FUN VIDEO. RIDE AROUND MY UPPER AND LOWER LEVEL

You didn't build a railroad, you built a roller coaster. Just kidding but what a fun video.  That was great. You know, those are wonderful tunnels. It would be lots of fun to detail the inside and light them. You could do it fast and easy with "black rap". Don

Thank's scale rail that's the first time I was able to do that the lower level

and the upper was never connected before. The only reason why I connected

these lines is because i'm staying in this house for 5 more year's.I also want

finish the insides of the tunnels. what is black rap I never heard of it.

 

THANKS, ALEX

What a fun ride! Nice layout! Thanks for sharing!

 

Ricky

Wow! That was really interesting. I'll never have the space and $$$ to do what I see on this forum but I loved this ride.

Alex, it's really called Black Wrap and it comes in rolls like aluminum foil. I've been using it for years to make the covering for mountains and inside tunnels. It's real use is in movie and TV lighting to flag off hot spots from lights and things like that. It's like very thick foil and is flat black. You can crunch it up and pull it back and it looks like natural rock. It's very strong. Also you can paint it. The cost is about $22 for fifty ft. It comes in three widths. One ft, two ft, and three ft. wide. I've been buying for years from a company called Filmtools, their good guys. http://www.filmtools.com/blacfoilblac.html

I have rolls of it for work but found it really works well for forming all kinds of things on the layout. Saves lots of time and work. You can glue it in place with a hot glue gun. I can't find a better picture but I did the inside of this tunnel after I made the tunnel. I just  pressed it in place after crunching it up and glued it in place. I touched it up with brown and gray spray paint. Don

I am so glad I found this forum; you guys have great ideas.

Thanks Ricky and billshoff for your kind comment's

Don that look's really good, I will look them up on line

and purchase a roll in the near future and get the job done

Thanks for the idea, from what you explained it sound's

easy to do.

 

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL, ALEX

Talk about a ride!  That must be a huge layout, I lost my lunch on the quick descent!

 

Great video, thanks for posting!

Alex

Nice job!!!   for a different perspective put the flat car and camera in front of the engine and push it around.

 

Alex, The video looks really good. I like the way the decent swoops under the upper track. Pretty cool. The layout looks really great with all the changes you've been making. Thanks for posting. Mike R

Thanks Gunrunnerjohn, It's a pretty large layout with a very complex

track plan, as mentioned above I just connected the lower level to the

upper level. Going up was easy but being it is an existing track plan

the only way back down was an 11 inch decent. I made the track as perfect

as possible to make it smooth. It work's really well.The track plan is actually

5 separate main line's. This video only goes on 3 of the 5 main lines and

takes about 7 1/2 minutes to do that.

 

THANKS, ALEX

Thanks L.I. TRAIN and Mike.R. for the kind word's

 

THANKS. ALEX

Alex...you never stop amazing me!  That was a fun ride and the layout is coming along nicely.  Thanks so much for the video!

 

Don..."Black wrap".....Uhmm, thanks so much for the link.  I am going to buy some...

 

Alan

Alex, what a great train ride.  A love riding a train "behind the scene" and through tunnels.  It was definitely a fun ride and will be taking it again today.  Nice layout and you are doing a bang up job.  Thanks for posting such a fun video.

 

TEX

Steve

THANKS ALAN AND STEVE FOR YOUR KIND WORDS

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

 

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT I'M HAPPY WHEN I SEE

YOU GUYS ENJOYING. IT'S GREAT

 

ALAN THOSE PHOTO'S THAT YOU BEEN POSTING ARE JUST AWESOME

TEX I WILL SOON BE FINISHING THE INSIDES OF THE TUNNELS TO

MAKE THE VIEW EVEN BETTER.

 

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL YOU GREAT FORUM MEMBERS

ALEX

Hi Alex, I placed LED lights at various spots in my tunnels so it would give some light as train is traveling though for filming purposes.  I first use white then changed to blue to give a different effect.  Just a thought.

 

TEX

Steve

Hi Tex that's a nice idea, when I start to finish the inside of the

tunnel's I will add some light's. I would like to see yours.

 

THANKS, ALEX

Wow that a heck of a long track run on several levels no less.  I take it that your layout is a "point to point" layout rather than a traditional "around the room" configuration. Nonetheless that's one amazing layout you built and the carpentry is just over the top. I'd hate to have to guess how many hours you have in that wood work. 

BTW, enjoyed the video and my wife loved it as well. Keep up the good work. 

Thanks Dennis for your kind comment's

It's a pretty large layout, the amount of time Ive

spent on building this layout is about six year's and

counting. Just the wood working took about two year's.

I'm happy you enjoyed it.

 

THANKS SO MUCH, ALEX

Alex  - WOW!

 

The time and planing and sketching and designing! I can only imagine. Great Job!

 

I think from that video though I have a touch of Vertigo!

 

Do you have any pics / video from a stationary point

 

Thanks for sharing... I'm going for one more ride.

That was a fun video! The sound is great and a that's a terrific layout as well!

 

Thanks J Daddy and Ed ICE Berg for the kind comment's

 

J Daddy yes lot's of time and planing went into this layout

I will soon in the near future take a video from a tripod of the layout

 

Ed the sound of that engine is awesome its the Lionel

Santa-Fe 3751

 

THANKS VERY MUCH, ALEX