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Steel Mill Scene in a Corner
This past Jan I had the pleasure of visiting a semi-annual 'open house' layout in Orlando Fl. It was a pretty interesting layout, and one scene in particular attracted my attention. it was a steel mill scene placed in a corner area in a diagonal manner rather than in conformity with the straight sides of the corner.
My thoughts were that it presented a lot of 'structure' in a fairly small space.
I am interested in such an idea as I hope to put a steel mill scene on my new relatively small layout
Grain bins
The last part of my small grain supply operation is a set of grain bins. Brock happens to be the manufacturer. I’ve looked through the Walthers catalog and on Shapeways to no avail. I was hoping that one that did show up on Shapeways in N scale would scale up for HO scale but no response from the designer. Here’s a picture of one that is similar from the Brock website. At the moment I don’t have a picture of the ones or the exact dimensions. I’d bet it is the 16’ diameter one.
A Coupler Lift Bar (Cut Lever) facsimile/analog used for 1 handed uncoupling during operations
A Coupler Lift Bar (Cut Lever) facsimile/analog used for 1 handed uncoupling during operations.
JMRI question
The future of FineScale Miniatures detail parts.
While I tried to get this video distributed through better means. It didn't make it anywhere.
If I wait any longer the video will lose relevance.
Sandpiper Bay Terminal, Operations
The operating scheme for the Sandpiper Bay Terminal is documented in the following blog; this will be the last one for awhile until I make more progress on the layout.
Operating Premise
Question About Layout Project Blogs...
Hi All,
I'm starting a couple of different layout projects in that I'm building for an N Scale focused hobby website I run (www.model160.com) and I'd like to start blogging progress here on MRH. In terms of updates, is it better to break down each post as a separate update? Or to do one large continuous topic where everything is in one place?
Is Model Railroading Dying?
When I go on to a manufacturer's website or look up parts in a smaller catalog or ask a rare hobby shop to order detail parts, I'm finding less and less available or listed as discontinued. Is the Hobby dying? Thanx Thom...
Industry Track for Milling Operation
I am planning to put a milling building (like the Walther's Red Wing Mill) and wondered if having grain brought in by covered hopper and flour/ground meal out by Airslide hopper would make sense. If so, should there be an inbound and outbound track or just one track with separate spots for the inbound and outbound cars.
Overall plan is have several small grain elevators to create the loads for the mill and a bakery complex for the outbound flour. This is still in the start of the overall planning for the layout.
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