Scenes
Aliens!
27/Nov/2015
Yeah, I know, everybody does this gag. :-)
Stock Pen
30/Jan/2015
Luke & Nick Additions
27/Nov/2014
An overview
Another Station
Maintenance area
Tunnel and road
Road crossing and Parking lot
Gold mine!
Some creative help,...
15/Nov/2014
Luke's a huge creative influence, as well.
But, he moves too fast to get pictures. :-)
Now, where'd he go?
But, he moves too fast to get pictures. :-)
Now, where'd he go?
Mountain addition
10/Nov/2014
Adding to the mountainside. Repairing the rescue excavation scar, and lessening the layercake.
Laying down some gravel
09/Nov/2014
Roadhouse corner landscaping
09/Nov/2014
New block in the city
09/Nov/2014
Mystery Mine Maturation
13/Oct/2014
yard do over
04/Oct/2014
Amazingly resiliant stuff this Kato trackage!
chicken 2
30/Sep/2014
Chicken Farm
30/Sep/2014
City Update
25/Sep/2014
Lumberjacks
25/Sep/2014
Luke in the City
17/Sep/2014
Roadhouse Corner Update 1
10/Jul/2014
City Interest?
24/Jun/2014
New visitor in town
I need a Stay-Puft Marshmallow man
I need a Stay-Puft Marshmallow man
Luke's Thelma & Louise?
22/Jun/2014
Interesting,…
City Wall
10/Jun/2014
An Ebay find.
Not perfect but close.
Cast plaster, painted and "weathered".
Not perfect but close.
Cast plaster, painted and "weathered".
Roadhouse Corner
25/May/2014
Added folks to the city
20/May/2014
Even more mill pond
20/May/2014
Added debris around pond edge, logs and fresh coat of "water".
Forest
20/May/2014
Finally got around to making some trees
And some geomorphology for the mining spur.
And some geomorphology for the mining spur.
More Mill Pond
19/May/2014
Log more to scale.
Added plaster to raise the pond.
Then painted the "bottom"
Mill Pond Evolution
14/May/2014
Dug the pond too deep. Resin water.
And the logs are too too big. Not to scale.
Lumber Mill
28/Apr/2014
I think I've pretty much arrived at a plan for the saw mill area.
First attempt.
1st Lower bridge
15/Apr/2014
builidings and Portals
08/Apr/2014
Working in some ebay finds,...
A viaduct wall for the "city"
a house for the rural town?
Some industrial structures.
Got a portal, add a mountain.
I like this foam carving technique. Quick and easy. and doesn't look bad.
A bridge
Mre industry And some help from the boys.
Yard structure?
A lower bridge
A viaduct wall for the "city"
a house for the rural town?
Some industrial structures.
Got a portal, add a mountain.
I like this foam carving technique. Quick and easy. and doesn't look bad.
A bridge
Mre industry And some help from the boys.
Yard structure?
A lower bridge
Yard and 2nd Lower bridge development
08/Apr/2014
Added some seneic material.
Added the lower bridge
I think that "completes" the mountain side construction phase?
Added a switch for the South yard runout
And the lower bridge departure needed some shoring up.
Superchief enters yard via south runout.
Added the lower bridge
I think that "completes" the mountain side construction phase?
Added a switch for the South yard runout
And the lower bridge departure needed some shoring up.
Superchief enters yard via south runout.
Yard Emerging
05/Apr/2014
New Yard
29/Mar/2014
Now;
No loopbacks anywhere on layout.
Routes run clockwise.
Upper Main
Lower Main
Combined Main
Lower and combined with "sneak path" via S. Yard Runout extension.
Yard - Phase 1
14/Mar/2014
Mystery Metal Mine
03/Mar/2014
dusting of ground cover
02/Mar/2014
Some progress on the mountain side
28/Feb/2014
Mystery Mine
31/Dec/2013
Some tweaks to the "Run Away Mystery Mine"
Now with some yellowish mystery ore from Ikea.
Now with some yellowish mystery ore from Ikea.
Lumber mill
23/Dec/2013
Just a try out but, seems like a good fit.
Misc
19/Dec/2013
Back run probably too tall.
Added portal for test fit and look.
Didn't like the "layer cake" (but I may live with it)
Was going to add a second mid-mt route. Approach since abandoned.
Added the "top" layer. Mine loop.
More of the mine loop. Push the cars, then they"run away". Started as an accident, but I kinda like the whimsy of it.
Engineering the mountain route
08/Dec/2013
The loop(s)
The mountain climb and separate toplogging/mining loop.
Roughed in. Need the incline sets.
Major rework to the Station.
Now a through track. Part of the High route.
Logging/Mining loop
30/Nov/2013
Playing with the very top of the mountain.
The escaped cars were an accident, but I think I like the concept. :-)
The over/under will both be tunnels, I think.
Sidewalks & Trees
25/Jul/2013
Urban Module Work
23/Jul/2013
A few pick-ups from eBay
Station
and some "Down Town" buildings. Heavy paint and not quite "Square". (Not that I have any room to critique)
Moved the platform to the back of the station.
Trying different combinations of the buildings. And cleaned up the paint a bit.
I think the station will get a fancy roundabout like DC Union Station.
Another module on module approach for the city buildings. 
Sandpaper "roads" - not bad.
The track in front is the dock line.
Saw Pit Store
20/Jul/2013
1st "complete" module
30/Jun/2013
The Rural Station Module
Okay, not museum quality, but more than serviceable.
This is part of an eventual rural station/siding 4 module set.
eBay used station, some left-over ballast, and scenic-ing materials from last N-Scale foray (in the '80s).
Still needs some doodads for the station platform, some people and a couple of cars in the parking lot and road.
And who knows what else?
Station parts
14/Jun/2013
The box of station canopy parts arrived.
Previous owner had weathered two sets of them. Not bad. The rest were clean spares.
Rough fit for ideas, the off to kit-bashing.
Previous owner had weathered two sets of them. Not bad. The rest were clean spares.
Rough fit for ideas, the off to kit-bashing.
Station Canopy?
07/Jun/2013
Train Station
Inspiration,...
A Hornby train shed canopy gets worked in.
It's 00 gauge, but I think we can make it work. Platforms may be too large, may cut lengthwise.
Canopy may cover the yard run (green) track?
(Note; Swapped the double crossover to the right of the 2x switching module. Seems to be a better egress/exit flow. makes the station tracks too short, tho.)
FAIL - Hornby OO canopy much too large. Back to drawingboard.
Inspiration,...
Canopy may cover the yard run (green) track?
(Note; Swapped the double crossover to the right of the 2x switching module. Seems to be a better egress/exit flow. makes the station tracks too short, tho.)
FAIL - Hornby OO canopy much too large. Back to drawingboard.
Station Module
22/May/2013
Passenger Station
COMPLETE
Needs to be longer to hold the 4 car trains.
# Element Description 5 20-000 Standard Straight L=248mm 6 20-040 1/4 Straight L=62mm 2 20-047 Bumper (Wood) L=62mm 2 20-220 Electric #4 Turnout left 15°, R=481mm, L=127mm
COMPLETE
Needs to be longer to hold the 4 car trains.
# Element Description 5 20-000 Standard Straight L=248mm 6 20-040 1/4 Straight L=62mm 2 20-047 Bumper (Wood) L=62mm 2 20-220 Electric #4 Turnout left 15°, R=481mm, L=127mm