Don--
Thank you, sir. Actually, my Photoshop seems to have frozen my photos at a certain size and I don't seem to be able to enlarge them.
Just some thoughts:
As far as scenery--actually if you GET analytical about it, it works just as well. I don't know which area of the country you're modeling (Texas?) but doing a little study on the geology of the area you're modeling really can pay off in the long run. I did some study about the particular area of the Sierra's I'm modeling--fault-block granite mountains rising from west to east--and followed it as closely as I could within the area I'm modeling. Assuming you're modeling the Southwest, the sedimentary rocks there would be cut down pretty sheer and rapid by seasonal water runs--which makes your ravine work and will probably fit in perfectly. I don't know how far Austin is from Palo Duro Canyon up in the northern Panhandle, but if you're thinking of that type of scenery, a trip up there with a camera would probably work really well for you--it's really dramatic. And actually studying exactly WHY certain scenic elements work like they do is frankly, really interesting and can be a real boon when it comes to sceinicking the layout. A fellow model railroading friend of mine once said that among one of the many little points we pick up from pursuing the hobby is that of Amateur Geologist.
This is my third layout and by golly, he's right!
Tom
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dragenrider wrote: My weekend has been spent on finishing my only scratch built engine. This engine is the first custom paint job in the Cedar Branch & Western's yellow and black paint scheme. It is a Spectrum shell. The motor gave out and went in the trash several years back. Over the last several weeks I've cobbled together parts and pieces to return it to service. The chassis is from an Athearn GP 30 with a can motor and Ernst slow speed gearing. The decoder is a LokSound. It has a couple of minor cosmetic points to mend, but it's in service!This engine has a very low starting speed as can be seen in the two following videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ra5zdVkMlg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfk_VVAvw4 One of these days I'll get back to doing scenery. In the mean time, I have two more engines about to be converted to DCC.
My weekend has been spent on finishing my only scratch built engine.
This engine is the first custom paint job in the Cedar Branch & Western's yellow and black paint scheme. It is a Spectrum shell. The motor gave out and went in the trash several years back. Over the last several weeks I've cobbled together parts and pieces to return it to service. The chassis is from an Athearn GP 30 with a can motor and Ernst slow speed gearing. The decoder is a LokSound. It has a couple of minor cosmetic points to mend, but it's in service!
This engine has a very low starting speed as can be seen in the two following videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ra5zdVkMlg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfk_VVAvw4
One of these days I'll get back to doing scenery. In the mean time, I have two more engines about to be converted to DCC.
Great rockwork dragenrider.
Great stuff everybody
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Art, Jon, Wow!
There's a lot of great stuff here. Dragonrider, I'm still woking on scratchbuiding structures with square edges--nice work on the Geep.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
My Newly Arrived BC Rail C420, at my recently finished yard area,this is one smooth engine, (Atlas Classic).
Nice pictures everyone love them.... Great work.
Mike.
This is a platform I set up a while back. I wanted it to look as if it's been around a while so I'm letting the vegetation take over.
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This is a low relief building of the back of a storage shed-pole barn.... I made it with a block of wood with the bottom painted gray for concrete, then glued on green corrugated paper, cardboard painted green for the roof. I weathered it with chalk. The ladder from the parts box. This was an easy one afternoon build.
Here's a few more:
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Thanks to all for sharing these inspiring photos!
I have been working on a structure for my n-scale layout but was out of town over the weekend and didn't have photos to post. Maybe next weekend...
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's