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Regular poster 285 posts Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes Regular poster 285 posts
Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes

Hi to all fellow modelers.

I have been way of the hobby and this forum just because life got in the way. A lot of work in the train shop where I am working for 12 years now, with new portuguese models coming out almost every month.

That, added to the fact the my 3 year old kid wants to play with his dad with LEGO's and Transformer toys as soon as I get back home.. leaves almost no time for trains.

I had to take down the layout I was building, because I had some infiltration issues, and also needed the space to my other hobby: Racing sims, like iRacing - man, I love racing on NASCAR... And that lead into making more videos on Youtube.

So, after watching TOMA series on TMTV I decided to start building a section at a time. But, soon I found I needed to have more sections with trains running at least... I am a founding member of a new MR club in Portugal, and we had a new show this last October.

So, I would like to introduce my newest layout called "Duarte Junction" (Duarte is the name of my kid).

Photos and videos on the next post.

Thanks for your time.

 

Luís Daniel Lopes
Lisbon, Portugal
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Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes Regular poster 285 posts
Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes

Photos and videos

So this is Duarte Junction. A switching layout, without any run-around, that already gave hours on fun on train shows ( I had been in two train show - One in October and another in November.)

Here is a video on my Youtube channel about the show we had in October.

The layout is made up with three sections on 120 x 40 cm. Track plan is quite simple. I use PECO code 83, because it the best "americanized" track I can get here.

Here are two photos of it during track laying:

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This needed light, so I built a light valance using LED strips.
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Still need to figure out the scenery I am going to do, but I am thinking again on the northeast, in the Autumn (those red and golden trees give a lot of colour to any layout).

Progress on scenery started anyway. I started to weather the track using MIke Confalone's recipe. Used the Tamiya colors on a dark brown track. I like to look of it so far.

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To finish this first blog, here is a photo of the layout on the last show.771194_n.jpg 

I also been doing some livestreams on my Youtube channel as well. It was two hours of models building, chating and fun!

 
Feel free to go there if you want:  http://goo.gl/rnrTzu

Thank you for your time!

Luís Daniel Lopes
Lisbon, Portugal
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Moe line Frequent poster 631 posts
Moe line

Welcome Back

Welcome back to the hobby, Luis, it looks like your new layout is coming along great!. It is always interesting to hear from someone from outside of the United States, with details of how you enjoy the hobby in your country. Congratulations, on founding the new club, having club involvement makes the hobby even more enjoyable in my opinion. Keep up the good work, Jim
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Tim Moran Speed-Mo Tim Frequent poster 767 posts
Tim Moran Speed-Mo Tim

Good to see you back!

Luis,

Very glad to see you back and posting again! Looking forward to your updates as the progress continues.

Respectfully,

Tim Moran Akron, OH

My blog: https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/21964

My YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/wrfreemo2006

Thanks for looking!
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p51 Super User 3,137 posts
p51

Welcome back!

I, too, left the hobby for several years (in my case it was an overall disgust from a terrible module group I belonged to when i was young).

I think this says it best for you:

 
Lee

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My Flickr website with layout photos

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/etwnc-stoney-creek-branch-12197690?&trail=25

You can never have too much detail or too many trees!
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Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes Regular poster 285 posts
Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes

Hi all. Thanks for your

Hi all.

Thanks for your kind words (and sorry again about my bad English).

I'll try to post some progress, as soon as I do some work on the layout.

Best wishes.

Luís Daniel Lopes
Lisbon, Portugal
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ALopes New member 26 posts
ALopes

Olá Luís

Good to see you're back on the hobby (well, I guess you never left, only a brief pause...)

I'm sure you'll do a great return.

Hoping to see some more pictures soon

Cheers,

António
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BruceNscale Regular poster 493 posts
BruceNscale

Wonderful Track

Hi Luis,

Kudos on your random colored ties.

It's not something I see very often and it looks great!!!!

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Happy Modeling, Bruce
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