Glancy member Norm Charbonneau's outstanding handiwork.

From:	jkunka@digitas.com	(Thu Feb 10 13:25:32 2005)
Norm: Your work is truly inspiring. I commented on how amazing I thought your personal layout was about 6 months ago and I see that your still creating new buildings and updating your layout. You've totally motivated me in a new direction. Are your buildings completely scratch built or do you start with kits? If scratch built, where do you get all your detail parts, windows. doors. brick work. etc? Your end of the line hotel is great! I look forward to your new additions. Yours truly, Joe Kunka
From:	norm.charbonneau@gmail.com	(Sun Feb 13 20:51:16 2005)
Hi Joe, thanks for the kind words! As for my building efforts, this one here is a kitbash of 3 Lionel Municipal Buildings and a Substation kit. Most of my background buildings on my layout are scratchbuilt along with a couple free-standing structures. For both my hand-built and kitbashed structures, I use stuff out of my junkboxes, Berkshire Valley parts that I snag at P&D, Tichy and Grandt Line windows (3 of which are actually installed upside-down on this building here!), and some Walthers HO rooftop details when I can find them. Hope this helps, good luck with your layout efforts!
From:	Joe Kunka jkunka@digitas.com	(Wed Aug 17 07:24:13 2005)
Hi Norm; I've been admiring your personal layout for some time now and I'm always checking out your site for new additions. I have a few questions I was wondering if you would answer. What are the overall dimensions of your coaling tower, the proportions seem just right and I was thinking of a similar addition to my layout? What materials do you use for the overall construction, I've noticed that it seems to have a texture of some sort. Have you used the same materials and techniques on your other structures? I'll be looking forward to your response and your next photo updates! Thanks, Joe Kunka jkunka@digitas.com
From:	MAC	(Thu Dec 8 14:52:23 2005)
Hi Norm. Your work is something to shoot for..........