a picture a day....

Mark Boyce posted:

N5CJonny posted:

Those are really nice photographs, N5CJONNY!!  What kinds of trees are those?

Mark, I don't know the answer to your question on what kind of trees they are as these photos were taken at Disney's Epcot by Germany. They have had this same train setup for years, I only wish I had something like this setup. Maybe someone with the answer to your question might chime in and answer that one. Since the Disney people are trying to create a miniature German village, I would imagine they had to seek out a dwarf plant of some kind that would look like typical trees found in Germany. Also they would need a plant that could stand the harsh Florida climate.

"...and speaking of yards (yours is beautiful, N5CJonny!!!!) ..... here is a variety I have crafted,  here-n-there..." 

Frank- Thanks for the kind words. I cannot take credit for that beautiful setup as the folks at Disney's Epcot made that outdoor train layout. I visited there yesterday and thought some photos would be nice to show.

By the way, where did you find those beautiful brownstone apartment buildings? They sure would look nice in my city scene.

gandydancer1950 posted:

p51 posted:

wonderfully detailed layout. Exceptional!

Thanks, I love what you've done with yours, always love seeing shots like this:

I'm glad you like them. Those brownstone townhouse vignettes were a whole lot of work. They are not available anywhere. They were handmade, one-of-a-kind, as were all of my "Insta-Ramas"  vignettes, and available, at one time, through my Layout Refinements business.

However, I will give you my resource for the fronts, which was Valley Model Trains.com (I don't know if they are still in business.) The sides and backs were obtained from a variety of other sources, through the years, and had to be custom-crafted and adjusted to fit with the fronts to make a total edifice.

FrankM.

Gandydancer1950, I much appreciate the positive feedback from you. So here are a couple more perspectives, for A Picture a Day (this is what sometimes can happen when I get encouraged, so you may want to reconsider being so nice)  on the backyard ball game vignette...

Thanks again.

FrankM.

p51 posted:

Frank, that's amazing work. Yours is the kind of layout that I'd suspect most other modelers strive for.

Super of you to say that. Thank you very much. But I enjoy the variety in the ways we all express our creativity and interest in model trains.

You know that I admire your layout, too.

FrankM.

That bridge scene, above, reminds me of traveling along the Monongahela River, decades ago, to McKeesport, PA. with steel mills omnipresent

NJ Hirailers

NJ Hirailers- Orange Line Interlocking

Moonson posted:

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Frank- where did you find those beautiful brownstone apartment buildings? They sure would look nice in my city scene.

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I'm glad you like them. Those brownstone townhouse vignettes were a whole lot of work. They are not available anywhere. They were handmade, one-of-a-kind, as were all of my "Insta-Ramas"  vignettes, and available, at one time, through my Layout Refinements business.

However, I will give you my resource for the fronts, which was Valley Model Trains.com (I don't know if they are still in business.) The sides and backs were obtained from a variety of other sources, through the years, and had to be custom-crafted and adjusted to fit with the fronts to make a total edifice.

FrankM.

Thank you for the information on that Frank. Like others here I really admire your work and truly inspiring scenes.

briansilvermustang posted:

all year long....

OK, I'll admit it, Mine stayed up till July this year !    Then the Polar Express went back in the box and we returned to normal.

Now? MOVING to new House, It's all in boxes !!! ACK !  Great News tho,  1700 Sq feet of basement for new layout !!!   Now just gotta get it sorted and start getting it built...

Moonson posted:

Gandydancer1950, I much appreciate the positive feedback from you. So here are a couple more perspectives, for A Picture a Day (this is what sometimes can happen when I get encouraged, so you may want to reconsider being so nice)  on the backyard ball game vignette...

Thanks again.

FrankM.

I truly love seeing photos of your wonderful layout. This is a great hobby and there are so many terrific and skilled people in it like yourself.

Hi JHZ563, Are the silos / the whole complex for grain? Gravel? Cement stuff? (Shows how much I don't know, and haven't seen, huh.)

NJ Hirailers

Here is my contribution for this day.

NJ Hirailers

Paul:

    Great looking brownstones!

John

John Knapp posted:

Paul:

    Great looking brownstones!

John

They are beautiful buildings. I'm not sure where the club got them from, but they are nice.

Moonson posted:

Hi JHZ563, Are the silos / the whole complex for grain? Gravel? Cement stuff? (Shows how much I don't know, and haven't seen, huh.)

The hopper cars are all for coal, a mix of loads and empties.  This picture is a little misleading as it is taken from the top of a boiler structure, yet you can't see the boiler.  The blue structures on the right are for crushing and prepping limestone, which is used in the exhaust scrubbing process.  The light colored silos on the left have to do with ash collection and carbon reclamation from ash.

 If I can find a public use overhead view of the plant I will post it next week for clarification