Michael,
Sorry to hear that, but hopefully everything works out for you in a positive fashion.
Your work is amazing, and seeing your layouts progress is inspiring for when I finally get to (re)build.
Hope you continue to be well.
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I have decided to leave the hobby for now. There are personal reasons that I don't want to discuss that led to this decision. I'm in the middle of boxing all my rolling stock, supplies and tools will be next.
I'm pretty sure that I will be back at model railroading again but it might be 6 months, a year, or even two. Thanks to everybody here for their friendship and support.
Michael
The Breitenbach - Rosenheim Railroad V3
Today my good friend Rick Wade stopped by for another visit to the G&AM:
I didn't do any real work today. Instead I took a few buildings from the last G&AM to get an idea of how to create a small town in this area:
I had so much fun creating this mountain that I decided to build another one:
Looks fantastic. The mountain face is incredibly realistic.
The area around the bridge is now complete:
I worked for an hour on this area today. It's almost done.
hon30critter michaelrose55 I use mold #92 from Bragdon Enterprises. Thanks for the link. I had no idea that they had such a wide selection of moulds. Dave
michaelrose55 I use mold #92 from Bragdon Enterprises.
Thanks for the link. I had no idea that they had such a wide selection of moulds.
Dave
Oh yes they do! I'm always amazed that most people don't know about this.
michaelrose55I use mold #92 from Bragdon Enterprises.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critter Michael: The mountains are starting to look great! Whose rock moulds did you use? Dave
Michael:
The mountains are starting to look great!
Whose rock moulds did you use?
I use mold #92 from Bragdon Enterprises. That mold is 24 x 32" so it produces a lot of rock faces.
You are one very talented individual! That mountain looks great!
Mark P.
Website: http://www.thecbandqinwyoming.comVideos: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabrunton
SpaceMouse I know now why you built a mountain layout.
I know now why you built a mountain layout.
Yep. Way too flat around here !
michaelrose55I'm in Florida
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
SpaceMouse I like it. If you need operators, invite me over. I live in Arizon. Are you close?
I like it. If you need operators, invite me over. I live in Arizon. Are you close?
I'm in Florida. Is that close enough?
I've had a very busy work week but today I finally managed to find some time to work on the layout. I'm still working on the mountain area, adding more rocks and filling the areas around them with sculptamold.
Today I started to work on my mountain:
mbinsewi OMG, again you talked her into this, and she still has that great smile from the last time she cleaned up for you!
OMG, again you talked her into this, and she still has that great smile from the last time she cleaned up for you!
Rich
Alton Junction
Lucky man!
Mike.
My You Tube
I got lucky today, I was able to talk my wife into cleaning the floor of my layout room:
Here comes the other side:
I connected one side of the road to the mountain:
I didn't get started today until after lunch. My wife had other plans...
First thing I did today is make a road:
That looks fantastic, what a transformation. Great to see the scenery progressing.
I spent another half hour and added the plaster cloth layer. I'm calling it a day now...
Shaping the mountain:
Looks like I'm in terrain mode...
Now who decided to run a rail line along the base of the white cliffs of Dover?
But seriously, even though it is more or less just a smooth white covering, the difference it makes compared to the wide open benchwork is huge. Even without rock forms and 'earth' colors.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
I've added a layer of plaster cloth: