Minimal scenery, maximum effect. Looks like it belongs there.

Nice work ,sir.

Thanks Catt, being as it is in plain sight I felt like it needed to be done. It is easier on the eyes this way.

Quote:Thanks Catt, being as it is in plain sight I felt like it needed to be done. It is easier on the eyes this way.

My thoughts exactly,if you can see it scenic it.Looks like it belongs there.

Thanks Catt!

The final section of my layout is Murphy N.C. and will be built on a 10" by 7' shelf in the hallway. The real yard was somewhat S shaped and crossed two rivers, not really doable on a 10" shelf . However the part of the yard that makes one end of the S and crosses one of the rivers was L&N trackage so no need to model that part. I will try to make a reasonable representation of the Murphy depot. This is the only picture I have of the depot and was taken from the book "Southern Railway's Murphy Branch". The book was written by Michael George and published by College Press sometime in the mid 1990's as near as I can remember. It is on page 79 and was taken by Ken Marsh in Oct. 1967. I will be using the following two Walther's kits as a starting point:

First on the list is making this rather distinctive chimney.Mine was made from a chimney from the junk box and a piece of tubing drilled out to make it thinner.Next up will be to splice the buildings together and making a loading dock.

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These photos,( click on the link, the two photos at the bottom left,} show just the freight end of the depot, hope it helps.
That phone/power pole will help orient the building, the photos are from opposite ends.

Pete that's the L & N depot (which may still be standing) which is at the end of the yard I'm not modeling. The depot in my picture is of the Southern depot which no longer is standing.

Tyson Rayles Wrote:Pete that's the L & N depot (which may still be standing) which is at the end of the yard I'm not modeling. The depot in my picture is of the Southern depot which no longer is standing.

Well........... :oops: so much for .. "finding valid data on an internet search".. Guess I should have known which end of the yard I needed to look in, before I looked. It's still an interesting project to watch, and I know it will be done well.

In between hot water heaters leaking and propane heaters not heating I have goe a few things done. The first pic of the two buildings grafted together. I changed out the original small doors on the freight side with larger ones and on the right end (where you can't see it in this picture ) I added the lean-to and changed out the window on the left for a door. The second pic is of the dock. The loading dock is stripwood applied over a block of balsa wood. There are 54 upright pieces 1/8" by 1/4" and 38 pieces on the deck 1/8" by 1/2" and/or 3/4". The ladder is from the junk box and the overall size is 5/8" by 4".

It took awhile to get around to finishing the depot mainly due to the fact I was goofing off! I wanted to get the look of the prototype, but I did this on a tight budget so if you are a nitpicker you will find plenty of nits to pick. The first is the real one in 1967 and the second pic is my version in the same time period:

Excellent structure and fits great into your layout.

Looks better than the real one !

T

Very nice, but I couldn't see any nits worth pickin'.

Wayne

Thanks guys! Reinhard it's sitting on a photo prop I made as the part of the layout the depot goes on doesn't even have benchwork yet!