jwhitten Tyler, nice work! Can you explain more about what you're doing with the backdrop?? Are you planning to make it removable in segments? Staging behind it perhaps? I've been giving some thought to doing something like that, at least in places maybe, and was wondering if anybody else has tried it, and if so, how it looks when completed?
Tyler, nice work! Can you explain more about what you're doing with the backdrop?? Are you planning to make it removable in segments? Staging behind it perhaps? I've been giving some thought to doing something like that, at least in places maybe, and was wondering if anybody else has tried it, and if so, how it looks when completed?
Thanks! The reason the backdrops looks a bit odd (not joined together and with mismatching paint) is because they were savaged from my previous layout. I haven't yet joined them together at the seams yet. The new layout will be a one-horse branchline with the only staging being the visible Pan Am interchange track at Clinton. See the link in my signature - there's a trackplan posted somewhere.
This new layout will be moveable, so I can just cut through whatever will join the backdrops together, remove any buildings going across the seams of the 2'x4' mini-dominoes, cut the rails at the seams with a Dremel, then remove a couple screws and lift the entire mini-domino off the frame. The benchwork underneath is just a basic frame with nothing fancy.
Messing around with some Radical Flats.
Larry
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Motley Heartland Division CB&Q: I worked on my scrap yard this week. There is more to do, but it is now mostly done. (The last picture in this group was earlier in the week before I added men cutting up the old structural steel in the center. The junk yard dog next to the shanty is almost to muddy to see. Garry, I absolutely love that scrap yard scene. You're scene sure looks a lot better than the one I saw in the Walthers catalog a couple of months ago. Very well detailed!! /bow in honor
Heartland Division CB&Q: I worked on my scrap yard this week. There is more to do, but it is now mostly done. (The last picture in this group was earlier in the week before I added men cutting up the old structural steel in the center. The junk yard dog next to the shanty is almost to muddy to see.
I worked on my scrap yard this week. There is more to do, but it is now mostly done. (The last picture in this group was earlier in the week before I added men cutting up the old structural steel in the center. The junk yard dog next to the shanty is almost to muddy to see.
Garry,
I absolutely love that scrap yard scene. You're scene sure looks a lot better than the one I saw in the Walthers catalog a couple of months ago. Very well detailed!!
/bow in honor
Michael ... THANKS ! .... I like your Denver photo very much, too. Here is a different angle of teh junkers. The 1947 IH stake truck was fun to build. ...
Graffen ... The SHay looks outstanding!
Larry (Clinch Valley) .. Your city looks busy. Impressive power there.
GARRY
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Great stuff so far this weekend guys...
Garry: I really like your choice of power
Here is my new passenger train....
Glad the train isn't any more cars...I would have to sell off the rest of my trains.
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mountaingoatgreg Great stuff so far this weekend guys... Garry: I really like your choice of power Here is my new passenger train.... Glad the train isn't any more cars...I would have to sell off the rest of my trains.
Here is my new passenger train.... Glad the train isn't any more cars...I would have to sell off the rest of my trains.
Greg ... Thanks for the remark. GN and NP have running rights on my railroad. I just clicked your link to your Oregon Trunk blog. I am very impressed with your layout construction. Excellant!
Garry, the scrap yard has that "junk yard" look. I like what you did with the old cars & truck. Still putting the last few details on my Skelly Gas Station-Cafe scene.
Great modeling and photography again this week everyone. You are an inspiration.
My latest project is not ready for the big time yet so I'll post an old photo that I like.
Nothing exotic but a fairly good image I think.
Keep up the good work guys, this is always the best thread of the week.
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Allan
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More HORSE-power has arrived on my N scale Allegheney & Cumberland ...
Does anyone know of a place where anyone has posted a "how to" for the conversion of a Bachmann 3-T Shay to a 2-T?
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Oakhurst Railroad Engineer Does anyone know of a place where anyone has posted a "how to" for the conversion of a Bachmann 3-T Shay to a 2-T?
Yup, somebody posted such a post here not too long ago-- a couple of months ago I think. Use the search box to find it though. But it was a very good conversion, I thought.
John
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tomkat-13 Garry, the scrap yard has that "junk yard" look. I like what you did with the old cars & truck. Still putting the last few details on my Skelly Gas Station-Cafe scene.
Thanks. I always enjoy your photos! You continue adding more activity in your scenes.
outdoorsfellar
I really like the lush look of the vegetation you have going on here!
Sean
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Very nice pictures everyone. I only ever show my trestle because it's the best thing I've got. Well, I'm working on a different area so I thought I'd show some progress shots. Get ready for my "B" game!
A few progress shots from my town of Wells. They are kind of blurry, but you should expect that from me!
An overall shot
My church parking lot.
Waiting for the train to pass.
A blurry, quick shot of the small depot area. The buildings are just sitting there for spacing for now.
What!!! Sunday evening and all these gorgeous photos are almost sliding down to page 3? Can't have that now can we. So here is what I have doing for some of the weekend at least.
Got started putting in the belt drive hardware in the workshop/engine house at the quarry. Got to use a lot of those words mommy said she was going to wash my mouth out with soap if I used....... Took a bunch of little itty bitty tiny parts over to the spray booth in a little plastic cup. Set it down on a block of wood, went to turn on the booth, and knocked the cup all over the place..... Took about 15 minutes of crawling on the cold concrete floor to find all the parts......
Amazing how bad the camera makes it look....
While parts were drying, I painted up some rails at the quarry. You can see the nearest rail isn't painted. Shows how nice it looks after it gets rusted up a bit.
I have also found railbars are a great way to hide electrical gaps in the Fast Tracks Turnouts.
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Great details with the track, I like those joint bars.
Wolfgang
Pueblo & Salt Lake RR
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