Scenery - Structures
Tutorial on ocean or lake water with waves - EASY & low-cost
Hi! I saw a forum thread some years ago on how to make water effect using toilet paper and glue. I have tested this method and now also used on my own layout to make water in my harbour. I think this method is close to "fool-proof" in getting a good and realistic result. It´s also obviously a very low cost method, so I thought it was a good idea to spread this method by making a video tutorial. I hope you like it.
Ore Dock Construction
Hi again everyone,
I spent the last two days working on my ore dock for my HO DM&IR layout. It is 9 feet long and 4 tracks wide. Here's just a few pictures of the progress. Lots more left to do, as most of the chutes need to be rigged and half of them weighted. If anyone has done this before and has any tips let me know.
Thanks,
Cody
Adding a farm scene made easy.
So I completed another puzzle, Autumn Ride which is a Famous Artist Collection puzzle. This puzzle is of a nice farm scene which I thought I might be able to use on my Grants Pass Western railroad. I scanned, reduce the picture size and cut out the parts I wanted to use. As the trees were of an autumn scene, the trees and sky had to go as well as the bottom part which was going to be out of scale. I also cut out the pond on the left hand side.
Woodland Scenics C1311 Curved Tunnel
Hello there !
I'm planning to buy a Woodland Scenics C1311 Curved Tunnel for my small H0 layout.
In fact, I'm a poor builder. That's the reason why I'm looking at this tunnel.
All your advices are welcome ! Many thanks in advance.
http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/C1311/page/1
Have a better day than ever !
Chris
Tutorial on how to make mountains, Rock sides and hills
HI! :)
I got a request from user "towazy" to make tutorial on how I model my mountains, rocks sides and hills. Here´s what the final result looks like:
A Bit of Scenery
SCRAP YARD! I have some more "tweaking" to do, but here is the start of the first scenery portion of the new layout. Lights have to be connected as this is a 24 hr operation which gives my switching crews plenty to do - LOL. More landscaping and perhaps a few more figures will help detail it further.
Eureka Valley Narrow Gauge Railroad
My scratch built O scale Eureka Depot was inspired by an ad that appeared way back in the October 1980 Model Railway Craftsman magazine for the Horseshoe Meadows kit, then marketed by Railway Engineering Agency. I've got a collection of photos, plans, etc that I've collected over many years, and find these a useful source of ideas for new structures and scenes. This depot is built to fit a particular space/location using a foam core substructure and slips of card painted and grained to simulate weatherboards.
Raising Cane
Spend several hours trying to create an illusion of a cane field. After three separate sessions of frustration it has about 24" of sugar cane. There has to be a better way than planting a few stalks at a time and certainly end up looking more realistic. First my effort with some wet backdrop paint:
And a photo of some real sugar can fields for comparison:
Small Big Box Shelf N Scale Layout - 20"x29"
Creating a modular, stackable N scale layout that can store in IKEA shelves:
Create your own streetlights
There are several professional streetlights on the market. Although some of them are reasonably priced, making it your self gives a lot more satisfaction.
Here is how I make them:
To make a simple streetlight we need the following parts:
- Brass tube (1 -1.5mm diameter, 2 – 3″ long)
- 3mm led
- Washer with 3mm hole
- Piece of wire
- Resistor
- Centerpoint and hammer
- Solder iron
- Pair of pliers
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