

 

These scenes had restoration completed in the Fall of 2007. The top picture of each pair is "Before" and the bottom is "After" restoration. Click on thumbnails for larger versions.

 

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Here are some overall photo shots of the layout as it existed as of June 2006. Click on thumbnails for larger versions.

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These photos show some of the individual scenes on the layout as they existed before restoration. Click on thumbnails for larger versions.

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These are some scenes of our Grand Re-opening on November 11-12, 2006:

Wade Warren's wife surveys progress on the layout while a little visitor points out something of interest to her mommy.

More visitors checking things out.

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Folks hard at work during the 'Brookford Blitz' on March 17th, 2007. Click on thumbnails for larger pictures.

 

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Here are some photos the first scenes that we restored in late 2006 and early 2007. The top pictures of each set are before. Click on thumbnails for larger pictures.

 

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