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Aerial Views of Layouts
Posted by UP2CSX on Monday, August 27, 2007 3:18 PM

Someone - Drat, I don't remember who - had a great suggestion that we post some aerial views of our layouts so we can have a better overall picture of the work being done instead just the detail shots we post in WPF. I thought I'd start it out so here's mine, warts and all. Smile [:)] Lots of work still to be done but it's getting there. I have a dinky layout so it's not hard to get it all in a few pics.

The layout looking north:

Looking South:

Looking at about the midpoint of the layout:

A closer look south:

Downtown, on the north end of the layout:

So that's it for me. Let's see what the rest your layouts looks like. Trust me, they can't be any worse than mine. Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Bapou on Monday, August 27, 2007 3:20 PM
Yours isn't bad actually I have a pink desert mostly Banged Head [banghead]. So I won't even show you. Well at least I can run trains! Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, August 27, 2007 3:46 PM

No, you've got to take those pink desert pics!  It's great to see where you've been. 

Still a bit of pink foam showing in these pictures.  I had a ladder out to change the battery in the smoke alarm, so I took this one:

Same layout, different angle.  Above the control panels you can see where the subway station peeks out beneath the street.

 

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Posted by tstage on Monday, August 27, 2007 3:57 PM

Bapou,

I had a pink prairie for a couple of years until someone here on the forum "encouraged" me to get off my duff and paint it.  It was a little more challenging because I had already laid track down - albeit temporarily - but it was definitely worth the time and effort once it was finally completed.  Now I need to scenic it.  But there are a few other things that need to be done before I can do that.

So, go ahead, Bapou, and show us your layout so far.  I'm going to wait and post a more current picture of mine later this evening.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 27, 2007 4:16 PM
Sorry, none of mine. Mr. Beasly; from your photos, I would've thought your layout was huge!
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Posted by perry1060 on Monday, August 27, 2007 4:26 PM

Nice pictures everyone...

 

Here's two...

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Posted by steinjr on Monday, August 27, 2007 4:56 PM

 

 Not a huge empire here - about 6 feet long, 20 inches wide. And obviously in an early state of construction. The apparent continuation through the far wall is just a mirror.

 

 Here is the track plan:
 

Smile,
Stein

 

 

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Posted by UP2CSX on Monday, August 27, 2007 5:07 PM

Mr. B, now I finally understand how you've got your subway set up. Wouldn't have figured it out without your pics. Maybe this is what we've been missing - a place to post overall in progress photos that takes two minutes to snap instead of setting up scenes like we do for WPF. I like both concepts.

Perry, I'd love to see an overall shot of your layout, including the dinosaur playground. Smile [:)] 

Stein, I like your track plan and it looks like you're doing a good job of transferring it tot he layout. You're sure doing more planning than I did.

So, c'mon folks. I suspect the Pink Praries and Plywood Centrals far exceed the completely sceniced shots we see in MR. I think it will be a real ball watching our layouts progress - kind of like watching a kid grow up. Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by Printer on Monday, August 27, 2007 5:29 PM
 UP2CSX wrote:

Mr. B, now I finally understand how you've got your subway set up. Wouldn't have figured it out without your pics.


I'm glad you have a handle on it but... Uh... I'm still puzzled even with the pix. Nice layout but please oh please, would you, could you, go into a bit more detail on the subway thing? That's something that I hadn't even considered for modeling but now that it's been mentioned, it's grabbed my interest.
I'm still in the "mists of mind" planning stage of a layout so any pix would be of my forehead. I like the idea of the "Aerial Photo" shots, even if they capture coke cans and coffee cups on the sides. Helps to envision how things are set up in relation to the room and windows and doors and washers and dryers and...
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Posted by perry1060 on Monday, August 27, 2007 5:47 PM

Jim --- thanks

Here's the best panorama I can get --- it's about 70%

 

Did you ask for T-rex shots Smile [:)] ===>>> http://home.mchsi.com/~ironmaster1961/wsb/html/view.cgi-image.html--graphic.html

 

 

 

 

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Posted by wm3798 on Monday, August 27, 2007 7:10 PM

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Posted by Bapou on Monday, August 27, 2007 7:12 PM
 tstage wrote:

Bapou,

I had a pink prairie for a couple of years until someone here on the forum "encouraged" me to get off my duff and paint it.  It was a little more challenging because I had already laid track down - albeit temporarily - but it was definitely worth the time and effort once it was finally completed.  Now I need to scenic it.  But there are a few other things that need to be done before I can do that.

So, go ahead, Bapou, and show us your layout so far.  I'm going to wait and post a more current picture of mine later this evening.

Tom

Yeah Ill try and get aroun to it but it is also a huge mess Confused [%-)]

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Posted by Canondale61 on Monday, August 27, 2007 7:17 PM

Lee is that a paper mill complex in one photo, could you give a diagram of your layout. Great idea, good work. Kevin

 

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Posted by perry1060 on Monday, August 27, 2007 7:59 PM

Lee,

Your river looks fantastic in the pictures you posted!!

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Posted by tstage on Monday, August 27, 2007 8:37 PM

Since I have a rather low ceiling in my basement, this is about as "aerial" as I can get:

A bit flat, I know.  It will look nicer when I'm finally able to put down road bed, ballast, road, and some ground cover.  I'm not sure I can really do a whole lot with the terrain, without altering the layout plan.  The roadway is just paper templates so far.

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Posted by conrail92 on Monday, August 27, 2007 8:47 PM

Here's mine not much too see pretty much a sea of blue.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:13 PM

Rather than clog things up with lots of photos (like I often do Blush [:I] ), here's a link to a 

Layout (room) tour...with lots of photos

Hope you enjoy it! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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Posted by conrail92 on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:15 PM
That layout is pretty amazing.
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Posted by selector on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:18 PM

Stein's signature tells us to smile.  I am smiling because I detect a double slip nestled nicely in his track plan. Big Smile [:D] 

Stein's my hero 'cuz he's so big and strong. Laugh [(-D]

Here is mine, taken through a window outside my basement.  I am told it looks quite large, but it is 9' across and 13'9" in length.  The central pit, to give you some idea of its total surface, is 36" wide and 9' long.

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Posted by UP2CSX on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:24 PM

Perry, You've really got that desert color down right. How did you ever come up with the idea for dinosaurs on the layout? I think they're great, especially that T-Rex getting ridden by a cowboy. Smile [:)]

Tom, you can do a lot with that flat space just using some foam blocks and drywall mix. Mine is just a flat table but I'll have a fair amount of hills when I'm done.

Lee, I'm really impressed with all the work you've done with your layout. It's even more amazing when you get the big picture and see all the ground you had to cover to get to where you are today. Gives me inspiration to keep working on my details.

CR92, your sea of blue will someday be your own little world just like some of the other layouts here. Just keep at it and let us see how it's going from time to time.

Wayne, I'm just...well...I don't know...speechless. Forget the fact that the layout is not only massive but beautiful and you've made so much progress on everything. I'm just drooling over the boxes you have stacked on those shelves beneath the layout. You've got more inventory than most hobby shops. Wow!! [wow]

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Posted by perry1060 on Monday, August 27, 2007 9:54 PM

Thanks Jim.

I've always been interested in dinosaurs since being a kid. I was at Costco looking at books when I came across a dinosaur book that included a plaster dig kit of a T-Rex. I'd been looking for one for over a year that was 1:48 scale, and this one came close.

After digging out the bones and 'planting' 1/2 of them on my layout, I thought it would be fun to add a 'living' T-Rex to roam my landscape and use in some funny skits. Wal-Mart had just what I needed --- after a slight repainting of the model and adding blood and spears.

My kids and their friends were also fascinated by the T-Rex's, and their imagination took off --- they will remember model trains now forever --- a good thing.

I understand there was an old show in the 50's or 60's that had a T-Rex in a cowboy town but in truth, I never even heard of it until someone on the OGR forum pointed out the story line.

My rider is a cowboy roofer trying to slay the beast --- but something tells me that T-Rex shall never die...Smile [:)]

 

 

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Posted by Hoople on Monday, August 27, 2007 10:32 PM

UP2CSX: Looks pretty good, and don't call it small. I have a 4x8', and your layout looks bigger. If it's N, theres more operating still.

Misterbeasly: That is a pretty well designed layout. I like how the main doesn't cram itself by the edges and follow the board. I think its neat when there is room to build that section of mainline surrounded by buildings and have sidings on both sides. It looks definatly like a fun layout to operate in a small space.

Selector: WOW! I thought your layout was some 30'x30' basement empire, and it turns out to be a medium sized home railroad. From all of your wide curve shots and how you use perspective, it really fooled me. Now that you've posted shots of it, I can tell its medium sized, but from most shots, that is one well designed pike. It really fools the eye.

Bapou: I have the same variety, except my desert is blue. Don't be afraid to post pictures, I just don't have a camera on me at this moment.

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Posted by ShadowNix on Monday, August 27, 2007 11:30 PM

Man, nice shots everyone!  You guys are going to make me clean off the layout and take some pictures tomorrow....!!!!

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:30 AM
 UP2CSX wrote:

Wayne, I'm just...well...I don't know...speechless. Forget the fact that the layout is not only massive but beautiful and you've made so much progress on everything. I'm just drooling over the boxes you have stacked on those shelves beneath the layout. You've got more inventory than most hobby shops. Wow!! [wow]

Thanks for the kind words, Jim, and thanks for taking the time to have a look. too.

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Posted by marknewton on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:14 AM
Not an aerial view of a complete layout, but of a module intended to be exhibited. I've scrapped this module since - I learned the hard way that you can't sacrifice rigidity to save weight...



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Posted by wm3798 on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:38 AM

Thanks, you can find the layout diagram at my website:  www.wmrywesternlines.net

There's also a link showing how I did the river.

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Posted by 0-6-0 on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:06 AM

Hello here is mine and it is getting rework added a 4x7 to left side . Here is a drawing of my first idea thanks Frank

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Posted by CSX_road_slug on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:49 AM

Here's an under-construction view of the center peninsula of my layout, shot from ~10ft outside my garage door [at night].  It's impossible to see every square inch of the layout in one view, because of all the partitions.

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Posted by AltoonaRailroader on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:24 AM

I had posted something on the WPF thread about seeing more of the layouts besides the close up shots. Thank you, thank you thank you everyone for posting some great pics. Keep'em coming and I promise that as soon as I get mine started I'll share also.

 

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Arial photos
Posted by ondrek on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:53 AM

Nice thing about smaller layouts is you can get the whole layout in 1 arial shot.

Here is my son's and mine, this photo is old, there have been adds since, but not much.

expansion is planned.

 

 

Kevin     

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