Hello Kurt---what an outstanding piece of work ---your attention to detail is incredible Glad to have you back and hope to see more of your beautiful scenes on a regular basis

Quote:Josh, I did not work on the layout for almost two months. The last thing I did, was putting some greenery in the yard between these two warehouses. Since then I did nothing, I did not even run a train.

Kurt You slacker! What are you doing? Wasting your time outside in the nice weather?

:hey: GET BACK TO WORK............NOW!
Miami ain't gunna model itself ya know

Steve Wrote:... outside in the nice weather...

Sorry for stepping in but no spring did happen so far in Germany this year. Last week was perfect late fall weather. We had snow in the higher elevations of the black forest yesterday.... It is a horrible spring

Steve Wrote:

Quote:Josh, I did not work on the layout for almost two months. The last thing I did, was putting some greenery in the yard between these two warehouses. Since then I did nothing, I did not even run a train.

Kurt You slacker! What are you doing? Wasting your time outside in the nice weather?

:hey: GET BACK TO WORK............NOW!
Miami ain't gunna model itself ya know

OK, Fine ! Be that way ! Just for that, I'm " lounging in the recliner " all day today

Someone said today was national train day? so, this post is # 1225, for the "Polar Express". that's train related....yes ?

kurt your work is so super that you have an huge fan group that are waiting for some news on your layout.

Hey Gus, I hope we’ll never grow up ... maybe we would stop playing with trains then . Thank you for you kind comments, my friend!

nutbar, glad you like my humble modeling. It will take a few weeks, but then I hope to get some more work done on my layout.

Steve, what can I say? You are so empathic! You always find the right words to get me motivated again Unfortunately we are going on vacation soon, so this time they are wasted and you have to try again in a few weeks time

Reinhard, if you think spring was bad so far, then you are definitely living in the wrong part of Germany . Up to last week we had some very nice, dry and even warm weather up here!

Quote:Someone said today was national train day? so, this post is # 1225, for the "Polar Express". that's train related....yes ?

Sumpter, that is definitely train related. I think it counts.

frankcombe, thank you. Hope you did not mind that It took so long to answer your questions :oops: .

i hope you will spent good holidays (like ) and take inspiration

faraway Wrote:

Steve Wrote:... outside in the nice weather...

Sorry for stepping in but no spring did happen so far in Germany this year. Last week was perfect late fall weather. We had snow in the higher elevations of the black forest yesterday.... It is a horrible spring

We are getting snow in May and we have no Black Forest in the lower peninsula of Michigan. I have included my fence photo based on Kurts instruction along with a few from my East Rail impression. I have plans for a fence without the coiled razor wire. Once again this is on the East Rail theme. Lance has sent me approximately 70 photos of the East Rail area from Miami. Unfortunately, it is a very nasty looking area.

hi,

your layout look like fantastic !
if you can share photos from Lance (with his permission of course) from the East Rail area from Miami, I will appreciate a lot.

Where are the Railroad Police!!! Those Taggers with spray cans should be caught and incarcerated for defacing Railroad property!

Hey, nice work Kurt!

Since I am currently working on the design for the new portions of my layout, I revisited this thread. Kurt, I hope you don't mind that portions of the new layout will be blatant copies of what you are doing!

roadman 2006, thank you for posting these pics of your layout. I just saw them, sorry for replying so late. Your work looks fantastic ! I’d really like to see more pics of your layout as you are making progress. Glad that my method of making chainlink fences works for you.

P5se camelback, thank you for your kind words.

Gary, take whatever you think is suitable .

We’ll be going on vacation tomorrow and we’ll be back in 3 1/2 weeks. So please, don’t expect me to answer any posts!

3-1/2 week vacation..?? Are there any job openings at your workplace..??

Gus, I am my own boss and I definitely won’t fire myself ... so no job openings here

Obviously, my post just up the page from here was made after viewing only a page or two of this thread. The "tagging graffite" was realistic enough that somebody should have called the cops!

But I refrained from making any more comments until I had made it all the way through the 23 or 24 pages that currently make up this thread. I had to take it all in before opening my mouth (or dancing my very slow fingers across the keyboard) to say any more. I've sat here and thought about it, trying to digest all the amazing visuals of some rather exraordinary model work. Here are my thoughts ...

Many (or most) of the railroad modelers who frequent this forum are from locations far, far away from the Miami area. Maybe your concept of Miami is colored by the television images projected by "Miami Vice" or "CSI: Miami" or the glamourous club scene that is portrayed in the Art Deco district in South Beach ... BUT ...

Only blocks away from all the glitter and beauty is a place that if you don't speak Spanish, or are at least semi-fearsome looking or drive a white Ford Crown Vicky with a light bar on the roof and are fond of wearing kevlar articles of clothing and are appropriatly armed, you don't want to get lost or have a flat tire and have to get out of the car. hock: A good sized portion of the areas of Miami away from the beaches is rough, dirty and imposingly stark. It is a tribute to Kurt's modeling skills and his attention to detail (like the wiring to exterior lamps or power boxes) that make his switching layout look even more realistic than those who have never seen Miami can even image!

Splendid job, Kurt! The really amazing thing about your layout is that you have been able to generate the visual feel of the area entirely from photographs ... now THAT'S what's amazing! Truely huge kudos are due you!