SCRATCH BUILT. Share your pride and joy here.

[Anonymous]

Hello fellow scratch builders, I have a couple projects working on which I'm gonna share. Feel free to join in.

With that said here goes.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/343309110/400855839bbpfht
This is a shot of the deck for a train ferry that I've started on the weekend. At this point I was checking the bridge clearance as well as the deck height just to make sure that all wheels are on the line at all time.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/343309110/394273266fLtajZ
A crane barge. It's a copy from a model I had seen on a website.

http://image63.webshots.com/63/2/98/3/393129803LWGuCT_ph.jpg
A sawmill. Still under construction.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/343309110/393128026JdlMjD
Crane barge and small fishing boat.

These are all N scale.

OK, these are mine so far lets see what you've got hiding.

Here's the link if you want to see some more angles of these shots.
http://community.webshots.com/album/343309110iNPjgG

[Anonymous]

every link is broken:(

[Anonymous]

I've been having all sorts of problem posting pictures from my webshots album. Someboby help me.

[Anonymous]

ohhhhh. for some reason web shots won't let you post pictures here. you have leave the links.[:(]i had the same problem

[UNIONPACIFIC4018]

I went to your website and wow are those the best scratch built structures I ahve ever seen.
Keep up the good work

[Anonymous]

Thanks UNIONPACIFIC4018.

I'll be working to fini***he ferry on the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Some nice Builds there !!! Scratch building is a very fullfilling part of our hobby IMO.
Here are a couple simple retaining wall s have done. I plan on doing some more Scratch built structures on this pike, but will be some winter projects.

[leighant]

Nit Pickers Union Hall


Latimore’s barn in Fort Worth with layout in loft


Both N scale.

[SilverSpike]

All I got to say is WOW!

Very nice work guys!

- Ryan

[Anonymous]

Midniteflyer, is that N scale. Looks Good, hope spring comes soon so I can see the others. lol.

leighant, love the roof detail. How long did that take?

[dave9999]

leighant,
Please tell us what you used for the trains on the loft layout. That's some
mighty fine work!! [tup] Dave

And in N scale... you, my friend, have a lot of patience.

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by verse2damax

Hello fellow scratch builders, I have a couple projects working on which I'm gonna share. Feel free to join in.

With that said here goes.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/343309110/400855839bbpfht
This is a shot of the deck for a train ferry that I've started on the weekend. At this point I was checking the bridge clearance as well as the deck height just to make sure that all wheels are on the line at all time.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/343309110/394273266fLtajZ
A crane barge. It's a copy from a model I had seen on a website.

http://image63.webshots.com/63/2/98/3/393129803LWGuCT_ph.jpg
A sawmill. Still under construction.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/343309110/393128026JdlMjD
Crane barge and small fishing boat.

These are all N scale.

OK, these are mine so far lets see what you've got hiding.

Here's the link if you want to see some more angles of these shots.
http://community.webshots.com/album/343309110iNPjgG

You Sir, are a scratchbuilding monster! Awesome work all! [8D]

[Anonymous]

Guys,

I'm sure many of you have seen this before, but since I am buiding benchwork and laying track, I am recycling it for my addition to this thread. Built from plans of the water tank at Los Pinos, Colorado. The roof took forever and caused a few gray hairs....

[Anonymous]

From a very long time ago, my scratchbuilt enginehouse in HO scale. I just happened to have the image in my computer:



Bob Boudreau

[cheese3]

Every one has most likely seen this allready but it is my Wobbling Donkey. It was built out of a brake van a hot wheels car rolls royce the power truck from a Life Like F7 the truck from a caboose and various other scrap parts.

[ereimer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

From a very long time ago, my scratchbuilt enginehouse in HO scale. I just happened to have the image in my computer:

Bob Boudreau

[bow][bow][bow]

[leighant]

The roof for Nit-Picker's Union Hall is individual cedar shingles cut from paper thin cedar wrappers from what were $1 cigars years ago. Entire model took about 35 hours.
640 pieces I guess, not counting shingles.

For the barn with the layout

I saw kindergarten kids playing trains with blocks made from ends of 2x4s and realized, a length of 2x4 has approxmiately the bulk of a Lionel boxcar. So I just used scale 8" lengths of scale 2x4 to represent pieces of Lionel equipment and painted them to match the colors of the stuff I remembered having when I was kid in the 1950s.

[dinwitty]

early on I needed a double slip switch but no money to buy one, I took on the task to scratchbuild one, using instructions from one of the MR mags, an article I found.

That was years ago and was installed on an old layout. That layout is gone, but the doubleslip is intact.

I may take a pic of it sometime just for this thread.

of course it worked.

[NZRMac]

Now this is my first attempt at anything scratchbuilt, so be kind!!



Working two aspect signals. pole is a cotton bud, 3mm LEDs and their mounting collars. Just squeezed three wires up the pole.



I need a ladder for the rear, HO scale any suggestions where I get some.

Ken.

[JohnT14808]

Boy, I am embarrassed to show my scratch built trestle. This is the first item I've built for the Club I joined after 25 year layoff from the hobby. Be kind!!



I'm working on finishing it up, but lost a bag of parts, so I have to do the inside diagonals and the second water barrel platform with it's barrel. It/s amazing how pieces parts like that just.....disappear!!

[Anonymous]

AWESOME WORK GENTLEMEN!

fundyNorthern, masterly work. One question, how did you make those glass windows?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by verse2damax

AWESOME WORK GENTLEMEN!

fundyNorthern, masterly work. One question, how did you make those glass windows?

Thanks for the comments!

The windows were made using a Walthers product that I don't know if is still around. It is/was clear plastic sheets with the window mullions printed on it. Just cut out the sizes you need and there you are. A real neat product!

Bob Boudreau

[ukguy]

There sure is a lot of talent around these here parts.

My usual contribution.....



Sorry, nothing original here.

Great work.
Karl.

[Anonymous]

Jaw dropping! Nice work....

Paul

QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

From a very long time ago, my scratchbuilt enginehouse in HO scale. I just happened to have the image in my computer:
Bob Boudreau

[Anonymous]

Verse Man, that's really awesome work! Wood is my achilles heel when it comes to modelbuilding (scratch or kit), I generally prefer styrene. BTW are you a member of the Rail Marine Information Group (RMIG)? Their newsletter, Transfer, is full of pictures of stuff like you built.

Here is an overhead traveling crane (a.k.a. an "ore bridge") that I scratchbuilt in brass, with styrene details. (I'm still struggling to finish building the layout it will go on though![(-D])


...and some more links showing various phases of the construction:

http://trainweb.org/ironbelt/ore_bridge/harborfront.jpg
http://trainweb.org/ironbelt/ore_bridge/tram.jpg
http://trainweb.org/ironbelt/ore_bridge/stairways01.jpg
http://trainweb.org/ironbelt/ore_bridge/stairways03.jpg
http://trainweb.org/ironbelt/ore_bridge/tunnel_frame.jpg
http://trainweb.org/ironbelt/ore_bridge/stairways04.jpg

[ukguy]

Ken that is absolutely stunning, I havent checked the links out yet as I have to go to work, but thats the first thing I'll be doing when I get home. Awesome !

Karl.

[Anonymous]

[:O][:O][:O][wow][bow][bow][bow]
KenLarsen, excellent work. How long?
The answer to your question is, no I'm not a member. I wish I was though.

ukguy, love it.

FundyNorthern, I think I'm going to try that in N scale.

Later gents.

[Anonymous]

Beautiful work!
Bob, that engine house is fantastic. I was going to ask the same question about the windows. I supose if the product isn't available you could make them out of clear acetate with black drafting tape for the mullions.

Ken, the ore loader is amazing, did you solder all the brass? (I'm guessing that you did).

Here's my offering, not nearly as good as what the others have contributed though.


My pier on the harbour. Half of it (the harbour and pier) folds under the layout to provide a little more access between the sofa and layout in my rec-room. (there's about 250 dowels in the pier and seawall, all hand cut)

[Anonymous]

Nice work everyone.
Who said scratch-building was a dieing art form?

All the structures in my loco service facility were built from scratch except for the kit-bashed engine house.
http://2guyzandsumtrains.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=309/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=15.html

This link shows how the turn table was built.
http://2guyzandsumtrains.com/Content/pa=showpage/pid=15.html

There are a few scratch-built locos in this thread.
http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=6376

Here's another loco I built from scratch.
http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=9407

[tstage]

Whoa! I feel embarrassed to even post this.

Well, I guess I only get partial credit for this one everybody. This is my "semi-scratchbuilt" coaling tower kit from Suncoast Models. I say "semi-scratchbuilt" because it's about as close to scratchbuilding as a kit can come:



All the parts and material are provided. The only thing precut was the styrene siding, wheel, and light fixture housings. Everything else had to be converted to HO scale, measured, sized/cut, bent and/or fitted from 2 sets of mechanical drawings. (Even then, it was a challenge to extrapulate all the information need to put the little monster together.) I'm fairly pleased with it. I'd like to eventually wire and light it with grain 'o wheat lights, as well as weather it.

Bob, that is one IMPRESSIVE engine house!!! [tup][tup][tup]

Tom