lovely work PaulE A QUESTION if i may how big is the room where the layout is in ?
chris
chris
HO 80s/90s CSX, NS, & Conrail layout resurrection.
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14'X21'. Refinery, industries, 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
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
C&Cs welcome. PaulE
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!
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
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
Ballasting progress & blacktop access road.
Trying out clinker ground cover leftover from steam age.
C&Cs encouraged. PaulE
Paul,
This just gets better every time I look in. All the different textures look great.
This just gets better every time I look in. All the different textures look great.
Hey. Let’s see your Garden Paul if you don’t mine. You can start a thread on it. I’m sure the Guys would love to see it. I know I would. The Layout is really shaping up I like those passenger cars specially the Vista Dome.
Thanks guys. Lee, I had to remove the lighting components of all the cars as they created too much drag at this length. While I had them out I touched up the silver & weathered the trucks some. I also painted the trucks on the A & B units to match. The train now runs & looks much better. I took a 13 second video of it running but the site "media" wouldn't accept it. PaulE
Sounds nice that extra current sometimes can slow a lot down on your layout. I’ve tried to post my O scale videos with no luck. Do you have any close up shots of the passenger cars?
Lee, the lighting kits depended on copper wipers on car axles to provide current for bulbs. This created a drag as well. No, haven't taken close-up pics. They are back in storage.
Some progress pics & dry fit of fencing.
High-railers
Salt spreader, portable fuel tank, snow plow & misc tools.
Heavy service/maint. trucks.
Heavy yard mule (lost spare tire somewhen) placing car for unloading.
C&Cs welcomed. PaulE
Some progress pics & dry fit of fencing.
High-railers
Salt spreader, portable fuel tank, snow plow & misc tools.
Heavy service/maint. trucks.
Heavy yard mule (lost spare tire somewhen) placing car for unloading.
C&Cs welcomed. PaulE
PaulE what' s happened in the first picture with all that white stuff on the street ?
chris
chris
This is looking awesome Paul :thumb2:
This is really shaping up Paul. The extra detail you are now adding is really bringing it to life. By the way, if you want to reinstate the lighting on those cars without increasing drag i think it could be done. It would just need a little work on the bogies and pivots.
Thank you gentlemen. Lee, plaster dust swept up before painting. Tim, thank you, but I don't miss the lighting. Daytime fan runs only:smiling:. PaulE
Well, it's time to fire up the tree assembly line. Some dry fit trees to get an idea on how many to do. C&Cs welcomed. PaulE
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