Nice pictures everyone.
I finally added a few little people to my layout. I can see it's going to cost a small fortune to add details to the layout!
I think maybe the cheap yellow car needs to be moved somewhere less prominent on the layout!
secondhandmodeler I can see it's going to cost a small fortune to add details to the layout!
If you do not mind a bit of painting, Preiser sells sets with unpainted figures, good quality and a lot more reasonable than the $1 or $2 per figure for the factory painted ones
120 unpainted sitting figures for $33.99http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/590-16328120 passengers and passers-by also for $33.99http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/590-16337That is about 28 cents per figure, not counting time and paint. Both are out of stock at Walthers now, but they have been an item that has been available for many years
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
George, thanks for the links. I may need to go that route.
More fun with the DiceCam!
Today I joined MC to the NMRA Pacific Coast Division meeting and we ran trains on the Free-moN and Alameda Belt in a Box layouts.
Enjoy:
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-Mark
www.MarkWatson3D.com
I see you even made an appearance in the video.
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Got some more work done on the station... My weekends are Sunday/Monday, so you'll have to excuse my tardiness!
First a note, the station drawings I followed for this project were published in MR in January of 2000. Additional research came from various books and publications of the Western Maryland Railway Historical Society... Just in case anyone was wondering...
Got the rest of the windows I needed for the basement... once the door issue gets resolved we'll be back on that.For now, let's take a quick glance backward. Last May, this is what I dug out of the storage mausoleum:I had gotten the exterior wall and cornices cut back in 2003, maybe 2004, then into the Cryothermal Container where it was held in suspended animation until a cure could be found for the "window situation"...Two weeks ago, Lord Zox, my friend with the Silhouette HD digital cutter, sent me the package of Miracle Window Cure I'd been waiting for, and we moved the project along to here:Having the windows in hand, I was finally able to build the interior floors I needed to pull the walls back into some semblance of order. The last two weeks have been spent constructing the rudimentary interior needed to give those big windows something to reveal. I used a couple of those vertical blind slats I've got, which were just the right color, and completely opaque!You can't have interiors without lights, so I broke out the LEDs and worked them in all over the building.This weekend, I finished wiring in the lights for the basement and the exterior, added the platform on the track side of the building, and built up the main roof.I went back and trimmed out the roof edge to clean up the appearance, then reinstalled the front two chimneys, and worked on fabricating a dormer that I will use as a master to cast 10 more just like it...I've got some .100 rod that I'll be using to make the 7 columns I'll need for the platform canopy, then I can begin the fun of detailing the area around the station. I'm really enjoying seeing this come together...Lee
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Looing great, Lee. Keep us up to date on the progress, and don't let the building near that cryo suspension chamber
G Paine secondhandmodeler: I can see it's going to cost a small fortune to add details to the layout! If you do not mind a bit of painting, Preiser sells sets with unpainted figures, good quality and a lot more reasonable than the $1 or $2 per figure for the factory painted ones 120 unpainted sitting figures for $33.99http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/590-16328120 passengers and passers-by also for $33.99http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/590-16337That is about 28 cents per figure, not counting time and paint. Both are out of stock at Walthers now, but they have been an item that has been available for many years
secondhandmodeler: I can see it's going to cost a small fortune to add details to the layout!
You can also get the same unpainted figures, or similar, through MicroMark.
http://www.micromark.com/scale-figure-sets-and-accessories.html?page=2
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
Just get the slaves to do the painting. Spring break starts next week. With two weeks off I am counting on a new batch of people on the layout.
WORK CHILD WORK!
Nonstop holiday action!
The first herd of people ready to go.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Brent:
That little girl of yours is terrific!! Does she 'outsource?' I've got to populate my new "City Of San Francisco", LOL!
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
twhite Brent: That little girl of yours is terrific!! Does she 'outsource?' I've got to populate my new "City Of San Francisco", LOL! Tom
Thanks Tom.
Yes she is quite something. She finished two grade levels in her Royal Conservatory Piano exams this year, does really well in competitive swimming and is an incredible Artist to boot. That really helps her artistically challenged Dad out a lot on the layout. But the best thing is come the playoff's, she gets her jersey on and comes and cheers on the Canucks with the rest of us.
She is a shrewd negotiator, so watch out on any people painting contract's she may slide your way.
Sorry back to trains!