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New In-ko-pah RR photos; Bridge const; other info

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 13, 2008 4:39 PM

 

Very well done Ray!  I really love it. The layout is just the style I like Lots of rocks and that mountain feel to it.

 

Jeff Tice

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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Friday, June 13, 2008 12:22 PM
Thanks! I'm planning to use real stone to build the depot, using basically the same technique I used on the bridges.

 Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!
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Posted by vsmith on Friday, June 13, 2008 9:05 AM

Ray you got to stop posting these, every time I open your website, my lower jaw falls out, hits the floor and its not a pretty site me reinsterting it again...

Outstanding work, I am absolutly amazed with each new addition. Are you going to jigstone the station?

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Posted by enginear on Friday, June 13, 2008 8:57 AM

I second that, very nice, Joe P.

I may have to move the RR outside even sooner!

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 13, 2008 1:38 AM

Very nice Sir !!!!

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New In-ko-pah RR photos; Bridge const; other info
Posted by Ray Dunakin on Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:31 PM
I just finished uploading some new stuff to my website, including several new photos of the recent additions to the In-ko-pah Railroad.

The first several photos show the lower level of Cora Canyon, where the last major construction of the mainline was finished. The newest features are the two large stone arch bridges, and the permanent site for the water tower. There's also a couple sharper photos of the hoist and headframe of the Cliffside Mine, to replace the earlier photos which were of lesser quality. And there's an newer overview taken from the roof of our house.

I also added a couple pages of instructions for building my stone arch bridges; a page on disguising electrical junction boxes on the layout; and a preliminary design for my first major structure, the Dos Manos depot.

I used an old 3D program to rough out the design of the depot and rendered a couple images, with textures to approximate the materials that will be used. The next step will be to construct a scale mockup out of foam core, to see how well the depot will fit into its surroundings.

My website is http://www.raydunakin.com

Or use this url to go directly to the In-ko-pah RR page:

http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/In-ko-pah_Railroad.html

Enjoy!

 Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!

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