Layout design
JL&T Layout Expansion of 2014...
Ok guys so here will be the new thread chronicling the Layout Expansion to the existing shed that holds the JL&T.
The primary purpose of the extension is to house the contents of our current garage attached to our home, this is being converted to a therapy/playroom for our eldest son Lachlan who is autistic and intellectually disabled.
Scenery work on Red-Rock section
While summer takes a -short- break in Germany, I had a little time to spend on my layout. This weekend I managed to finish the grade crossing and some basic ground cover on the Red-Rock section.
I also painted the future track side transfer and depot building using an airbrush and flat gray acrylics.
Proposed Track Plan Insight welcome
Here is my proposed track plan for my shelf layout. I am open to any ideas, suggestions, or any issues I might not be seeing. I am going to have staging cassettes for the top left and at the interchange at the bottom. Eventually when this gets finished I can expand on the left side with another 4' x 9' shelf with a 4 foot cassette to connect the 2 shelfs across the sliding door.
TT scale boxfile diorama
Whatever happen to M.C. Fujiwara?
Anybody know where M.C. Fujiwara is or has been doing. I really miss his modeling posts!
Den,
N&W Pokey District, Sub 1 3/4 Goodbye!
Well, for reasons too long to go into here, the multi-level layout I started a few years ago has to come down. It's a tough thing to say good-bye to something one has put so many long hours of work into. But, trying to keep things in proper perspective, no layout is forever. Sooner or later they all come down! And whether we want to admit it out loud as modelers or not, a layout is not the be all and end all of life! There's so much more to live for than a layout, no matter how great the layout might be.
Helpers on Helix
Hello all - first post on MRH.
I want to build a helix (major statement!) - on an existing layout. I have it basically designed. It is an oval shape, each loop about 248 in. long, 29 in. radius one end, 25 in. other. It is right at 2%, so roadbed-top to roadbed-top separation is almost 5 in. Except for the first 1/2 loop, the helix will be entirely hidden. I'm not in favor of little openings/windows along the grade - I just can't figure out how to make them look right. Maybe LED's or CCTV, maybe.
Ballasting the Trenton Yard
I have finally progressed to the ballasting stage in the Trenton Freight Yard, on my Trenton Subdivision in N Scale.
I find working in small patches, allows me to focus on one section and the glue/water mixture time to set before moving on to the adjoining section.
With such a large area to ballast it forms a checker board effect. Once the section is dry, I then ballast the area between the two.
Looking for ideas to produce sage bushes
I'm going to be designing a desert scene on my layout and would like to produce some sage bushes along the tracks. I'm looking at what will work best for this. I've seen all sorts of other bushes but not any sages bushes. What would best. I want to get the colors correct too. Suggestion on what to use?
So.... O over HO or vice versa?
A question of height.
A little background.
Currently I have a good size HO modern era collection and some modern era 2 rail O scale. In the not so distant future, I will be able to expand my layout from a 9' X 11' room in an apartment to a good size space (19' X 16') in a basement.
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