I didn't want to bother you with depressing pictures but anyway, here's an update on where I am today. Only a little bit of the layout is left and I still don't have a final concept for what's to come next. I'm taking it slow this time!
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
Two words: German Pretzel
Modeling an HO gauge freelance version of the Union Pacific Oregon Short Line and the Utah Railway around 1957 in a world where Pirates from the Great Salt Lake founded Ogden, UT.
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michaelrose55I'm taking it slow this time!
Michael:
Slow is good!
I'm not a particularly fast modeller because I have learned in the past that if I charge ahead I'm going to make mistakes or leave things out that will be harder to do afterwards. I tend to model from my imagination. That means I have a picture of the end result in my mind but not necessarily an understanding of all the steps needed to get there. I have to think about the details. Rarely do I spend hours on end at my workbench, and then only if I have a clear plan to follow.
We eagerly (and patiently) await your next plans.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hey Michael-
Schubert did some pretty good work on his Eighth Symphony, but after completing the second movement he just wasn't satisfied where things were going so he abandoned the effort. No sense continuing to scratch someplace that doesn't itch any more.
Good luck.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
Right now I'm working on all possible solutions in both scales. I've started several plans for a revision of the German H0 railroad and I have made a new plan for a possible G&AM version as well. The G&AM plan is mostly complete so I'm going to post it here. This does not mean that it will be N scale again, just food for thought! So here it is: A larger plan is available here.I have included three towns from the last version of the G&AM again: Georgetown, Gustavsburg and Barnesville.
So how does it look?
Looks great.
In another thread you mentioned that you bought an N scale locomotive. Does that mean your new/revamped layout will definitely be N scale?
SouthPenn Looks great. In another thread you mentioned that you bought an N scale locomotive. Does that mean your new/revamped layout will definitely be N scale?
Don't know yet. I'm still debating what to do, still trying to come up with a better plan for a H0 layout as well.
I'm still not sure what I'm going to model next but I at least started to rearrange my benchwork.
Glad to see that you're back at it. I'm sure that the creative spark will hit you soon.
Joe
I'm also glad you're back at it, but I'm a little confused. Is the new layout gonna be HO scale or N? Or a combination of both on a single benchwork?
ROBERT PETRICK Hey Michael- I'm also glad you're back at it, but I'm a little confused. Is the new layout gonna be HO scale or N? Or a combination of both on a single benchwork? Robert
Don't know yet. I have the N scale plan as you know and I'm still working on an H0 alternative. I don't want to end with a disappointment again so I'm taking it slow!
I didn't have anything left over that would fit along the wall so I had to build this part of the benchwork with new lumber:
I don't think that anybody will be surprised if I announce that I've decided to go back to N scale. I've played around with different approaches to a new H0 layout and I just can't come up with something I really like. It's a shame because I really love the German rolling stock but what can you do... looks like I have to admit to being a N scale modeler and stick to it.
So this will be the end of the short lived Breitenbach to Rosenheim Railroad. It was a lot of fun and I learned something so it was not for nothing. To me that's an important part of the hobby: to have fun and to constantly improve, even if it means to destroy a layout or two (or three or four...).
I am glad you were able to make a decision And go with it. Just make sure all that HO track you bought finds a good home somewhere.
SpartanCook I am glad you were able to make a decision And go with it. Just make sure all that HO track you bought finds a good home somewhere.
I'm keeping it. You just never know...
Sorry to hear this as I was looking forward to seeing more German HO, but I'm sure that you'll be happy with N. If you start a thread for the new layout please link it here so we won't miss it, I'm sure there are a lot of people that enjoy following your work.
Goldstms Sorry to hear this as I was looking forward to seeing more German HO, but I'm sure that you'll be happy with N. If you start a thread for the new layout please link it here so we won't miss it, I'm sure there are a lot of people that enjoy following your work.
I will. It's going to happen any day now.
Sometimes the timing is perfect. As I'm about to start a new N scale layout Trainworld had a sale of DCC equipped N scale diesels for $49.99 each so I really had no choice...
Sweet deal on the locos. Are you going to do a D&RGW railroad? The Tennessee Pass would make a great mountain prototype to model.
Onewolf Sweet deal on the locos. Are you going to do a D&RGW railroad? The Tennessee Pass would make a great mountain prototype to model.
No, I'm going back to my Georgetown & Allen Mountain Railroad which features anything that ever ran through the rockies...
So is the name a reference to George and Gracie, or George Allen, or none of the above?
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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rrinker So is the name a reference to George and Gracie, or George Allen, or none of the above? --Randy
The name is a reference to George Selios and John Allen.