Scenery - Structures
Paper Mill Construction
I've been busy the last month bashing a paper mill from 2 Walthers kits following an article by Bernie Kempenski from back in 2001 about how he did a similar task. We both found the same prototype mill, the Rocktenn mill at West Point, VA. It's huge, a 1/2 mile wide and a mile long. My space is 13 inches wide and 10 feet long, so compression is needed. I hope I can keep all the main RR related features, and convey a sense of industrial menace with lots of tanks and piping (spider web frames & dust collectors).
Transfer Terminal Kitbash: Fiber Optics
In comments on my last post, someone asked about the routing of the optical fiber. I think "routing" is too dignified a word for what I did, but here's a closeup:
Middle school model RR: structures
There is so much to do on a model railroad! While most of my students are absorbed by the experience of operating, I have more students than available operating positions at any given time, so it's a good idea to keep other activities on tap that make a contribution to the fun and provide an educational benefit.
Building scale structures is one of those things.
Weathering Concrete Ties.
Hi Guys,
I've watched a bunch of How To Videos, and read a ton of articles about weathering track.
However, what I am struggling with is what paint to use to weather the concrete ties on my layout.
Would I still go with a Railroad Tie Brown? Or do I use a rust colour for the rails and then use a Grimy Black for the centre of the track?
Thanks in advance.
Dion
blast holes
As I drove out I-80 w. in northern NJ a while ago, I saw that there are some respectably good-sized rock faces along the highway (New Jersey isn't all flat, you know!), and something else about them as well. There are vertical grooves on the rock surfaces; what's left of the bore-holes into which they put the explosive charges to blast away the rock for the highway to go through. I don't recall ever seeing these modeled (although I bet someone will pop up & say they've done it for years!).
More Scrap Box Fun
Tropicana Warehouse is open for business! Just completed an N Scale building for my brother, John Calhoun with a few small details added.
Got Rust? Realistic rust for your layout
I will have a salvage yard on my Richlawn Railroad layout and I'm always looking for natural looking (and cheap) stuff that you'd find in a salvage yard. Much has been said about making materials look like rusty metal and I certainly will need some of that!
The other night when I was getting ready to grill I was looking at my "anti-flare up plates".....
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B.T.S. Flagstop station in TT scale
This year I was infatuated by buildings.
This is my TT-scale Flagstop station from B.T.S. (http://www.btsrr.com/bts37400.htm)
Locomotiva near the Balkan way, my layout and my model collections Slovenja Fleet HO
hallo i present the eletric loco ho of SZ
1 - SZ 342 the locos called''moped''8 in service asgen-italy-1968
2 - sz 363 Electric locomotives "Brigitte" built by Alsthom-France -1975 - 39 in service - my model have the livery ''adria kombi''
3 - sz 541-0 Triple-voltage locomotives by Siemens for service to Germany/Austria/- 2006 -model by roco
4 - sz 362 Electric locomotives "mehovka " based on FS class E.646 pre-series, built by Ansaldo(I)1960
(withdrawn 07/2009)
all models handmade
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