UP2CSX wrote:Hey, Jerry, I've been following your project. I'm waiting to see how it looks with stucco and the awnings around the front. Or are those holes for adobe type structure roof drains? Reminds me of a number of structures in California.Guy, what scale is your railroad. That trakwork looks nice, like it was handlaid in O scale. If it's HO, you did a really nice job on the track and the work train.Lee, you don't let any grass grow under your feet You went from mock up to finished structure in a week. It looks really nice, especially with those WM cabooses inside.
Hey, Jerry, I've been following your project. I'm waiting to see how it looks with stucco and the awnings around the front. Or are those holes for adobe type structure roof drains? Reminds me of a number of structures in California.
Guy, what scale is your railroad. That trakwork looks nice, like it was handlaid in O scale. If it's HO, you did a really nice job on the track and the work train.
Lee, you don't let any grass grow under your feet You went from mock up to finished structure in a week. It looks really nice, especially with those WM cabooses inside.
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It is a busy day at the North Fork sawmill on the Oakhurst Railroad ... recent additions are scratchbuild log dumps ...
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great pics guys. here's my contribution for the weekend. Its a prototype that I made for a 20x20' shed type building. Nothing more than 4 cardstock walls a roof and some tape. Now that I've built this, the next one will get doors and windows drawn in, maybe even some siding for the walls. MRR-ing on the cheap for me
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
Jeff,
I hope you don't mind. I snagged one of your pictures and did some "post production" work on it. Mostly I just gave it a sky and a little extra foliage.
I've seen pictures that weren't half as good as this published in the model press. The only thing that detracts from yours was the background - and that is easy to fix.
George
"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."
Jerry, I get it now. I think some of the ones I've seen have a channel carved in the support beam to carry water off the roof. I think it will look great when you're done and you'll have a really unique structure.
Perry, were you barbequing one of the dinosaurs in that one picture? I notice threre are still a few more eggs waiting to hatch on the right of way though.
Teditor and Mike, nice trestles you both have. Most of the trestles I've built look like a giant pile of toothpicks thrown together.
Guy, those tracks do look great. I guess I'm going to have to rethink what I use for track if the CFO allows me to expand the layout. .The work train looks excellent, just the right amount of weathering and general decrepitude.
Dan, from little acorns, great oak trees grow. Once you've scratchbuilt your first structure, you say "How hard can the next one be?" Then you continue until your layout is finished or you become psychotic.
UP2CSX wrote: Then you continue until your layout is finished or you become psychotic.
Then you continue until your layout is finished or you become psychotic.
Well, since one's layout is never truly finished....
NeO6874 wrote: UP2CSX wrote: Then you continue until your layout is finished or you become psychotic. Well, since one's layout is never truly finished....
Actually the theory of a layout is never done is wrong. When you get eveything that you think needs to be done at that time is finished its technically done. Then when you browse online or your hobby shop and see something new to add, then the previously layout would be upgraded.
I had this talk with someone awhile ago and he said exactly what I'm saying.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Seeing as the thread is about to drop off of page one, I'll go ahead and post now instead of tomorrow morning.This week I got the grass and trees in on the extension, and yes, you guess correctly, I have pics of it.
Seeing as the thread is about to drop off of page one, I'll go ahead and post now instead of tomorrow morning.
This week I got the grass and trees in on the extension, and yes, you guess correctly, I have pics of it.
Wow! Those first 2 look great! I like the grass and trees!
Tyler: Thanks. I can't take credit for the trees. Those were sent to me by Loathar.
Perry: I too am curious about the flame. Your layout looks good.
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This is a construction photo of how I weathered one of my cabins --- for a burn scene. I then put a smoke unit inside it for affect.
Road works on the club's modular layout
Jack W.
And a bridge on the club's permanent layout
We are now into the scenery stage.
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From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Today I rusted up the roofs of my engine house and foundry.
Today I rusted up the roofs of my engine house and foundry.
Jeff, how did you rust it? I have a building that needs it. Also, a picture of the second model I have ever built will be up soon.
Now, Perry, you know the rules. No flaming posts, right?
Here's another shot of the brewery. I've got it installed now, with its siding in place. The car is from Greenway Products. (It's an Athearn BB, but they do the paint jobs for a lot of beers.)
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
A flaming post that I can get away with - ha ha
Jack,
That just might be the coolest bridge I've ever seen! Can you tell us more about it --- like where it comes from?
Greetings From Fresno, CA! Here's a shot of Herndon Salvage on my N Scale SP Fresno District. Junk is made from foil from candy wrappers.
MilwaukeeRoad wrote: Jeff, how did you rust it? I have a building that needs it. Also, a picture of the second model I have ever built will be up soon.
Teditor wrote: My contribution for this week, I enjoy scratchbuilding timber trestles, I build freehand to suit the terrain, no jigs, I have actually had a bridge engineer congratulate me on the accuray of my "freelance" work, that really made me feel good.The "Chief" is a fellow club members, this is on a club module.Keep the great photos coming.Teditor
My contribution for this week, I enjoy scratchbuilding timber trestles, I build freehand to suit the terrain, no jigs, I have actually had a bridge engineer congratulate me on the accuray of my "freelance" work, that really made me feel good.
The "Chief" is a fellow club members, this is on a club module.
Keep the great photos coming.
Teditor
That is some bridge!
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.