Scenery - Structures
Single Stall Engine House Part 10
So this weekend I did the roofing, was a bit tedious, but in the end it came out good and I’m pleased so far.
First image is a sheet of corrugated roofing marked out with an ultra fine sharpie. the point of the sharpie fits well in the grooves. If you find your cut point ends up on a hump instead of a groove, flip it over and you’ll be in the groove. No pun intended. Lol
Cleveland 2014 - Somerset Power Plant working rotary car dump interview
I was fortunate to be able to interview Doug Nagel, who created a series of modules replicating the Somerset Power Plant and it's rotary car dump including scratchbuilt rotary couplers.
CNW Peninsula Div. - C. Reiss Coal Co. Update #1
Ground Cover added to .060" styrene sub-base:
Buildings & Fences added:
Backdrop and lighting valance
It's taken quite a while but last night I finished the prepping of my small layout space with the completion of the backdrop and lighting. It's time to get started on benchwork.......OH BOY!
Bit by Bit, Board by Board
We all have those big projects that stare forebodingly at us. You know the ones we put off, etc. Sometimes, they aren't as big as we thought, and we just need to tackle it one bit at a time.
I have been starting on structures for my layout and it is slow going, but it has been going well.
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Single Stall Engine House Part 9
Been a busy week, but squeezed in some time today to work on the Engine House.
Received my roofing material last week and trimmed to size today and also installed the sky lights today.
The material comes in long strips so had to trim down to 4' X 8' sheets. they come 10' wide by 57' long.
I save the left over bits to use on the roof cap.
Photo backdrop printing services
Has anyone used an on-line printing shop for their photo backdrop? I am looking for some recommendations from anyone who has had good experiences with one. I have pieced together my panorama, made sure everything is right, and now I am looking for a good shop that doesn't charge an arm and a leg.
Best Regards,
John
Follow UP on B & B
More progress on the Bridges. Branch line, Rawlins Branch, has been installed, gaurd rails placed, and the bents mudded in with Cal Coat 127. Now we need to paint the cal coat and then we need some water. Keep up with the story at https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ahouston3/
Made some progress
on my layout.
Started to fiddle a bit with scenery.
Now is the part that the layout starts to be really ugly,because it has the blue from the foam, and the brown from the cork, and garbage left all over the place.
The little blue Renault Clio next to the warehouse was not meant to be there...
How do you - IVY
Working on a mostly scratch built structure - an old stone church with stain glass windows. I've got a board to mount it on and lights to put inside with a battery etc. And I have a ways to go with assembly and painting yet. BUT, I'm thinking that ivy climbing the outer walls of this church would add to the effect. Has anyone modeled ivy climbing walls before? What did you use?
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