Scenery - Structures
Industry Track for Milling Operation
I am planning to put a milling building (like the Walther's Red Wing Mill) and wondered if having grain brought in by covered hopper and flour/ground meal out by Airslide hopper would make sense. If so, should there be an inbound and outbound track or just one track with separate spots for the inbound and outbound cars.
Overall plan is have several small grain elevators to create the loads for the mill and a bakery complex for the outbound flour. This is still in the start of the overall planning for the layout.
Scale Structures Ltd. Dinky Creek Bridge
Ihave the kit but I need a copy of the template sheet. I have misplaced it and am now getting ready to build the kit. If anyone has a copy it would be much appreciated
terraforming
As part of my preparations for the upcoming Railway Modellers Meet layout tour in May, I have started noodling around with some basic scenery to hide the raw benchwork that currently dominates the layout room. My original plan was to hold off on building scenery on the lower level until the upper level was completed, but I doubt I'll get much of the upper deck completed before the tour. So some basic scenery will be roughed in to give a bit more visual interest to visitors. I'm sure I'll be making chang
How do you protect your backdrops when working near them?
I'm looking at using photo backdrops on my layout and have decided I really need to install them before putting in track and scenery; as ham-handed as I am, trying to slide them in over the top of everything after the fact sounds like a recipe for disaster. I'm curious what order of construction others have followed when using backdrops and in particular what methods they may use to protect them from damage while working around them.
Swimming Pool?
Here's an unusual idea - I'm trying to figure out how to model a swimming pool at an old motel - actually, a "motor inn", as they were called. My layout era is early 1970's, and I've added a run-down motor inn on the outskirts of town, using the Bar Mills kit "Cabins at Collard's Creek" plus additional cabins.
Scratch built wood plank
Hi! This week I´ve been working on a scratch built plank around the sawmill. I made a video of the process:
Former Time Saver Plus - Major Expansion
This was my latest creation based on the Time Saver switching puzzle plan in HO scale. It will now be expanded based on a 13 year old former(?) layout that has been stored in my son's garage!!!
I have had various train setups and layouts over the years, but never with scenery (or even ballast). After decades of armchair railroading, I am attempting to really build something worth having.
Concentrate shed mockup
With the impending layout tour of the Hudson Bay Railway in May as part of the Railway Modellers Meet of BC I have realized I really should get back to working on the layout so visitors will have more than bare plywood and track to look at. I decided I needed to mock up a concentrate unloading/thaw shed.
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