Meredith Drive Grade Crossing

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Sun, 2012-07-22 09:14 — jfmcnab

Final update on the Meredith Drive grade crossing project.

Weathering on the road is complete and the scenery has been blended together to complete the scene, minus the crossing gates. I'm planning on having fully automated flashers and gates so I'll be taking my time to make it work. For now I'm enjoying the scene.

James

Comments

Love the photo...

Sun, 2012-07-22 09:37 — UP MAN

Love the way youre photo uses forced prespective. I think its going to look real good when your done.

Cliff Mckenney UP MAN modeling the Union Pacific in CT. Colorado to Council Bluffs Iowa.

FREE LANCE MODELING THE UNION PACIFIC FROM COLORADO TO COUNCIL BLUFFS IOWA

CLIFF MCKENNEY

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

Was Wondering

Sun, 2012-07-22 14:27 — Possum

I was just wondering what you use for your grade crossings? Is it a commercial product or is it scratch built?

George

"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers, ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."

Modeling the Ogden River Railway in HO.

BLMA

Sun, 2012-07-22 14:34 — jfmcnab

George,

The grade crossing uses BLMA's Concrete Crossings. Best product on the market.

James

Thanks!

Sun, 2012-07-22 14:39 — Possum

Thanks, James!

George

"And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers, ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."

Modeling the Ogden River Railway in HO.

It works

Thu, 2012-07-26 05:21 — arthurhouston

This type of work takes a lot of trial and error. This is looking good, you will find ways to improve as you go alone. As you get better do not hesitate to go back and redo sceans.

Art Houston

Grande Pacific RR

ahouston3@charter.net

Great scene!

Sat, 2012-07-28 03:45 — TTX101

What a great example of a dramatic scene in only a few square inches! There is always a tinge of anticipation in waiting at the crossing (for me, anyway). How many locomotives? What kind of cars? How long is the train? This scene rolls all of that together in miniature.

How deep is the scene at this point? It certainly looks like the perfect example of the workability of narrow shelf layouts - a scene doesn't have to be sprawling to be effective.

Roger

Rog.38

Scene Depth

Sat, 2012-07-28 06:39 — jfmcnab

How deep is the scene at this point? It certainly looks like the perfect example of the workability of narrow shelf layouts - a scene doesn't have to be sprawling to be effective.

Thanks Roger.

Scene is 8 inches deep, which is typical of my entire layout. Here's the layout plan.

Meredith Drive is in the lower right corner. The two peninsulas are 16 inches across, the rest of the plan is 8 inches. I see no reason for deeper scenes, and hence waste space, on a modern linear layout design.

James

Great use of space!

Sat, 2012-07-28 08:22 — TTX101

Thanks - this is a great example for people who think they don't have enough space for a layout (including me)! With shelves less than a foot wide, very little space can be used - and the miles can still roll by!

Roger

Rog.38

Inspiration...

Mon, 2012-09-03 15:07 — g0

I built something with relatively narrow shelves such as this some years ago, and have considered doing something similar around the ceiling of my living room. Never really considered scenery, but I think your line may have lit a small fire of inspiration!

Now, if I could just find some more time...

-Mark Hintz
DM Rail Group: St. Louis Northern · Milwaukee Franklin & Norway · IndustRail · Paris Coal Railway · South Fork

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