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Scratchbuild of my old church roots.
This old church is where I spent many Sundays in my youth. I photographed it on 4x5 film almost 35 years ago and decided to build this model of it from the photograph you see. This is by far my most enjoyable part of the hobby, Merry Christmas and happy railroading.
Cantwell and Chenoa RY company rework
My initial attempt at laying out Chenoa and the mountains was a dismal failure. While the engines would make the grade with a car or two only, operation was no fun at all. Because there was an open grid benchwork underneath that meant I had to install a net under the whole thing or suffer the consequences of engines hitting the deck. So I reworked this:
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That time I saw a 4-8-8-4 as a DPU!
Somewhere in eastern Washington and couldn't believe my eyes! A 4-8-8-4 as a DPU! Not to mention perfect weather and beautiful scenery. If I hadn't seen it myself I would have thought it was a pair of kpack's models.
Industrial & Port Facilities on my Peninsula
Industrial & Port Facilities on my Peninsula
What structures, & where am I going to place them on my central peninsula deck area??
Basically this is the planning for the other half of peninsula area adjacent to my container terminal
Walthers Municipal Pier Terminal (fantastic modeling job)
Yesterday I was looking thru the internet for images of this Walther's Pier kit, and in particular any that might include a cut down version.
I ran across some AMAZING images that are interspersed thru out this very long subject thread,...sorry that they are on another forum, but they truly deserve a look by anyone interested in port side scenes.
Here is just one example,... (there are many more)
Another spline question
I'm getting ready to start a real layout and use homosote spline. My question is how tight of a radius will it bend? I will be having a few 20" curves
The Mud Bay & Western #2 - The New Plan
My last post was meant to introduce the topic and provide a brief history of the project so far. Today I want to start with the real meat of the project, the work being done at the new location. This post will be an overview of the plan for refitting the layout into the new room.
The New Location
The original location was in one side of a two car garage. The room we are moving to is located above one stall in a three car garage so the space is roughly the same size and shape, but is slightly bigger.
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