trainmaster247Maybe this should be the final layout
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This thing is really growing on me. I had no idea I could become attached to a cardboard mock-up. The thought of destroying it in four days is now upsetting to me.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Day 4, Post 2.
Paint makes everything look better!
I am quite happy with progress now. I love this corner.
Day 4, Post 1.
Made one heck of a mess this morning! Thank goodness I covered the floor with kraft paper before I started this.
I have a lot of paint to apply now. Hopefully the paint will make all this mess go away.
A lot of water went through the cardboard when I put down the hillside covering. With some luck it will not weaken the whole thing enough for a collapse. I have been fighting warpage all through this project.
Day 3, Post 2.
Did not make as much progress today as I thought I would. Mocking up all those retaining walls ate a ton of time. Had to re-slope the mountainside a couple of times.
I think I should get the paper mache on it tonight.
Great idea Kevin, nothign like seeing it "as it is" to make sure your satisfied.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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Hahaaha! That's pretty awesome.
I'm definitely interested to see.
Maybe this should be the final layout it sure has character :)
The roundhouse and turntable look good for cardboard mockups. So does the bridge.
Day 3, Post 1.
Thanks for the comments Ray & Dave.
Moving forward today I am starting on the bridges and hills in the corner.
Hopefully I will be about half done with this project tonight.
Kevin:
This is a very interesting thread. You really will know whether or not you are happy with the layout before you sink your time and money into it. I don't have the patience to do what you are doing. I get a picture in my head and go with it. Usually it works out, but occassionally not.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Day 2, Post 2.
The roundhouse is 99% done now. The roof was very hard to make. Probably spent 4 hours today making everything fit.
Tomorrow I will begin with bridges and tunnels.
Very different approch!
Day 2, Post 1.
Working on the roundhouse like a madman this morning. Progress is going surprisingly fast.
Time to paint the interior black.
Day 1, Post 2.
Got more done today than I thought I would.
Just finished installing the turntable.
Starting on the Roundhouse tomorrow.
Day 1, Post 1.
John Allen famously built models of his layout before building the actual product. I am going to do the same thing, but in full size.
I have the advantage of an inexpensive hot glue gun! Can you imagine what the modelers of the 50's and 60's could have done if they had access to a hot glue gun and a Hot Wire Foam Factory?
Here is what I have accomplished today:
This going to be a model of the most important corner of the layout. I am going to make sure everything works before anything gets built.
Progress will be posted.
What a great vacation this will be!