Power and crew change at Leetown

   

I'm working my way through my layout, got the rural area pretty much done, next is the town of Santa Maria's "downtown" area. This is partially the area outlined in blue, and although it is N scale, I'm still looking at around one square foot. I may go beyond that a bit since I still have a few buildings that I rescued from my old layout. Not sure what goes where yet, but I'll figure out something that works with what I've already got built and in kits....

   

In G or more accurately 1:20.3.  

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Something like the building only, No turntable.  2 stalls for engines, tools and work benches.
I'll have to install lead in switches and tracks in addition to building the structure.  It will be made with wood, as most all of my projects.

List - 1st draft:

• Design building - Done
  
• Draw building - Done except for floor details (tools, work benches etc)
  
• Decide on materials to build structure - Paint sticks and spare pieces of lumber - Done
  
• Build structure 
  
• Add switches to layout - Connect air tubes and toggles to operate switch machines - Add position LED lights to switch frogs
  
• Add the tracks inside the shed
  
• Isolate the 2 tracks electrically and connect "power lead" switches so both engines don't come out at the same time  
  
• Light building - More LED's
  

WPMA-29 has set out a car for Great Bay Foods.

Bruce

   

I had an old project 2 years before of a western spaghetti layout that I postponed. Finally, I come back with a similar layout lucky luke on 30 layout based on LUCKY LUCK strip cartoon. The overall dimension is 2m long for 45 cm wide for the boxed layout plus an oval to create a continuous loop.

This is the mock-up. I will do a mix between a true  traditional layout and the strip cartoon. It's not so easy because the code and the rules are different.

IMG_3835 by franck combe, sur Flickr

I have to create the background for each building. The buildings come from Atlas collection and I have more than 50 figurines from the strip cartoon. They are more or less at the scale of 1/48. We'll get all the clichés of the cartoon strip.


IMG_3836 by franck combe, sur Flickr



IMG_3837 by franck combe, sur Flickr



IMG_3838 by franck combe, sur Flickr

IMG_3839 by franck combe, sur Flickr

IMG_3840 by franck combe, sur Flickr

IMG_3841 by franck combe, sur Flickr

IMG_3842 by franck combe, sur Flickr

IMG_3843 by franck combe, sur Flickr

IMG_3844 by franck combe, sur Flickr

A Conrail GE 8-40C leads a coal train thru Chestnut Neck.

Bruce

   

Here are two CNR Wood Boxcars assembled from Funaro & Camerlengo kits.

   

Found this Conrail scale test car sitting outside at the Flour Division of Absecon Mills. 

Bruce

   

it's been a very long time since we have had any kind of challenge, so let’s start a new challenge, one we can all do in one form or another. We have several suggestions to choose from, so here's one that everyone has a chance at. It's called, "The One Square Foot Challenge" It's easy, pick something or part of something that is approximately one square foot in area (that can be 12" x 12", or 6" x 24" or even 1" x 144"), you get the idea. Pick a part of your layout, a diorama, a whopping big structure, or who knows what, and get it finished. Start with a blank canvas or something that's been in process and has been lying around unfinished for a long time or needs a lot of rework and just get to work and get it finished. The idea is to motivate you to get something done and keeping it reasonably small to make it easier to complete.

The Rules:
You can enter any project on your railroad as described above, but you need to tell us at what level the project is at when you start and what the intent of the completed project is.

1. If you're working on a club's or friends layout, those projects are also acceptable.
   
2. Start a thread in this forum, "Your Screen Name, 2020 one foot challenge," (ie: prrfan 2020 one foot challenge) and describe your project in the first post. A start picture would be helpful.
   
3. You can open your thread at any time starting now.
   
4. Tell us what you intend to do as part of your challenge and let us know what scale you are working in. As usual, provide us with lots of pictures of your progress.
   
5. Let us know about the size, it can be somewhat  smaller, or larger than one square foot, but that's the target.
   
6. Since this is the first challenge we've had for a while, we'll start by limiting entries to one per member. More than that would cause too much strain and confusion on a normal person anyway.
   
7. Because we rarely give away anything of value away, this challenge is open to all registered members of the Big Blue Train Forum, including the staff.
   
8. This challenge is all about your project, you can have help, just get things done. You or someone else can take the photos.
   

It's 2020 - The year of perfect vision!!! 

It's time again to see who would like to join in on this years fantasy league.

Please reply here as soon as possible!!!

It's easy to play and it gives you a few drivers to root for every race!