Scenery - Structures

needing help with scenery...

Tue, 2014-06-24 12:01 — trainman95

Hey guys I'm pretty much new I've ben buying trains for a very long time but I'm just now doing my first layout...... and I'm building an around the room layout. Nothing major just a double main around the room. The back track however is elevated, well I didn't think of it at the time I wasn't thinking of doing scenery so I didn't make My shelf wide enough for what I wanted so my shelf is only 5 inches wide. So from the back track to the first which is the outside is almost straight down.

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Richlawn RR V2 - Background hills corner piece

Tue, 2014-06-24 07:36 — rickwade

**** UPDATED 7-2-14 - I've added trees to the corner piece.  It's still a work in process.  Please see the new posting near the bottom of this thread.

**** UPDATED 6-26-14 - Added additional layers of stuff the the hills.  Please see the new posting near the bottom of this thread.

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Where does the time go.

Sat, 2014-06-21 05:52 — jroberts227

It really is amazing how quickly time passes! It has been almost 3 years since my last post - December 2011, I think.

Well, there is not much to report as far as layout progress, time, money and space are in short supply. I am pleased, however, with the completion (for the time being, I keep thinking of small details to add) of my coal mine model - you can get a little look at it in my photo attachment. Hopefully it isn't resized in such a way so as to take too much away.

Single Stall Engine House Part 3

Fri, 2014-06-20 08:56 — PeterAtt

I'm still working on the two tone paint and I've tried some of the tips shown in the following pics.

First tip, I applied the tape and with the end of a paint brush pressed it down between the battens. second I applied a coat of the vintage white over the edge of the tape.

Next I applied the Green.

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More Z Scale stuff

Thu, 2014-06-19 15:13 — ICE
Wanting to get my skills into something small, I built a modified version of the famous NOCH 85880 Cortina layout in Z-Scale.
 
Since I primarily model in HO and did not want to invest getting into Z-Scale, I  acquired a lot of Marklin stuff in a barter deal from my friend, who was getting out of Marklin, for whom I design a lot of model railroad electronics and automation.
 
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HO or N Scale billboard lights and bulk heads

Thu, 2014-06-19 14:22 — ICE
I had a whole lot of IHC Signal target faces, since I make my own signals, instead of spending a fortune to but signals, so I put the excess target faces to some good use to make N-Scale or even suitable for HO scale billboard or flood lights.
 
Simply cut the target face to  a 1/4" square (HO) or 0.2" square (N) preserving the hood of the target, because this is what creates the appeal.
 
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Z Scale billboard lights

Thu, 2014-06-19 13:40 — ICE
A friend asked me to design billboard lights and am sharing here what I did for a Z-Scale billboard, he proudly mounted on his briefcase layout.
 
The billboard is from a laser wood kit, but getting the correct lamps was a challenge in Z-scale.
 
I decided to use the SMT 1206 type of led since I had surplus of these from making ditch lights for locomotives and other HO and N scale lighting applications.
 

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