The last few weeks I've been working on the yard area adding dirt, weeds, and trash.....I also made a telephone pole w/transformer and placed it at the street end of the freight house:
Steve
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The last few weeks I've been working on the yard area adding dirt, weeds, and trash.....I also made a telephone pole w/transformer and placed it at the street end of the freight house:
Steve
01-28-2013, 09:32 PM
Wonderful Steve. I like you attention to small detail. That brick factory is a pure gem, you really succeed in reproducing the prototype. Your scene is very simple, but I think it's what makes it realistic. Doing extraordinarily ordinary things is too often overlooked.
Matt
Proudly modelling Quebec Railway Light & Power Company since 1997.
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01-28-2013, 09:41 PM
Stunning Steve, just stunning. Thoroughly enjoying this thread. Spot on with the new details. One question though, how did you do the transformer?
Steve
Modleing the Jefferson Branch in HO on the Southern Pacific
01-29-2013, 07:08 AM
Absolutely stunning..!!! It's more realistic than the prototype..!!
What did you use for the roof on the loading dock..?? Let's see more of this...
Gus (LC&P).
01-29-2013, 10:02 AM
That really came out great!
The added details inclusing the trash and other small details really brings the scene to life. Keep up the great work!!
01-29-2013, 10:18 AM
Very nice work !
Mike
Sent from my pocket calculator using two tin cans and a string
01-29-2013, 07:02 PM
Another thought crossed my feeble mind a while ago...
Could you give us a brief rundown of materials, colors, techniques, etc., that you used to create this beauty.... My main yard at Sta. Rosa is eagerly awaiting to get finished.....
Gus (LC&P).
Sorry for the late reply.....it has been a busy week at work
Thank you everyone for the extremely kind words, and for the great encouragement! ratled Wrote:One question though, how did you do the transformer?Steve it was pretty easy and straight forward. I used 1/8" round for the pole and 3/16" round styrene for the transformer. I didn't have solid, so I used tube, and capped it top and bottom. I sanded the bottom smooth but left the top a little rough to look like a rim or band. The brackets were made from thin cardstock that I cut into tiny squares and glued on: Steamtrains Wrote:What did you use for the roof on the loading dock..??Gus, I used corrugated sheets from Rusty Stumps: http://www.rustystumps.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D5025 Steamtrains Wrote:Another thought crossed my feeble mind a while ago...Gus, do you mean the loading dock?
Steve
02-02-2013, 08:36 AM
Sorry....Not being too clear....
I meant the ground cover, vegetation, clutter, etc... I still drool everytime I look at it....
Gus (LC&P).
02-03-2013, 02:06 AM
Hi All
I'm a new member from the uk,though i've been lurking in the background for a few years,i'm in the process of finishing my new layout "59th and Rust" and have done similar to my track work,for that run down look. Ray
02-03-2013, 03:32 AM
Welcome Ray. You layout looks very good! Thanks for joining and starting to post.
Reinhard
02-03-2013, 04:38 AM
faraway Wrote:Welcome Ray. You layout looks very good! Thanks for joining and starting to post.
greeting from the blade city Solingen / gruß aus der Klingenstadt Solingen
Harry Scale Z and N
02-03-2013, 04:05 PM
Ray !
Great opening post ! I have to admit though, that the screen name caught my attention, having grown up on Long Island, N.Y., I'm still interested in what's going on there. I suspect there's no connection of the two.
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