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Two Worlds RR

Tue, 2015-03-03 06:54 — iDrive

Hi all,

I'd like to share with you the start, progress and re-start on my eclectic HO scale layout.

A rr modeller since I was a child, I've been interested in US-themed rr's since the early 1990's. SoCal/Cajon Pass and the Santa Fe /BNSF transition era was to be the theme for my layout, had I not fallen into a great appreciation for the south of France and the French railways.

How to accommodate all of this in a single layout?

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Hand laid #10 60"r and 46"r code 83 Left Curve turnout

Sun, 2015-03-01 21:57 — mikedeverell

Just two hours to build this hand laid #10 curve turnout with no jig just the Fast Tracks Template and some Fast Track tools. I have over 45 hand laid turnouts and still another 65 to build. This is a time laps video of the work. Enjoy the music and see the final product ready for the table.

Mike

 

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Marion 4160 Shovel is coming to life

Sun, 2015-03-01 18:18 — tschwartz

The work on my Marion 4160 shovel is continuing. I settled on an interior, for which I have no idea what should be inside. I put a drum and other "stuff" for looks. Stuck a operator at the controls and glued the roof on.

This shot gives a look at the inside. Here I was gluing the main roof section on.

South Shore Scenes in HO

Sun, 2015-03-01 17:51 — leestepr

Come on over to my Up Dunes Junction blog to see new photos of South Shore Line scenes in HO. 

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Some more structures for the "Black & Blue"

Fri, 2015-02-27 12:29 — Michael T.

Having found some time to do some modeling these past few days I thought I would update my blog with pics of some of the structures I've been building for the layout. Structure modeling is not one of my favorite things but you pretty much have to have them so I usually will carve out the time to build a couple in a row. The only structures i have so far on the layout are involved with the engine service area which is known as "Westcott".

3-D Printing - 1894 Style

Thu, 2015-02-26 13:42 — detting

From the distant future, we wait for the invention of the Star Trek Replicator.  Today we have affordable 3-D printers.  But in 1894, there was the Automatic Sculpturing Machine, the great granddaddy of part duplicators.  

Automatic Sculpturing Machine - Circa 1894


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