caldreamer Where in Colroado will your railroad be set? I model the BNSF Pikes Peak Sub, Denver to Pueblo.. Caldreamer
Where in Colroado will your railroad be set? I model the BNSF Pikes Peak Sub, Denver to Pueblo..
Caldreamer
My layout is protolanced. But imagine Central City and westwards.
The concept is that the M&K & E built a tramway north of Georgetown, and became a part of the D&RGW in WW2.
Swedish Custom painter and model maker. My Website:
My Railroad
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Since your railroad is just west of mine, would you like to "interchange" traffic?
caldreamer Since your railroad is just west of mine, would you like to "interchange" traffic?
That could be fun.
OK, consider the interchange agreement signed. What products will you be shipping and receiving?
caldreamer OK, consider the interchange agreement signed. What products will you be shipping and receiving? Caldreamer
I think it's easier to do this over email?
OK. sent you a PM.
Ira
Hi all!
I felt a bit creative today, so I decided to paint some more on the backdrop.
The backdrop at this section is almost 2' behind the scenery.
I think that'll give a good 3D effect.
Very nice Graffen. It just keeps getting better and better. Keep up your excellent work.
Joe
Tested my scratchbuilt turntable.
Hi Graff,
The turntable is beautiful, even without all the details. It looks like it runs very smoothly as well.
Have you considered showing some pictures of how you built it?
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I made a small video on the state of the layout build.
Turntable installed.
Finally a locomotive in the engine house.
I've started on the trees.
Definitely going to need a LOT of trees for the layout....
Some new pics.
C-25 at the engine house.
K-27 filling water.
The town of Holy Cross.
The mining company presidents residence.
The scenes are wonderful! I particularly like the engine house. I will be scratchbuilding a two stall engine house and you have given me lots of ideas.
Installed lights in some of the buildings today.
The General store.
The Pool hall.
The Bordello.
It is great with LED lights.
I installed lights in more of the buildings and connected them on the layout.
Now I'll have to see what else needs lights.
Graff,
The interior lighting and details are excellent! I hope that I have your patience when I get to that stage.
hon30critter Graff, The interior lighting and details are excellent! I hope that I have your patience when I get to that stage. Dave
I installed the new lights over my layout today.
I use 6 W LED bulbs with 2 feet gaps in between them.
It's a LOT brighter now!
Tested the new turnout control. I'm really satisfied.
What are you using for turnout motors and how are you controlling them? I'm still trying to decide between servos and Tortoises.
Thanks,
hon30critter Hi Graff, What are you using for turnout motors and how are you controlling them? I'm still trying to decide between servos and Tortoises. Thanks, Dave
Hi Dave, I use micro servos from Tower pro.
The control system I use is actually a Swedish product from MGP (Möllehems GårdsProduktion).
It's extremely versatile.
I made some utility poles today.
It's an Auhagen kit.
I installed them temporary on the layout.
I will add E-Z line later.
I made a retaining wall out of Depron foam that I scribed with a pencil before painting it with gesso and some paint.
I glued it in place with hot glue.
I surrounded it with my homemade Sculptamold.
The stone wall looks great! So do the telephone poles.
Thanks Dave!
I made a bridge for the road to the tunnel.
3D printed sides and cardboard/wood subframe.
I've just graveled the road, so the bridge is a little wet ...
Sylvan car I also built recently.
I've painted part of the fascia, it looks so much better in black.
Then I found an oil pump on Thingiverse that I printed on my resin printer last night. I'll see if it can be motorized.
Painted the new rockwork today.
WS pigments.
I have now soaked the surface with diluted Modpodge so I can add the black/raw umber wash.
I built a Timberline kit I had in the stash.
The Hardware store:
An old kit with some small faults.
I had to true up the walls, as they were leaning and too wide.
The shop windows, built from wood strips and plastic castings were a challenge as the templates were wrong and the windows too wide to get a good fit....
But it turned out pretty good.
I added the awning as I didn't plan to have a lot of interior in this one.
Needs some details, then it's finished.
The layout is ready for more work.
I've cleared out everything non-essential from the train room, which gave me a little bit better overview of how to proceed.
I've got me some electrical work to do before I continue with the track laying.