Thanks again for the link.
I will have to read it. Where did you get the plans?
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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Thanks Wolfgang, if you look at my previous post in this thread with the image of the interior wall there is a link to the build thread I am working on which will give you all the details up to the point I am at with it now.
Karl.A
Thanks Tom
The red plastic one is, I think, an Atlas. I will have to look tonight when I get home. The Railyard models realy upped the ante on cast resin kits. They do take some time to assemble though. Hopefully it can get into the paint shop tonight.
Dan Pikulski
Great roof!
I'm curious about the whole building.
Thank you for the reply Ken, I appreciate it. Part of the roof for the structure....
(put your hat back on, your head will get cold.)
DJ I Like your roads !!!!
My "concrete" roads are cardstock such as is used for cereal boxes. I cut and install with construction adhesive. I paint the road with houshold latex. I draw cracks with a black ball point pen. I add striping. Shoulders are fine ballast.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
John, I've also used foam core for some of my roads. I used a plastic bucket to make curved roads, styrene or foam core. Draw the outside curve, measure from that around the curve on the inside, draw the inside curve and cut it out with scissors or utility knife. This road makes a left hand 90 deg. curve on the other side of the bridge. DJ.
Grampys Trains Thank you, John, I do appreciate it. In my opinion, I gave up on trying to get texture. I've settled on styrene,(from for sale signs), painted grimy black, and weathered with powdered gray sidewalk chalk. As to derailments, only operator caused ones. DJ.
Thank you, John, I do appreciate it. In my opinion, I gave up on trying to get texture. I've settled on styrene,(from for sale signs), painted grimy black, and weathered with powdered gray sidewalk chalk. As to derailments, only operator caused ones. DJ.
That's interesting. I've used styrene for straight city streets with good results but couldn't figure out how to cut the styrene to allign the curves properly on rural roads. What is your method for doing this?
John
Grampy ... Your Pennsy looks better each weekend! ...
TomKat 13 ... I have been admiring your Hawk Point, MO scene each time you post it. Just for fun, I have included our common grain box car, CB&Q 52659, in the following picture. I took the liberty of routing your car of grain to my flour mill. The flour mill has reloaded the car with flour, and next the car is headed to a bakery. ... Cheers.
Thanks again, Grampy. I do feel I have a knack for the nature scenes but when it comes to the man made elements, my works just doesn't measure up. One thing that really impresses me is your roadways. They always seem to be neat and smooth. Mine are so rough that if my HO drivers actually had to drive on them, the guy who sells shock absorbers would be a millionaire. I've tried a number of techniques and have gotten some good advice that has helped, but I still haven't done a road that I was really happy with. I'm getting better at it but still not very good. Another thing that impresses me about your layout is your track work. It seems to be well laid and neatly ballasted. I'm going to guess that derailments are a rare occurance on your railroad.
Keep those pictures coming. They are a source of inspiration to a lot of us.John
Very fine modeling Dan, especially when compared to that red plastic hopper.
Great job on the model and nice pictures too!!
Tom
je, don't sell yourself short. That drive in scene looks pretty darn good, to me. It looks like you have a pretty good handle on scenery. DJ.
Moving cars arround the MFA siding at Hawk Point Mo.
Hawthorne Village 0n30 engine repainted and lettered for the wife's Christmas village layout.
Chuck
Grand River & Monongah Railroad and subsidiary Monongah Railway
Grampys Trains Driline, these backdrops are also available from Scenic Express. They are all taken in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area. Here's a few more. Very nicely done, jecorbett. DJ.
Driline, these backdrops are also available from Scenic Express. They are all taken in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area. Here's a few more. Very nicely done, jecorbett. DJ.
Thanks, Grampy. That's quite a compliment coming from you, but when I look at your scenery, it sometimes makes me want to take a sledgehammer to what I've done. You stuff is what I aspire to but rarely achieve.
Good Morning! Very very nice work everyone. I haven't posted anything in quit awhile because of work, But i am working on a area in the layout of a salvage yard. I will post some pics of it this afternoon, Just wanted to congratulate everyone on the nice work.
Ukguy, you got to be kidding! Wiring? Either my standards are to low, or you have just way to much time on your hands! Either way I take my hat off to you.
Impressed Ken
I hate Rust
jecorbettDriline, I wanted to correct a couple of things I told you yesterday. After doing a google search, it appears to me Duquesne Quick Copy Inc. is just the printer for Realistic Backgrounds but not the company that actually sells them. Their company name is on the back of the backgrounds but I think they are just a contractor for the seller of these backgrounds. Here is one source for these backgrounds. . http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/SearchResults.asp As you can see, there are only two Appalachian mountain scenes not three. I think I cropped one of the that gave me the impression they offer three of these. As you can see, these two could be matched up indefinitely to make as long a range of background ridges as you like. With foreground hills in front of them, it probably wouldn't be two obvious. I've used three in this area of the layout and have them in several other places with plans for more. Here's another place I used one. I also forgot that in addition to their mountain and industrial backdrops, I have two of their very fine cityscapes. I agree with you that these are some of the best backdrops available but unfortunately, their selection is more limited than other company's offerings.
Driline, I wanted to correct a couple of things I told you yesterday. After doing a google search, it appears to me Duquesne Quick Copy Inc. is just the printer for Realistic Backgrounds but not the company that actually sells them. Their company name is on the back of the backgrounds but I think they are just a contractor for the seller of these backgrounds.
Here is one source for these backgrounds. .
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/SearchResults.asp
As you can see, there are only two Appalachian mountain scenes not three. I think I cropped one of the that gave me the impression they offer three of these. As you can see, these two could be matched up indefinitely to make as long a range of background ridges as you like. With foreground hills in front of them, it probably wouldn't be two obvious. I've used three in this area of the layout and have them in several other places with plans for more. Here's another place I used one.
I also forgot that in addition to their mountain and industrial backdrops, I have two of their very fine cityscapes. I agree with you that these are some of the best backdrops available but unfortunately, their selection is more limited than other company's offerings.
Thanks for the great info. Modeltrainstuff is my favorite Online hobby store. I just checked them out. I can get ALL 9 scenes plus shipping for around $80 dollars. Plus its on sale. Since my layout does not have foreground scenes per se; since its a shelf unit, I'm going to purchase 7 cloud scenes and just two mountain A B scenes only because I think they look great. You wouldn't see those in Iowa, but hey its my layout
Here are a couple of pics from a project I am working on. It is a PULLMAN-STANDARD 4785 cuft. PS-2CD COVERED HOPPER NEW YORK CENTRAL 138-H from Railyard Models. I have a few details to add yet like the brake wheel and the end supports for the roof walk.
Farm
City
Driline jecorbett The backdrops are Realistic Backgrounds from Duquesne Quick Copy Inc. out of Pittsburgh. I cutoff the sky and mounted it directly to the wallboard backdrop. I do like the way the 3-D scenery blended with the backdrop. It was more a lucky accident than any great planning on my part. I've decided I have to have that background. My layout will require 9 sheets. I was wondering, how many sheets did you buy, was it hard to match them,and what did they charge you for shipping?
jecorbett The backdrops are Realistic Backgrounds from Duquesne Quick Copy Inc. out of Pittsburgh. I cutoff the sky and mounted it directly to the wallboard backdrop. I do like the way the 3-D scenery blended with the backdrop. It was more a lucky accident than any great planning on my part.
The backdrops are Realistic Backgrounds from Duquesne Quick Copy Inc. out of Pittsburgh. I cutoff the sky and mounted it directly to the wallboard backdrop. I do like the way the 3-D scenery blended with the backdrop. It was more a lucky accident than any great planning on my part.
I've decided I have to have that background. My layout will require 9 sheets. I was wondering, how many sheets did you buy, was it hard to match them,and what did they charge you for shipping?
TerryinTexas
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The backdrops each are about 3 feet long, although I haven't measured them. There are three that have an Appalachian look plus the hillside town you see in the background of the third photo. Two of the three mountain scenes are nearly identical. There might even be more that I haven't seen. I've picked them up an my LHS and at train shows. They can be matched depending on how you arrange them but I have found that it is more effective to have a 3-D hillside that peaks in front of the gap as you can see in the first photo. Then you don't have to worry about how well they blend.
In addition, they make some excellent heavy industry backdrops and I believe there are others as well but I have only used their mountain and industrial backdrops.
Here's my contributions for this week. I've been continuing the sound decoder upgrades for my fleet. Here is a Kato SD80MAC with a new Soundbug, shortened light pipes with LEDs glued on (with heat shrink) for the flashing ditch lights.
Two of the SD80MAC shells are taped up for a couple of coats of clear finish.
Engineer Jeff NS Nut Visit my layout at: http://www.thebinks.com/trains/
howmusjwhittenHow deep is this section of your RR-- the yard part-- from the wall (rear) to the front fascia? And about how deep are just the town and yard portions respectively? And you do have a very nice RR. I always admire your photos! First off, Thank You John!From where the camera is sitting to the backdrop at the far end is 18'. The widest part (the area across where the tops of the buildings are) is just under 6 feet. I built this tablework back about 25 years ago...... back when I knew everything......73
jwhittenHow deep is this section of your RR-- the yard part-- from the wall (rear) to the front fascia? And about how deep are just the town and yard portions respectively? And you do have a very nice RR. I always admire your photos!
How deep is this section of your RR-- the yard part-- from the wall (rear) to the front fascia? And about how deep are just the town and yard portions respectively?
And you do have a very nice RR. I always admire your photos!
First off, Thank You John!
From where the camera is sitting to the backdrop at the far end is 18'. The widest part (the area across where the tops of the buildings are) is just under 6 feet. I built this tablework back about 25 years ago...... back when I knew everything......
73
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
IVRWVery good! I hope it works out nicely. The moment you build it please post some pictures!
Will do. Hopefully I'll have them in for Christmas break. Next weekend I'll probably be studying for semester exams (we take them before Christmas break so we don't have to worry abt. them over Christmas)
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
mountaingoatgreg Well I have finalized the design of my Free-Mo version of redmond Oregon. I have completed the top 45 and have started work on the otehr two pieces of Benchwork. I hope to have it at least operational by Spring as we have a set-up in Ark City I would like to debut the modules at. Here is a photo of a GN train on the completed module
Well I have finalized the design of my Free-Mo version of redmond Oregon. I have completed the top 45 and have started work on the otehr two pieces of Benchwork. I hope to have it at least operational by Spring as we have a set-up in Ark City I would like to debut the modules at.
Here is a photo of a GN train on the completed module
Yeahhhhhh!
We can retire one of the old 90 degree modules!
I loved that shot when you first showed it to us.
See you at Wichita
Ricky