- Freelance 2017-1

lajry Wrote:Reinhard
Would be very tempted to put a dock in front of the "fill in" building for 1 more car to load/unload.

Andy, IMHO that would defeat the purpose of the connecting "tunnel" which again IMHO is a excellent touch.

Well since my MR is for switching ONLY, finding even one more spot for a freight car is a big PLUS!

lajry Wrote:Well since my MR is for switching ONLY, finding even one more spot for a freight car is a big PLUS!

I been building ISLs since the 60s and back switching layouts wasn't cool because the mindset was switching layouts was a waste of time or should be designed as a time saver-some still believe that. I still avoid filling my ISL with car spots and time wast--er,saver designs...

To each his own but no way mine will never be roundy round! >)

lajry Wrote:To each his own but no way mine will never be roundy round! >)

Nor will mine.. I learn at a early age I enjoy switching far more then loop running.

We really need a "like" button.

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John Smatlak's photos show an enormous amount if trash around the tracks in Chicago in the mid 80s. The coffee grinder was helpful to create trash.

IMG_5397 by faraway52, on Flickr

Love the trash look..What did you use for the ground trash?

Brakie Wrote:Love the trash look..What did you use for the ground trash?

I had some residuals of an old caboose kit. It is mostly wood with some stick and peel paper, some plastic and a few metal casts. The old coffee grinder suffered from the casts and got a new enforcement in the plastic cap.

I forgot: A splash of Indian ink and some alcohol. It will dry within a few minutes and the wood looks old and bleached.

The modern Cat loader got replaced by an old bulldozer for a better fit of the 80s.
The bulldozer is a German model of the brand Wiking and arrived today in the mail. I had the same little model when I was a child and it felt very familiar to me. Big surprise when I looked at the base plate. "Berlin-W" is imprinted. Wiking never changed the forms. It is still "West-Berlin" in "West Germany" as it was used in the 1950s and 1960s.

Another kind of stuff laying around on the right of way looks like debris. It might be pieces of concrete or broken modern light gray colored bricks. A "cooky" of gypsum and Indian ink looks similar after treatment with a hammer.

and some brown bags too

It is interesting how trash changes the the overall impression of the layout from the birds view. It has a lot in common with graffiti. You like it or you hate.
Anyhow, that ends my trash topic.