03-06-2019, 03:33 PM
So...what have I been up to lately? A lot of stuff train related. Perhaps a layout tour to help me get caught up
Looking North is a card board mock up of showing the backside of what will be Kootenay Station. Passenger Ops were never really in the plan however from a scenery and location perspective it makes a lot of sense to include a train station on my layout. I may yet include a staging cassette at this end where I can build a passenger train and send it across the layout. Final portion of the backdrop to be completed is next up for this area first.
Continuing on is a view looking toward the engine facilities. A newly painted backdrop give the area a whole new feel and brightens up the layout quite a bit. I am going to have to get my Bob Ross on and start painting soon.
My scratch built sand tower, 40 ton coal tower and water tower. Recent work on the coal tower is the addition of the platform at the back. I'm working on finishing it up so I can post a comprehensive thread with pictures regarding its completion. In the background is where Ill be building a small town. I've also used some cardboard to lay in where roads are going to go once I start putting in the scenery.
Another scratch built project. A Turntable based on CPR drawings I've obtained. I've been looking for ways to motorize it and recent a fellow modeller has turned me onto stepper motors and programming the indexing with a Raspberry Pi or Arduino. So much to do...in the back ground is a mock up for a freight building...some familiar reefers cars have made their way into the region delivering some much needed goods to the area.
In the foreground is my two stall engine house. The original plan was to have it on the layout edge and detail the interior exposing it to the viewer. However, in order to preserve my sanity I'm going to be adding an exterior wall with some windows and calling it good. Plus where it will currently sit it is no longer anywhere near the edge. In the back ground is my lumber mill mock up. I don't have the space to model the entire operation so here I'll be modelling the finished product business end. So finished lumber and poles (they moved a lot of poles in the region back in the day) will be shipped from here. The building's size is in itself a necessity as it covers up some old pipes cemented into the basement wall that as far as I can tell do not serve any purpose and are not connected to anything...but I'm not about to try and remove them either so...
My small yard with caboose track. To the left is the track(s) leading to the transfer slip. I'm working on fabricating a new car float for the scene so I can finish up the area.
Time to finish this up. This is an over all shot of the North end of the layout. The snow shed was built before my extended hiatus from the hobby. I'd like to revisit the mountain cliffs and recolour them...make them a little greyer and add some weathering powders. I also made the piles a while back too and they are prototypical for the area. I need to find some birds or gulls to perch on top of them.
Anyways...this got out of hand. Apologies for the long post. I'm not as active on the forum as I'd like to be. That said. It's either because I'm busy with life or working on the layout so that i have content to post. Hope everyone is having a great week otherwise? Take care and bye for now.
Looking North is a card board mock up of showing the backside of what will be Kootenay Station. Passenger Ops were never really in the plan however from a scenery and location perspective it makes a lot of sense to include a train station on my layout. I may yet include a staging cassette at this end where I can build a passenger train and send it across the layout. Final portion of the backdrop to be completed is next up for this area first.
Continuing on is a view looking toward the engine facilities. A newly painted backdrop give the area a whole new feel and brightens up the layout quite a bit. I am going to have to get my Bob Ross on and start painting soon.
My scratch built sand tower, 40 ton coal tower and water tower. Recent work on the coal tower is the addition of the platform at the back. I'm working on finishing it up so I can post a comprehensive thread with pictures regarding its completion. In the background is where Ill be building a small town. I've also used some cardboard to lay in where roads are going to go once I start putting in the scenery.
Another scratch built project. A Turntable based on CPR drawings I've obtained. I've been looking for ways to motorize it and recent a fellow modeller has turned me onto stepper motors and programming the indexing with a Raspberry Pi or Arduino. So much to do...in the back ground is a mock up for a freight building...some familiar reefers cars have made their way into the region delivering some much needed goods to the area.
In the foreground is my two stall engine house. The original plan was to have it on the layout edge and detail the interior exposing it to the viewer. However, in order to preserve my sanity I'm going to be adding an exterior wall with some windows and calling it good. Plus where it will currently sit it is no longer anywhere near the edge. In the back ground is my lumber mill mock up. I don't have the space to model the entire operation so here I'll be modelling the finished product business end. So finished lumber and poles (they moved a lot of poles in the region back in the day) will be shipped from here. The building's size is in itself a necessity as it covers up some old pipes cemented into the basement wall that as far as I can tell do not serve any purpose and are not connected to anything...but I'm not about to try and remove them either so...
My small yard with caboose track. To the left is the track(s) leading to the transfer slip. I'm working on fabricating a new car float for the scene so I can finish up the area.
Time to finish this up. This is an over all shot of the North end of the layout. The snow shed was built before my extended hiatus from the hobby. I'd like to revisit the mountain cliffs and recolour them...make them a little greyer and add some weathering powders. I also made the piles a while back too and they are prototypical for the area. I need to find some birds or gulls to perch on top of them.
Anyways...this got out of hand. Apologies for the long post. I'm not as active on the forum as I'd like to be. That said. It's either because I'm busy with life or working on the layout so that i have content to post. Hope everyone is having a great week otherwise? Take care and bye for now.