SouthPenn What have you been using for track up till now?
What have you been using for track up till now?
Photoshop! He's been lying to us this entire time!
I just got an email from Reynauld's, they are shipping track today
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
I accidently stumbled over a model of the Swiss version of the Trans-Europ-Express. This model was made by ROCO in 2007/2008 and I found one in mint condition that I just had to have...
I almost finished this station today. The locomotive service area is still missing, everything else is there.
I'm back at work again:
Added more roadbed to the new station:
I made it around the corner and started to work on the last station - again no name yet.
I started at the south end of the Bad Adomeit station and added roadbed. The main line disappears into a tunnel shortly after leaving Bad Adomeit so this will all be invisible track.
Bis Nice to see you back at it again, I missed your daily updates.
Nice to see you back at it again, I missed your daily updates.
Everybody needs a break once in a while!
So after a break of a week or so I felt like doing something again... I went and bought enough plywood sheets to cover the rest of the bench work and I'm firing up the laser right now to make more roadbed.
Make your present layout dual gauge??
Michael,
the loco is a beauty and it sure needs to have a place to run. How about a small layout, not much more than an oval plus some staging tracks, but fully scenicked? May be a project to work on when you need a break from building your great Deutsche Bundesbahn layout....
They make one in H0 as well https://www.scaletrains.com/search?type=product&q=HO+turbine
Too bad it's N scale. It would look real nice on my Union Pacific layout.
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.
- Photo album of layout construction -
It's kind of funny that five months after the end of the G&AM I received a new locomotive in the mail today. I pre-ordered this thing probably a year ago and forgot all about it. When the manufacturer sent me an email a few days ago asking whether I still wanted it I couldn't say 'no'. So here it is in all it's beauty:
Now I'm kind of tempted to go back to N scale and give this engine a nice home...
Michael:
Sir MadogMichael - all of us have been at that point at one time or another. Relax, sit back and take break - the drive to continue work on this grand layout will come back!
What Ulrich said!
When it stops being fun, do what you are doing - take a break! Nobody is going to criticize you for doing that!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
michaelrose55....right now I don't feel like model railroading at all.
Michael - all of us have been at that point at one time or another. Relax, sit back and take break - the drive to continue work on this grand layout will come back!
middleman I've been checking in every day to see what's new - hope this is just a brief lull. Mike
I've been checking in every day to see what's new - hope this is just a brief lull.
Mike
Mike,
I'm sorry that I haven't posted anything lately but to be honest, right now I don't feel like model railroading at all. I haven't touched the layout in a week.
I didn't have much time today (work got in the way) so all I managed to do is add 3 short sidings to the Bad Adomeit station:
The second half of the Bad Adomeit station is done. The total length of the station is about 14' 6" with a platform lenght of about 8' 7" which allows it to handle trains with 8 full size passenger cars.
The beginnings of the Bad Adomeit station:
As I still don't have track I have no choice but to keep going with basic roadbed. The next area I'll be working on is the small town that sits against the east backdrop. I have decided to call this town Bad Adomeit. As far as I know there is no town with this name in the real world, it's a little joke on a friend's name.
For all of you who aren't accustomed to German town names the "Bad" in the name is the German word for "bath" and it is being used in the naming of spa towns.
I've added the second layer of roadbed to the Breitenbach station and painted it as well.
fischey Enjoying this. Have you considered joining ETE European Train Enthusiasts? ETE.org. Or are you a member. I am excited for you. Not often that we have a full, large sized Euro layout going on in the US.
Enjoying this. Have you considered joining ETE European Train Enthusiasts? ETE.org. Or are you a member. I am excited for you. Not often that we have a full, large sized Euro layout going on in the US.
I didn't even know the ETE existed. Thanks for pointing them out to me. I might consider joining up.
A little bit of paint makes a big difference: