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Progress on the town of Wells MN.
Messing around with different effects.
Colorado_Mac Sawyer, those trees are awesome.
Sawyer, those trees are awesome.
Thanks Sean! I'm not sure when I'll get around to making some more, but I hope it'll be soon!
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Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
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This is a great shot. It makes me really want to be standing right there.
Sean
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Corey, the town of Wells is lookin' good. I like your concrete color and your trees!
Jarrell
secondhandmodeler Progress on the town of Wells MN. Messing around with different effects.
Wow Sawyer, you've got a regular forest going there! Looks Great! Tell us a little about them.
Packers#1 Here's some pics of my tree work on the corner from earlier in the week:
Here's some pics of my tree work on the corner from earlier in the week:
Grampy, I always get a feeling of great depth when looking at your pictures, and that's a very good thing on our relatively small samples of the world!
Look forward to your pictures every week.
Grampys Trains Jarrell, I agree with Crandell, nice work on the bridge. John, I like those old cars. Crandell, night shots can be tricky, but your shot is excellent. SD45 crossing Hammer Creek. DJ.
Jarrell, I agree with Crandell, nice work on the bridge.
John, I like those old cars.
Crandell, night shots can be tricky, but your shot is excellent.
SD45 crossing Hammer Creek. DJ.
I would like to post some new photos this week illustrating how things are progressing on my layout. I've gotten the main wall constructed which will support the upper deck on both sides, and hold up the backdrop for both decks. (I need to redo the cleats as they're holdovers from an earlier incarnation and don't all line up.) The wall is basically a free-standing wall built out of 2x3's with a 2x4 bottom sill, and attached to a 2x4 beam anchored to the walls near the ceiling. Originally I was going to tie it into the ceiling joists, but changed tacks slightly after discovering the nifty metal hangers in the "patio deck" section of Home Depot. I'll slap some paint on it the next time I get the paint and rollers out to blend it in better with the ceiling. At least the visible portions.
Still to do is re-making the cleats, fitting the upper deck joists, attaching the backdrop-- haven't decided yet on material. Considering vinyl roll, linoleum, masonite, and to a lesser degree aluminum flashing. I'm less interested in the aluminum due to the possibility of cut fingers and such.
Long View Showing Yard Side 32 Inch Depth
Better View of Wall Construction
Closeup of Metal Hanger Supporting Top Beam
The main yard for the layout is going to be on the back side of the wall, 32 inches deep. The front deck is 24 inches deep. At the far end on the front side is where the trains will enter the layout from hidden staging.
My goal is for a 36 inch outside curve (where it turns back from the front side to the back) with a couple of inches (at least) safety margin so I will have to add some additional bench work to support it, probably on the back side (yard side) I reckon. I don't have a lot of room on the front side, although maybe I can squeeze another inch or two angled on the front. It will probably cause issues (reach and access issues) for the upper deck as a result. At the moment I have no good solution for it other than to just go with it.
As soon as I finish up this part of the benchwork, I can start laying some track again. I'll probably start with the yard and drill tracks, just so my kids and I can have something fun to play with while finishing up the rest of the bench work. Even though this is my "permanent layout", I'll probably lay temporary track again while I figure out exactly how I want the yard to go. That way it will be easier to experiment some with different arrangements.
Hopefully I can get all this fixed up soon and start running some trains!!! It's been several months now and I'm really eager to get some track down
John
EDIT: Here's a link to the rest of the progress photos if you're interested: http://s774.photobucket.com/albums/yy23/south-penn-rr/
An outstanding start to my favorite thread. You have all outdone yourselves this week.
Here is my humble contribution:
A NYC Mail and Express approaches the highway overpass on the East end of the BRVRR layout.
Keep up the good work guys. This is always the best thread of the week.
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Still working on benchwork and and staging. Staging complete, decline complete and it's not too steep that a switcher can't pull 4-6 cars up it.
AltoonaRailroader, How do you plan to reach into this area once everything is covered up?
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Johnnny_reb AltoonaRailroader, How do you plan to reach into this area once everything is covered up?
Yeah, that was my first thought and question also...
Seems like there are a bunch of photos of benchwork so I guess I will post the photos of my latest progress.
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John and Johnny,
Thanks for asking, I guess I should have included that. I must have made it after the fact but I'm going to have some cutouts where there are no tracks the whole way up that side, around the corner to get to that back track and where the power pack is sitting will be cut away.
Or, from another perspective............What? My track work is going to be perfect and I'll never need to reach back there to get a derailed car/engine or a coupler that fell off. LOL
AltoonaRailroader John and Johnny, Thanks for asking, I guess I should have included that. I must have made it after the fact but I'm going to have some cutouts where there are no tracks the whole way up that side, around the corner to get to that back track and where the power pack is sitting will be cut away. Or, from another perspective............What? My track work is going to be perfect and I'll never need to reach back there to get a derailed car/engine or a coupler that fell off. LOL
I was thinking maybe you could just run a plow train through there every once in awhile. That way you wouldn't have to open it up except maybe every couple of years or so when it get full...
Thanks, John for taking the time to help. I appreciate your suggestions. I always shoot my models from a tripod and use the timer. I have a modest - not cheap - digital camera, and shoot with it as far away and zoomed in as much as possible without entering digital zoom. The F stop is semiautomatic in manual mode, and often limits how far I can stop down. I would love to upgrade to a better camera and a telephoto, but that would require a modest lottery win or a real Santa.
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Got the switches on the outbound side of the west staging wired (finally) but need to come up with a plan for the inbound side, because the way I wired everything sucked too much power to throw anything. I've got some Atlas slidey switches and a separate power supply for the other three... That will probably be a semi permanent stopgap measure.Also finished laying out the track for the eastbound ready tracks, and spent some time fooling around with the camera.I think I'm going to include the abandoned siding there on the right, although the temptation is great to model the brick yard across Burhans Blvd. from the yard. I'll just have to cut in yet another switch on this already very busy piece of layout...I used some pre-puffballed hunks that I had laying around to make the background, and this turned out really nicely, until I discovered the dismembered torso floating in the river...Lee
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wm3798I used some pre-puffballed hunks that I had laying around to make the background, and this turned out really nicely, until I discovered the dismembered torso floating in the river...Lee
OH NO!!!! Call CSI! Get out the yellow crime scene tape.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
wm3798 I used some pre-puffballed hunks that I had laying around to make the background, and this turned out really nicely, until I discovered the dismembered torso floating in the river...Lee
I used some pre-puffballed hunks that I had laying around to make the background, and this turned out really nicely, until I discovered the dismembered torso floating in the river...Lee
Looks like I did my PF-Crime post a week too early.... Maybe NBC will come out now with CSI-MRR.... (one can hope :-)
wm3798 Lee
Lee
Lee, what is this area of your layout? Do you have any other views of it?
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jacon12 Wow Sawyer, you've got a regular forest going there! Looks Great! Tell us a little about them. Jarrell
Well, I went to the Atlanta WGH show in February and picked up a box of Supertrees from Scenic Express and I looked around online for techniques and instructions. after a few sites, I had my technique down. I managed to make a tutorial, although my painting technique has evolved to where I place the trees in the bottom of the box, spray, and flip. What really aggravates me is the flock and turf I bought from Scenic Express alter at the show has rocks in it. They might add to the character etc, but they bug me a bit, although in person it looks pretty natural. I've been adding more and more WS dark green to the mix though, and as a result the back trees are darker green. I like the effect though.
Lee, it's looking good man!
Sweet work everyone!
jwhitten wm3798: (Photo snipped)Lee Lee, what is this area of your layout? Do you have any other views of it? John
wm3798: (Photo snipped)Lee
(Photo snipped)Lee
John,
It's my brand, spankin' new ready track. I just finished the major construction today. Here's a peak at it from the other direction...
The roundhouse is a 20 stall monster that I've been bashing off and on since last February, but it's not quite ready for prime time yet...
If you run out and buy a November/December N Scale Magazine, you can see roughly where it is on the track plan published therein... (also visible on my web page, linked below...)
wm3798 jwhitten: wm3798: (Photo snipped)Lee Lee, what is this area of your layout? Do you have any other views of it? John John, It's my brand, spankin' new ready track. I just finished the major construction today. Here's a peak at it from the other direction... The roundhouse is a 20 stall monster that I've been bashing off and on since last February, but it's not quite ready for prime time yet... If you run out and buy a November/December N Scale Magazine, you can see roughly where it is on the track plan published therein... (also visible on my web page, linked below...) Lee
jwhitten: wm3798: (Photo snipped)Lee Lee, what is this area of your layout? Do you have any other views of it? John
That's cool Lee, I didn't think I recognized that part of your layout. Nice work! I really like the engine terminal.
I'd happily go out and buy an N-Scale Magazine if I knew where to get one. Around here all we have are the big chain book stores and I don't think any of them carry it. And we don't have an LHS anywhere near here. I have to go up to Strasburg PA for a hobby shop-- LOL. Although I'm pretty sure there's probably one closer than that, but Strasburg isn't too far from where my Grandma lives so I usually combine trips-- works out for both of us that way :-)
You can order direct, but I'll leave that hunting to you... bad form to lead readers away from our gracious hosts!
Southern's steamers were a nice departure from the standard black color
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