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Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 09-28-2011
Some time back I decided to retire the engine house I was using for a place holder. It was one of my first scratch builds and not really up to what I wanted now. Also it doesn't really fit my time period for this layout. I used the excuse that the old furnace gave up the ghost and caused a fire but a fellow forum member accused me of having a "insurance fire" to help pay for one of those new fangled (by 1960's standards) metal buildings!
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 09-28-2011
I decide to try one of the Rix kits. I brought in some of my O scale guys to help the N scaler's get the job done faster!
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Southern Tuxedo - 09-28-2011
Hey Mike it looks like the “O” scale guys are goofing off while the “N” scale guys are doing the heavy lifting.
What’s that about?
Mark
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Sumpter250 - 09-28-2011
Southern Tuxedo Wrote:Hey Mike it looks like the “O” scale guys are goofing off while the “N” scale guys are doing the heavy lifting.
What’s that about?
Mark
Different union --- different rules ??
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 09-28-2011
We all know us N scalers are more dedicated then the O scalers!
Anyway here it is on the layout:
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Sumpter250 - 09-29-2011
You do make N scale look good !!!!
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 09-29-2011
Thanks Pete!
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Ralph - 09-29-2011
Nifty engine house! The fire above was hilarious!
Ralph
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 09-29-2011
Thanks Ralph! I figured rather than just throw the old engine house in the trashcan I might as well have some fun first.
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Harry - 10-03-2011
super
, great work 
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Charlie B - 10-03-2011
Mike, I don't know where I have been, but I totally missed this thread. This is a great layout, and the pictures are very impressive.
Getting good shots of N-gauge trains is hard, but you are getting great shots. The gas station is one of my favorites.
Now I will go back and study it some more.
Charlie
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 10-03-2011
Thanks Harry, glad you like it! Charlie you are right, photographing N scale has been very difficult for me and required buying more camera than I had planned on (I was really hoping to get by with a cheap point and shoot
). I am still learning but at least I am making progress. Thanks for looking!
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 10-20-2011
Some shots ( good and bad) from early on:
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Waldbahner - 10-21-2011
Hi Mike,
that's a joke isn't it?
You'll tell us that this is the whole layout you made this wonderfull photos??
I coudln't belive it first, but than I checked the photos with the track overview and I found all places on the layout. You did a really great job on this layout. I hope to see more photos the next time.
I designed some nre modules for my Southern layout but I'm not sure when I'll start to build them as I do finish some other projects at the moment.
Bye, Gerd
Re: Nantahala Midland V 3.0 - Tyson Rayles - 10-21-2011
Yes Gerd that is it, no joke!. I like to tell people the layout is 72 x 28 and when they go "Wow! that's hugh for N scale!" I then explain that it is 72 INCHES by 28 INCHES ! Hopefully it will have a staging yard on each end one day but they won't be scenicked.