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Hi Nick. Another tip would be to add window shades. These can be fashioned from ordinary writing paper painted with depot buff or coach green. Not only does this improve the look of a model, it also helps hide an empty interior.
Wow! That's one good looking building. I can not believe it's paper model. Great job.
[quote user="doctorwayne"] Thanks for sharing those scenes with us, Bob. The new layout, not surprisingly, looks great! Wayne [/quote] Wayne. Thanks for the kind words. Coming from you, it means a lot.
Hi Mat. The gravel road was done using "real" dirt which was sifted to remove all the unwanted debris.
I use Tortoise switch machines which are wired in series using LEDs. I make my own turnout control panels using 1/8 inch plexiglass to mount the LEDs. These are positioned around the layout where needed.
Thank you.... I'm always on the look out "old-time" signage such as these.
Thanks Crandell. The layout was started last December, 2008. I had to postpone the start date due to last year's convention tour / visit. Your estimate for completion is about right. It should take me another 3-4 years to finish. But is any layout ever really finished?...:)
Thanks Art. However, it was your Yosemite Falls that gave me the inspiration for my waterfall scene.
Here are the latest pictures showing some of the progress I've made on the layout, which is 1/3 complete, and 11 months old today. Still to come will be a river scene, small town, classification yard with round house. The pictures were taken from left to right as they appear on the layout. I hope you guys like 'em...
[quote user="tgindy"] Good Stuff -- Bob! After looking at your last Western Pacific pictures post, I was taken by how rock-solid your plywood base + subroad bed is compared to the foamers-all-the-way approach. What primary material(s)/technique(s) are you using to construct your actual scenery -- between the plywood base and finished scenery in the pictures? [/quote] For scenery contours, I use the tried and proven method of cardboard lacing to form a web. This method allows me to get a