Scenery - Structures
Locomotive Erection Shop
ell I've had a hankering to do a structure. Getting a little burned out on modeling motive power. Since I'm building the twin critters, but not building an On30 layout, I thought a diorama in O scale 2 1/2' gauge would be nice. Besides I need some place to photograph the finished models, plus I'd like to be able to eventually take them to local train shows. So right now I'm experimenting.
HO Walthers Roundhouse "modern" vs. "regular"
The fact that I intend to have some type of turntable on my new layout has me looking at loco storage. I had thought I would go with some type of two stall engine house but a roundhouse may be in the cards. Looking at the Walthers offerings I see they have two, a roundhouse and a "modern" roundhouse. Any one know the era timeframe for each of these? Obviously the modern roundhouse is more um...."modern" but I wonder what time frame it would have been built vs. the other roundhouse they offer. Very curious about this.
Inside Engine House Wall Color
I'm wanting to 'paint' the inside of my engine house. I'm using a blue pole barn from Pikestuff. When I leave a unit parked in the door you can't see inside so then the color doesn't matter. However, when the power is out on the line, you can see inside. I plan on covering over the walls with either cardstock or thin styrene, but what color to use?
N-scale - Wolf's Head and Toronto (Michigan Upper Peninsula free lance)
Source for great roundhouse interior details
Just came across some roundhouse details in an unsuspected place. At about one hour and twenty minutes into the movie 'In the heat of the night". Some Gulf Mobile and Alabama GMO power and other RR shots throughout the movie.
The chase scene shows some good interior shots of service pits, timber bracing and even a safety sign. These shots are interesting to me as I am scratch building my N Scale roundhouse for the Mooers Junction Railroad.
On a Gatorboard® based insert for my turntable and roundhouse. You know how I love my Gatorboard!
Two new kits available from Clever models
After a lot of waiting we are happy to announce the availability of two new downloadable kits. The "Marine supply warehouse" and "Harvey's hobbies"
Harvey's is an accurate reproduction of a real hobby shop in Harvey IL. Complete with basic interior and Lionel signs. (The original is now vacant but still standing on Halstead st. in Harvey IL)
Mobile homes in N scale
The next module of my switching layout (http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/13976) will have a trailer park with mobile homes. They are hard to find in N-scale, so I decided to make some by myself as a 3D-print:
The picture shows the first prototype with primer just applied. Next is airbrushing and weathering, adding window glasses and so on.
Milton - A Backdrop on the 8th Sub
I had a gap of about 30 feet in the backdrop between a the scene I completed most recently and one I last worked on just under a year ago. I figured it was time to finally get this area complete.
Old time lighted signs
I've always wanted to include a few older style lit signs like the ones pictured here:
Basically just painted signs with an array of light bulbs forming some of the letters.
With the tiny SMD LEDs around these days it would be possible, but the thought of wiring up all those ity-bity LEDs was not exactly filling me with enthusiasm!
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