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Layout pics... first layout... try not to laugh

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Posted by jacon12 on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:46 PM

Laugh?  At what?  It looks mighty fine to me, I love your scenery work, especially the low bushes.  What did you use for them? 

Man, if this is your first.. your second will probably be in Model Railroader magazine.

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Posted by aaron279279 on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:36 PM

Great job! I think your road looks great, im not the talented so i have to use the already made roads.

 

 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:11 PM

Looks like a great start to me. Nice detail and color. Post more photos as you make progress on it. Hope I am as successful when I begin my first real layout. Technically, the first one was along the lines of Philip's, 4'x8' board, etc. Was just a little kid and at the time more interested in seeing which engine could pull the most, go the fastest, etc. Was like an N scale Olympics...those poor little engines!  

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Posted by donhalshanks on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:20 AM

Really a nice job, and it looks great.  You don't have to apologize for anything.  Keep going as you get time and have fun, the only way to do it.  Also, thanks for serving our country.

Hal 

 

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Posted by CSXFan on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:08 AM
That looks great, thanks for sharing. Got any more pics?
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Posted by Bone on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:06 AM
Those clouds look great in the last pic. How did you paint your backdrop?
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Posted by TheK4Kid on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:48 AM

Great job!

Really nice looking RR so far.

 By the way, thanks for your service to our country!!!! 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:17 AM

I'll laugh... he he... he he... at myself...  Sigh [sigh]

I for one do like those yellow lines, because they seem (somewhat) precise, and they look prototypically accurate as far as the distance between them two lines go. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 16, 2007 9:48 PM

This... is nice work! This is how layouts should be done... a little bit at a time steady and slow.

Dont be so hard of yer self!

Speaking of layouts that ought not to reveal themselves to society for the really mutated and deep flaws that can damage the builder or any who look upon them... I have one and it ought to be quietly burned or chopped up into little peices and thrown away; moldy and all.

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Posted by loathar on Monday, July 16, 2007 9:37 PM
Laugh at WHAT??Confused [%-)] The only thing that I see doesn't look great are the yellow road lines.
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Posted by ARTHILL on Monday, July 16, 2007 8:59 PM
Very nice. Where you have worked on the scenery, your artistry is quite good. I agree on the 3 foot problem. By the way, thanks for your service on the boat.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 16, 2007 8:43 PM
It looks great.  I love the bridge and the scenery behind it!  It looks fantastic for a first layout.  Very spiffy.
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Posted by selector on Monday, July 16, 2007 8:26 PM
That is waaaay better than my first layout.  I really, really like the way your river turned out.  Two thumbs up for that.
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Posted by jkroft on Monday, July 16, 2007 7:35 PM

Thanks!

 I truly appreciate the encouragement.  Unfortunately, my job takes me out to sea a lot. (US Navy... submarine).  This is about a year+ worth of work.  I love the Peco 55 performance and I their twin coils work perfectly with the turnouts.  I will never build a bench that is 3 feet wide out from the wall again (2 feet max next time) and 3% grades are still too much for one Kato SD-70 with only 7 loaded intermodals (and forget about my Atlas SD-50... not nearly as powerful as the Katos).  On the fortunate side, my trackwork turned out great, I've improved soldering skills, I haven't accidentally reversed any feeders and I've remembered insulated joiners at every turnout.  Also, I've found that IR detectors in my hidden staging are far more valuable than I ever expected.  My biggest weakness was designing the benchwork.  I have less than adequate access to hidden track in some spots that I'm sure will come back to haunt me.  Yet the most satisfying part of all of this is laying plaster cloth...  I don't know why, but I think it's weird!  Oh yeah, I definitely need a better method of painting double yellow lines!  That's the part I'm most unhappy about!

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Posted by scubaterry on Monday, July 16, 2007 7:30 PM
JK - I didn't find a darned thing to laugh about! Great job. It looks real good so far. I like your rock/vegetation hills up behind the bridge. They turned out really good. I would however talk to the county road supervisior about those yellow road stripes. Just kidding. I have tried several differant methods of painting road stripes and the only one I like so far is using a sharp tipped magic marker and a straight edge. No bleed over and it is fast and simple. Great job so far and looking forward to seeing more pics.
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Posted by pcarrell on Monday, July 16, 2007 7:12 PM

Are you kidding me?!?

That looks GREAT!

Fortunately, the world will never be subjected to looking upon the monstrocity that was my first layout.  It was a 4x8 (amazing, huh?) that was painted green and had three buildings on it, each assembled with an entire tube of glue.

What you have there is a work of art in progress!  Be proud of it!

Philip
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Posted by Midnight Railroader on Monday, July 16, 2007 6:21 PM
Very nice work. I love the working signals.
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Layout pics... first layout... try not to laugh
Posted by jkroft on Monday, July 16, 2007 6:14 PM

 Been working when I can...  I found a lot of things that I won't do next time.  The crossing gates were by far the biggest pain-in-the-rear...

 

 

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