Still waiting on those switch machines.
Hopefully tonight I will airbrush that Kadee logging caboose and have it finished by tomorrow.
I used Walthers Modulars for a Cold Storage which turned out well, fortunatly there is a large box of left overs that has sufficient parts in number to build a large warehouse to go with the Cold Storage. I only need a few foundation peices from the store and some paint.
I find the Modulars somewhat expensive because they only package 4 or so of a badly needed item. Take Blank walls for example. I needed roughly 42 of these which meant I needed to buy 11 seperate blisters at 8.00 each to get the required number of blank walls to finish my design.
I already have several other nice complete kits based on modulars that I recieved on sale pricing.
I know I wont be considering any more of the walthers modular after the warehouse is built. Walthers needs to take each major peice like Blank Wall Sections and package them 16 to a card. It might support future projects using this system. Otherwise I carefully buy pre-designed kits that I think (Sterling Dairy for example) is good for the railroad.
I probably will consider DPM Kits such as the 15 building town kit in the future. They do provide learning kits that are pretty small but teaches you how to build thier system. The challenge for me is a large flat surface of some precision without warps or sags is necessary and there is not an item here in Arkansas with a straight angle.. except maybe a carpenter's square.
I'm sorry GUB,
It was a DPM modular kit, that I used.
Right now I'm working on my (5th?) HO layout.....I just finished the benchwork, which is very easy with a 4x8 foot layout (steel studs) Next comes the subroadbed/scenery base.......just need my dad's truck to carry the foam sheets.....
Here's a few pics
It's sitting on a desk until I build some legs
Dave
I guess i am going to have to have a closer look at them. I am using the Walther's Modulars for a Mill that I am building. I didn't realized they were called "learning kits".
GUB
GUB wrote: travon wrote: Working on several projects:1. Just finished a kitbash of my design using the learning kits of Walthers modulars. Will post pic soon for wpf.Why do you call them "learning kits"? Just wondering.GUB
travon wrote: Working on several projects:1. Just finished a kitbash of my design using the learning kits of Walthers modulars. Will post pic soon for wpf.
Working on several projects:
1. Just finished a kitbash of my design using the learning kits of Walthers modulars. Will post pic soon for wpf.
Why do you call them "learning kits"? Just wondering.
Cause that was named of kits that I used.
Well, right now I'm finishing cleaning off the layout so I can add a few additional layers of foam. Then, I'll get my final track plan down and start laying track. Then, I can start sceniking (sp?) and getting my structures and roads in order.
Luckily, a crew from Nashville is coming to waterproof the basement near the end of the month. With that, the guy who came to provide us with a quote said that I would have to move everything out away from the walls about 4 feet. As of now, there is about 2 feet of space between the wall and the layout, so it's a simple task of un-bolting the three sections (each of them a 6' x 8' table) it and moving them toward the middle of the basement away from the walls.
-Brandon
2. Working on a Perkins freight building using Walthers modulars, base on pictures of said building.
3. A kitbash project that was feature in RMC Feb 1973 issue, that Vollmer must have done a design change to the kit involve, so I'm redesigning the layout for kitbashing.
Just spent 2 weeks building the benchwork... Now working on laying track and roadbed and wiring as I go. So far about 40 feet of staging down and 5 switches.... only another 35 or so switches to go and another 200 feet of track to go...
Finished breaking in the 4-4-0 from Roundhouse.
There are other projects pending, but are on hold at this time.
claymore1977 wrote: ..then again, that might detract from getting anything done on the layout :/
..then again, that might detract from getting anything done on the layout :/
AND?
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Wulfblat wrote: The bulk of my layout track is laid, and the feeder wires are soldered to the track. I'm currently finishing up the Tortoise mounting, and will then move to wiring the switch machines (promptingg the construction of the control panels) and then running and connecting the DCC bus wires to the track feeders.Photos, track plan and what not can be found here:UP in SE Oregon
The bulk of my layout track is laid, and the feeder wires are soldered to the track. I'm currently finishing up the Tortoise mounting, and will then move to wiring the switch machines (promptingg the construction of the control panels) and then running and connecting the DCC bus wires to the track feeders.
Photos, track plan and what not can be found here:
UP in SE Oregon
I checked out your site and pictures... nice layout! One thing though: Whats with the flatscreen tv & Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVDs under the layout? ;)
Still painting windows and doors.
Backdrop
and terraforming !
Regards,
Tom
Hmmm,
Deciding on a paint scheme for my 4-4-0, with will become Smoky Mountain Central #1 "Davy Crockett".
Cheese
Nick! :)
Working on two structures. Well, finishing one and getting ready to start another. Finishing up the 'Bailey Savings and Loan' from Walthers. A near perfect arcitectural match to the real 'First National Bank' it's modeling. Getting ready to start a no longer in production Bachmann Spectrum series stucture, the 'Variety Store' or Woolworth's as it will be on my layout.
Jim
Ordering flex and sectional track (Model Power Flex, Atlas Sectional, Peco Turnouts) and saving paychecks for Life Like 2-8-8-2 Mallet.
I plan to build the benchwork for my layout by the end of this month and have track down by early August.
A: trying to get the wife to clean out the basement for my layout space so that: B: I can get the basement mitigated for radon (major issue here in Ohio and my level was 38.7(anything greater than 10 requires immediate attention) so that: C: I can start my benchwork. For any of you following my prior posts on this subject, this is beginning year two of this saga
Lynn
Present Layout progress
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/p/290127/3372174.aspx#3372174
B&o Bob K. very nice layout. If I just lived closer.
Its hovering around 100 here and I haven't done much on my RR, but I did install some tunnel portals and make plans to add a siding near the yard for a Sunkist(maybe) plant. Have much to do around the house before I head towards the layout but I will be experimenting with colors for grass and soil. I may have to take a trip to obtain the real thing as the dirt in my area is too dark.
I am also working on a schedule again and hope to have something soon.
I also have a few buildings under construction but it has been too hot to paint. Combo engine house car shop, grain elevator, and a few odd city buildings.
mfifer, I like the color choices on the corner building.
John