Scenery - Structures
Scratchbuilt produce warehouse, for a change . . .
After 14 buildings for a paper mill, I decided to take a vacation from heavy industry for a while - and turn to agriculture (for the moment, at least). It came to my attention that my future Seattle & North Coast might benefit from some refrigerator car traffic, so a produce distributor seemed in order. (The real Pacific Fruit and Produce disappeared from S&NC territory a long time ago - but then, S&NC territory also disappeared a long time ago)!
Drainage, Drainage, Drainage - Adding a Culvert
Among other ongoing projects, I decided to add a culvert in the Greasewood Draw scene. It's not done yet, but let's see what's happening...
Double track bridges need abutment and piers
Hi
I am building an N-scale module with double track crossing a wide river (see enclosed image). I need your assistance with pictures of abutment and piers as inspiration to build myself and/or suggestions for products to buy.
Rough Cut - the cut roughed
I spent about a half hour in the garage before work today hacking at the foam to get it ready to lay track. My two extensions to the ColdStor module are intended to further represent the whole "Woodland fill" area. I am finding that having rectangular endplates with the track and roadbed sitting right at the top edge is forcing me to put in features to raise the ground level as it approaches the ends of the module.
Mr. Humphrey's Home and Garden
I picked up a Laser Art Structure Kit the "Drayton" it is a very small house but very common near the railroad tracks. I was really impressed at how quickly the kit went together with the tab construction and adhesive backing on the trim pieces.
Building flats
Is there a site where there are trackside building flats we can print out and mount on foam core board? I seem to recall seeing one a few years ago....
John
Anyone have ideas on how to model a US Interstate Highway?
I was thinking of putting in a moderate-sized section of an Interstate Highway on my layout.
I have several questions:
- I am wondering if anyone out there has some tips or techniques they may want to share?
- I know that Summit Custom Cuts of Lake Charles, LA has started making sign gantries, but does anyone know of a way that you can either kitbash one or are there other manufacturers out there?
- Can it be done for low cost?
Scenery update on the WP&GNMRR
Its been a while since I posted anything about my layout (The Western Pacific & Great Northern Model Railroad) so I thought it was time for an update. We have just had our house repaired from earthquake damage that we sustained from all the earthquakes that we have had here in Christchurch, New Zealand.After moving back into our (almost) new home it took me a few weeks to sort out the garage (train room) so that I could get back into it and carry on with the layout.
Structures on my WIHLA layout
I built my structures out of 'what I had lying around'. Check it out here: http://www.digitaltrainlab.com/2012/11/building-buildings-with-building-blocks.html
Yeah - SO! I went SHOPPING!
Being such a NOOB in most aspect of model railroading, even though I am (soon to be) 53 years old and have considered it to be my hobby for most of my life, it seems that I have actually done very little modeling! I have built a few buildings, though only two actually got painted. NEVER weathered a piece of rolling stock. NEVER laid ballast. Built a piece of hardshell scenery to try it out, but it never got groundcover or even paint! I have built a few trees, but most of that happened when I was still young and working in HO scale.
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