I am planning a G scale RR and will be working on the first module this winter.Part of it will have an "Old West " theme starting with a Hollywood style movie set.Future modules will be made as time and money allows.I am 72 now and a little late to be starting such a big project but ah what the hell so far I am healthy and I think that I still have most of my marbles.If I never complete the whole RR then each module will tell an interesting story by itself or could become part of some other person's RR someday.
Once Upon a time.........
My photobucket:
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
I am a man of few words but lots of pics
I quit drinking beer because the download was taking longer than the upload !
dont worry about losing your marbles i lost my mind a long time ago and i dont miss it none.
keep us posted and good luck
Ed
When I read about the evils of drinking I quit reading.
Thank you Ed ! I will post a pic.
As was often done in the movies I have used an HO model for forced perspective.
I am getting a little tired of making fences so I have started to do some serious research on old west facades and buildings and their construction techniques.I will for the first two make the whole building as it will serve two purposes that of a facade and an actual dressing rooms for the actors.I first plan just to do the exteriors and use a sign to indicate what they are "Actors Dressing Rooms."I will light them behind curtains and shades only but leave access to the interiors if I later want to add furnishings.I am already planning a second module, to be screwed to this one, containing the facades only.(next winter's project)Old west stuff seems to be pretty simple construction with few exterior decorations but lots of doors and windows, which is actually a plus for storyboarding using signs and stuff in the windows and doors for example.
This is the beginnings of my saloon/actors dressing rooms building.
looks great but i wish your pictures were bigger
Sorry Ed,I don't know why as I am no computer whiz.Posting to other sites seems ok ?
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Thanks Svein , Cheers! John.
looks great im takin notes being a newbie at this
Due to circumstances beyond my control I will be posting my stuff here on the GR forum.Why ? it's complicated ! Cheers John.
I see some sort of curved roof in the bottom of the picture is that a dinner or a home built RR car ?
It is an old railway car as depicted in the opening scene of the movie "once upon a time in the west" I will post more pics of this later.
I am doing a modified version of this.
This is a photo of a old west building that I an using for reference,very simple construction.
Sorry for the double post ,I am still trying to post bigger pics.
I want to try something different with this diorama by adding some audio/visual stuff myself.This time the storyline will be presented in a little different way.Instead of step by step pictures accompanied by an audio text as planned by the museum ,this time I plan to do my own .Just a few short years ago this option was not available to me but with all the miniaturization of electronics today and the relatively cheap price I think that it could quite easily be done.These two saloon boxes will be used to house the electronics and diorama lighting equipment.Facing outwards I plan to install either slides or scenes from the movie itself with good quality miniature speakers,if I can get permission to do so from the copyright holders otherwise I will have to come up with a plan 'B'.It will be a donation to a museum for educational purposes or for my own private use so maybe I will get lucky.Plan 'B' will probably be to contact a few individuals that I see on You Tube and get their permission to use their videos and music.Sounds like fun,something different for a change.
Hi grims! actually it is a homebuilt RR car,highly modified from a Backmann and made up to look like the car from the opening scene from the movie "Once Upon A Time In The West".
Howdy,
Only thing I might add...Since you are in your 70s..Im 67...I would suggest that you build an elevated RR. about 2 ft off the ground..gets kinda tuff with the knees and bi-focals at ground level when one is trien to re-rail the crummy..
...Man...your model making is really cool...
Regards,
Zak
Keep On Railroad'n..............
Hi Zak ! thanks,I am building the indoor portion first and then move outdoors later on.That's the dream anyway and thanks for the info. Cheers ! John.
This is the start of a HO old west model town that I am doing as a theme park in this module.
I am planning 3 different modules for this piece.The G scale part will be finished in detail and weathered like an old abandoned movie set or ghost town.The HO scale part will be a removable module of an old west town and modeled to look like a model,in other words not as detailed or lifelike.The N scale part will be an add on module, fastened to one side of the perimeter, but I haven't yet decided which one.It will be an operating ,shelf type, old west train layout made to look like a G scale train(in real life) with G scale figures wandering through it.There will also be a old west movie poster area and a G scale area for a couple of fake horses.The horses will be hollowed out to look like paper mache ones with a sign nearby saying "Don't feed the horses",fake horses were often used as props in old west movies.
This piece has now evolved into a theme park idea (circa 1960's) It is a fantasy piece using lots of artistic license.( but isn't that what movies and models are all about,a suspension of your own disbelief ?) The core story is still about the Italian director Sergio Leone and his love of the western genre and it is dedicated to his memory.
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