HO 80s/90s CSX, NS, & Conrail layout resurrection.

[minitnkr]

.........and closer. Wet white stuff is done. C&Cs welcomed. PaulE

[Mini Me]

Yep.....that's closer alright......gonna be one busy railroad.....probably take sommers between 3 and 5 operators to make it all happen! Rick H.

[boatman]

Yep.....that's closer alright......gonna be one busy railroad.....probably take sommers between 3 and 5 operators to make it all happen! Rick H.

YEA Rick it is gonna be a busy R/R an i love it to see all the tracks laidout an the flatcars with their containers on WELL just the whole R/R i think is fab an as you say need 4 or 5 operaters so i think PaulE IS GONNA need to grow another pair of arms lol
chris

[minitnkr]

..........and closer yet. Trying out different concrete treatments & finalize structure placements.


This area has been partially weathered.


C&Cs encouraged. PaulE

[Mini Me]

Nice work Paul, :thumb2: Rick H.

[boatman]

lovely work PaulE A QUESTION if i may how big is the room where the layout is in ?
chris

[minitnkr]

14'X21'. Refinery, industries, control panel, & container yard all on 21' wall. PaulE

[boatman]

14'X21'. Refinery, indusries, control panel, & container yard all on 21' wall. PaulE

YEA PaulE THAT was about the size of my old house rooms 20 ft sqaure where i had my layout but as it was an old house i used to get a lot of dust on the lines an was constantly cleaning the tracks

[minitnkr]

Different concrete colors I've tried. PollyS 505210 "OLD CONCRETE" is the lighter of the two, Vallejo 71.131 "CONCRETE" is the darker. The earth tone areas are PollyS "MUD".


C&Cs welcome. PaulE

[Mini Me]

That looks good Paul, breaks up the monotony of a very large flat area and creates interest. Rick H.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Paul. As Rick says, you’ve broken up the slab look very well. After all, concrete takes stains and scuffs like nothing else!

[minitnkr]

Thanks guys. I'm unsure. The dark one looks like wet concrete to me & the lighter one looks fresh dried. Will finish ballasting/gardening, then decide what to do. Maybe weathering the darker with lighter tones will work. PaulE

[minitnkr]

Still mucking about. These working hinges turned out pretty cool.

Ballasting progress & blacktop access road.

Trying out clinker ground cover leftover from steam age.

C&Cs encouraged. PaulE

[Mini Me]

It's a small, small world......Excellent progress on this Paul, I hope to see some operational trains soon. :thumb2: Rick H.

[scottie3158]

Paul,
This just gets better every time I look in. All the different textures look great.