Hey Dave,
That is pretty cool, I didn't know such a childrens book was around, I'll have to look into it, I'd like to read that one....er, ah, I mean to my Grandson, yah, thats it, too my Grandson!
Red Horse:
Somehow your photo and the general idea reminds me of a book I read and enjoyed as a kid, about a family that bought an old trolley car, ran it as far the rails went, and then took down the pole and made it into their house
Knowing what I know now, I suspect this book was something of a ripoff of the famous Boxcar Children series of kiddie books. But I loved the idea of living in a trolley car as a kid. And not far east of Galesburg IL along the former Santa Fe line I used to pass a house that had a BN caboose in the front yard - maybe a kid's playhouse?
Anyway. A bit of an internet search found this:
Eleanor Clymer, author of the beloved Trolley Car Family, died on March 31, 2001 at the age of 95. Although The Trolley Car Family (published in 1947) may have been Mrs. Clymer's best-loved work, it certainly wasn't her only story-she published 58 books between 1943 and 1983, including The Tiny Little House (1967), My Brother Stevie (1967), and Hamburgers--and Ice Cream for Dessert (1975). Born Eleanor Lowenton on January 7, 1906, Mrs. Clymer graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1928 with a degree in English. She then married journalist Kinsey Clymer, and she is survived by her son Adam, who writes for The New York Times.
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Dave Nelson
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
After reading the comments I went back and looked at my scene and it does need some weathering for sure, now once I figure out how to do that I will repost 1 pic of the finished product...thanks everyone!....Hummmm, less growth on the roof and more rust....I can do that!
Happy rails.
Red, over all it looks pretty darn good. I like the BBQ as well! But I as well think the caboose should have been weathered. Look into using chalk, easy to use and do not need a air brush. Ivey looks top notch!
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
OK, I've got a couple of comments. First, you are going in the right direction, so take these next ones as constructive critisims. (sp?)
Two things that I can think of that I personally think would make the scene look better, but it may be too late to do them now. 1- I would have weathered the caboose some, and 2- I'm not sure if I would have used as much Ivy climbing up the car and on the roof as you did.
Just my
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Coming along nicely Red Horse!
I'd say that your IQ is right on target!
That is.....your Imagination Quotient.
That is all you need to keep your Imagineering going forward and you have no lack of it!
Are the burgers ready yet? I can smell them grilled from here...
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Track Work...Hummm, I have to have tracks...geez, now this is getting complicated, that means my train will have to only go where the tracks are...dang it!, I knew there would be a catch to this.
Atually, I need one more remote left turn out and I'll be able to join my tracks up, until then, I have an 8 mouse team pulling it where ever it wants to go!
From what I've been learning here I'm dreading the ballast work.
I just heard from the wife who is away at Fox woods Native Casino in Ct. and she said she won a couple hundred so looks like I'll have some cash for the layout, she wants to contribute to the one thing that will keep me out of her hair when I retire, I told her the bigger my layout come retirement the longer I'll be busy and out of her way....Ha ha ha ha !
Thanks for the comments, good or bad I need to at least see progress!!!
Hows the trackwork coming?
IT dosn't just look GOOD, it looks GREAT!
Modeling the N&W freelanced at the height of their steam era in HO.
Daniel G.
OK, I'm getting brave here, I want to post some pics of my latest kit bash, I had two Burlington Northern Cabooses shipped to me from an eBay win, one had two broken trucks and 3 sets of wheels so I recycled the bad one as an alternative housing unit.
This is the good one, but the bad one looked very well also.
Next I needed a yard for what was to become my HO hide away, I used logs for the foundation.
I wanted a unique wall around the yard so I'm using terracotta slabs.
Here is a look at the main arch way leading onto the property.
Heres one of the creeping Ivy that has made its home on my Caboose Cabin and my walls.
And no Summer place would be right with out the BBQ Pit!
I had so much fun making this kit bash, it took 5 hours from start to finish.
I hope my skills are coming along.
Thanks for looking, it isn't perfect but it is a nice little place.