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.
Jarrell
Great job! I think your road looks great, im not the talented so i have to use the already made roads.
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!
And most important..."Thank You for Serving!" Which Sub are you on?
-Rob
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
Great job!
Really nice looking RR so far.
By the way, thanks for your service to our country!!!!
TheK4Kid
I'll laugh... he he... he he... at myself...
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.
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.
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!
"You show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on." -anonymous
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!
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...