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Backdrop - Backed into a wall

Mon, 2016-09-12 10:06 — dkingcdn

I'm looking for some help with my backdrop.

In the next few weeks I'm hoping to get back into scenery work on my layout and in a couple of spots I have not left myself enough room between the tracks and the backdrop. I've got less than 2 inches in these locations.

Right now, there is 1/4" hardboard secured to the walls that is painted "sky blue" (I use that term loosely as we all have our own version).

Besides that there is a blank canvas to work with.

Best place to power tracks in roundhouse

Mon, 2016-09-12 05:59 — robertw144

Good morning. I am in the process of building a 12-stall roundhouse in HO scale. I was wondering where the best place to solder the feeder rails would be? The tracks between the turntable and roundhouse would be more accessible, but it would also be noticeable. My second thought was to drill holes through the roundhouse under the track near where the track ends in the roundhouse. Please note, the roundhouse is being assembled off of the layout and the tracks have not been fixed to the roundhouse floor.

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Horseshoe & Cottonwood Update #12

Sun, 2016-09-11 22:59 — Rob_C

Another busy weekend getting ready for the regional layout tour. The facia was painted giving everything a semi-finished look:
The decks are painted alternating light and dark shades which converge at the entrance to the layout.

Rob

How to Paint Realistic Concrete

Wed, 2016-09-07 22:38 — kathymillatt

Scenery - Structures

This week's video is the start of a series based around building a small track scale house kit.

Raft River - A Town on the 8th Sub

Wed, 2016-09-07 16:14 — wp8thsub

The Raft River branch departs from the 8th Subdivision main at Cedar. It descends via a helix to Cedar Creek canyon, then disappears again under part of Milton to finally emerge as a narrow scene on a lower deck where the town proper is located. Previous blog entries describe other locales on the layout, so I'll limit the discussion here to the bottom deck portion of the branch.

Morton Salt

Wed, 2016-09-07 03:43 — roadglide

Scenery - Structures

So my next scratchbuilding project....the Morton Salt plant in Chicago. Its not technically on Goose Island but close enough. Looking at the pictures, I don't think it will be that difficult to build. And I have the perfect spot for it.

Foil Tape corrugated siding?

Tue, 2016-09-06 21:20 — ctxmf74

Has anyone tried using the foil tape for furnace ducts as corrugated siding? I stuck some on a cardboard mock up today and ran a comb down it and it seems to have possibilities.Appears to stick pretty well and is easy to cut with scissors. Would need to figure out how to keep the corrugations straight and plumb as the siding is scribed and applied....DaveB

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A Tale of Three, make that four Bridges

Mon, 2016-09-05 09:50 — Pelsea

Scenery - Structures

It's been a quiet summer on Laurel Creek, at least as far as the layout goes (other stuff, hoo-boy!). I am tired of looking at pink foam, so the odd minutes I have found for modeling have gone toward getting ready for landscaping. The main geological feature of the LT&SS is Medium Creek, which divides the layout horizontally:

Ideas for Replicating Cement Dust??

Mon, 2016-09-05 07:02 — nbrodar

A key piece of modeling the cement industry (especially in the pre-environmental control era) is the ever present cement dust, that covered everything. I have thought of plaster powder or chalk. Other ideas?

Nick Brodar