Turtle Field Railroad N scale Layout.

[Anonymous]

Truly amazing!

[Bubule]

Many thank's Ulrich !!

Here is a view of the structure of the second face. It is a lateral one, so it's have heavy reinforcement crosses like on the prototype.



And here is second view of the first face :

[Bubule]

HD Video update ... in (poor) english, but you will seen the shape comming slowly ... :D

 

[Bubule]

Here are the lastest photo :

 

[Bubule]

Here is the first test in place on the layout : You will see the connection to light rail Bridge, and how the main lin leave the foreground to staging trougth the base of the building.

[Anonymous]

You must be a professional model builder!

Gawd, this leaves me in awe!

[Bubule]

 

UP FEF 3 at work today :

[Blazzin]

  Hello there!  I wanted to express how impressed I am in looking at your thread.  I'd like to point out to others as well,  this is N scale and N scale is no easy task.  I can see myself studying your pics as well as re-reading your posts.  I personally enjoy looking at other modelers works.  It gives me added inspiration.  I model with N scale and do my best to Scratch Build many of my buildings.  Finding solutions on how to build something is the part I like best.  Studying your pics I get insight.  Thank you and please continue to post .. especially on how something is done.  I love it.

[Bubule]

Hello all.

Today installation of the first track of the turntable. Here is the first test :

I have modified the look the walthers turntable : Weathering of the pit, painting hand rails and cab, Rio Grande decalcs :

[Bubule]

This morning the turntable have been weathered :

[Bubule]

 Lots of work remain !

Here the first parts of the roundhouse interior. I have design the elements with some photo of real interior of modern roundhouse.

Lots of these elements are scratch built to fit the photo and the atmosphere i want to represent.

First is the access platform. It's made with evergreen *** and strip, handrails by plastruct :



Painted, and in place :




Some interior stuff :







Here is work bench in place with some details :



Finally all the elements realized yesterday :

 

 

I still have a lot of stuff to realize to complete the interior. Roundhouses are big structure and the interior is very visible from the outside, so I need to build so many elements … I need courage!

[EMD.Don]

Bubule

 

Oh my...this is great work! Well detailed and really adds life to the overall scene. Nice stuff!

Happy modeling!

Don.

[Bubule]

Thank you !

Some more details for the round house :





It is made with plastic :





To be continued . . .

[Anonymous]

Great stuff, Monsieur Bubule!

[Bubule]

Thanks Ulrich !

 Here is the most difficult part of the bridge crane building : The hoist dolly.

Very small parts to realize, and need to bee zen for the putting together.







Here a view with a thumb to see the size :



The all bridge :

 

  Here is the most difficult part of the bridge crane building : The hoist dolly.

 

Very small parts to realize, and need to bee zen for the putting together.

 

 

 

Here a view with a thumb to see the size :

 

 

The all bridge :

 

 

[EMD.Don]

Top notch details! I am enjoying following your work.

Regards,

Don.

[Bubule]

Thank you don !

 

 Here is the construction of the hook. The pieces :



    The hook putted together and in place on the hoist dolly :



    Realization of the lifting ring :



    The hoist dolly in place with the hook and lift bar and ring :



    Electric cabinet :

  


    Adding structure details like tension rods, gussets and anchor plates.



    The overview :




    I need to had some more details before painting, like electric feeders. More to come.

[Anonymous]

Bubule - are you a professional watch maker?

One has to be reminded that this is N scale. The amount of fine detail is incredible!

[Bubule]

Thank's a lot Ulrich.

I'm Electric and automation Technician. Far from Watchmaking

I think realizing a watch is far more difficult than building this bridge !!

[Bubule]

Here the last post on the crane bridge. Here is the crane in place on roundhouse contrete :

[Anonymous]

An absolutely smashing job, Bubule!

[Bubule]

Thank you Ulrich !

Here is an udpate video :

 

[Bubule]

Hello all work on the  light-rail station :

Painting the platform, scratch building the shelters in serial of Four, Implantation test :

 

 

 

 

[Anonymous]

Anyone still thinking N scale does not offer sufficient detail should take a close look at what you are doing here!

[Colorado Ray]

Great work on the RTD light rail platforms!  I take the RTD Light Rail to and from work each day.  Your platforms are exactly like those at my Colorado and I-25 station.

Ray

[Bubule]

Many thanks, Ulrich and Ray !

Ray your comment is very important for me. I never gone to Denver and i work only on photos and to have the feeling of people who use the line like you is a great gift : Thank you Ray !

Here is the weathering of the concrete :

 

 

 

 

 

[Santa Fe all the way!]

Enjoying your work so very much! Look forward to each update. 

[luvadj]

A very nice layout Jean-François. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more posts....

[Bubule]

Many thank's for your kind comments !

Here is the prototype of the RTD light rail that inspire me the construction of the velicules for my own line.

I have built new bodys to fit on arnold GT6 duewag chassis :

And here is the test run video, at the end of the video you will see the engine displayed on the futur line on the layout :

 Here is view of the unit :

 

["JaBear"]

Gidday Jean-Francois, while as the builder you are not so happy with your engine, I would be over the moon if I could manage something similar.

Your engines compare very well with the prototype photo and besides as you say you still have to add the number board, glazing and possibly lights. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, the Bear.