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Check out my model railroad
Check out my model railroad
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NevinW
Member since
January 2001
From: Nevada
825 posts
Check out my model railroad
Posted by
NevinW
on Sunday, February 6, 2005 7:29 AM
Finally I have some pictures of my model railroad! Eric Hannsmann who is extremely knowledgble about area railroads took the pictures last year and they are now posted on the Mon Valley Model Railroad club website:
http://community.wvu.edu/~ewh001/MVRRC/nevin.htm
Since the pictures have been taken, considerable detailing and painting of the backdrops has been completed. The old football stadium is my next project. The railroad that it is based on is now a biketrail thru downtown Morgantown and many of the buildings are still intact. My philosophy has been to find and kitbash commercial structures to resemble the actual structures with plans to go back and redo them with more specific buildings when I have the time. The benchwork is somewhat different in that it is a true shelf using heavyduty shelf components, salvaged hollow core doors on top and a layer of blue foam over the joints. No legs and it was completed in a weekend. The only mistake that I really regret so far was not prewiring the frogs for polarity control - relying on the points alone to conduct electricity is a big mistake. [:(!] Anyone with easy ideas on how to correct this problem, let me know! It looks like it is going to be lots of work. I bought a new camera and I'll post some more photos when I get the chance.
Let me know what you think. - Nevin
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hminky
Member since
January 2003
From: Dover, DE
1,313 posts
Posted by
hminky
on Sunday, February 6, 2005 7:52 AM
Nevin,
Looks real good, nice modeling.
Harold
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steveblackledge
Member since
November 2002
From: GB
973 posts
Posted by
steveblackledge
on Sunday, February 6, 2005 1:14 PM
Nevin, it looks bob on the mark to me, i like the corrugated buildings
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grayfox1119
Member since
August 2003
From: Cherry Valley, Ma
3,674 posts
Posted by
grayfox1119
on Sunday, February 6, 2005 1:21 PM
Excellent job Nevin!!! You have real talent !!
Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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