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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 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

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

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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 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 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 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 perry1060 on Monday, August 27, 2007 4:26 PM

Nice pictures everyone...

 

Here's two...

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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 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.

Tom

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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 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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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]

Regards, Jim

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