I've seen a couple of those before and would love to build one at some point. I have something similiar built by my dad many years ago..........I will need to get a better pic later on.
As always, the best thread of the week! Some great modeling in here once again...
I have been SLOWly getting a bit more done in the area. Here are a few shots of the location where Howard's Dairy will reside.
An overview of the larger area. You can see where this relative the overpass bridge I have been working on.
Enjoy!
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Wow, these photos are impressive and inspiring.
Mike, that layout is awesome (and huge!)
GP-9, I'm loving the Horseshoe Curve
Peter, that is really nice weathering
howmus, nice to get a look at the are just down from the work we've been watching near the overpass
I got my profile boards/fascia up. I got my last piece of road roughed in crossing over the tracks close to the camera. The rectangle cut out of the front board will hold a recessed control panel so it doesn't stick out (and by stick out I mean get ripped out by a running kid)
I have a 4x8 layout which means my 22" curves were a little too close to the edge on the 4' side (aforementioned running children) for my comfort. I used some spacers so the profile boards/fascia are 3" off the edge. I initially hesitated about this since so many things are sold in 8' length max (foam and wood) but I've found workarounds.
I painted (and kind of weathered) the piers for the back bridge. They were too dark so I brushed the highlights with a lighter grey which looks good enough. I also glued them in place and started installing the track bed there.
Here's a shot of the bridge placed on the piers for demonstration.
And for the sake of a photo, I leaned a tunnel portal in place. Now I realize that I'll either have to darken the tunnel portal or lighten the piers as they look to different. I'll probably lighten the piers although I still might apply an antique/wash the portals since the only weathering they come with (from Chooch) is the smoke stain. FYI the black and white on the piers is less pronounced in person.
I want to get started on my mountains and install the back profile board but I realized I would need to install all the track and have everything running before I felt comfortable closing in those tunnels. I designed the layout with ez-track but have since decided to use flex track. I've never laid it before so I'm not comfortable just doing the tunnels; I need to know everything's in well before those mountains get covered. That being said, I got my first layer of plaster on all the track areas. My 7 year old daughter even helped me with a portion of it.
Here's a quick self-portrait I shot in front of the layout recently: