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Hello, I am Edwin from the Netherlands and I have been doing O scale for more than 20 years. I read your forum with great

pleasure almost every day. I am working on a layout in a U forum what I like is almost as real as possible to build hopping

you like those pictures.

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Hi Edwin, That rockface work is fabulous! I don't think I have ever seen better. And your trains look exactly right with the scenery. You have a realistic treasure there, so I am hoping you will be showing us more of it as time goes on.

It is very nice to have you aboard, all the way from the Netherlands, no less!

FrankM

I contacted Edwin and heard back from him. Will work with him to prodivea full feature for the magazine. All I ask is he reserve a good number of "unpublished" photos for the magazine so the paying readers get something that is not seen elsewhere, at least until after the issue appears. That is something I request of all authors. Folks who pay for the magazine deserve, insofar as possible, to get "unique" images.

Yves posted:

Yes, fabulous pictures and great layout. 

Let us know when the article will be published. I normally do not buy 3 rails material, but will definitely do an exception for this 2 rails layout.

Yves

I am happy to run 2-rail layouts whenever I receive them (assuming they will be of interest to our readers). Ditto for O scale narrow gauge. I am NOT exclusively 3-rail minded, even though that is what I have myself. Come to think of it, I have a lot of On30, too, and am seriously thinking about getting some 2-rail scale and work with a local 2-rail club here from time to time.

Yeah, me too.  I subscribe now and then when I think there will be a 2-rail article of interest in subsequent issues.  I will have to try to buy the issue with Edwin's photos.

Note to Allan - I would buy such an issue even if all the photos had been seen here.  Nothing like a good hard-copy magazine to fondle.

Nice scenery, and quality models!  Get Allan to move this thread to all forums?

Edwin,  Very impressive modeling and photography.   As Frank M & Bob3 mentioned, might be the most realistic rock work I have ever seen.   Detail work and weathering in the yard area is also excellent.   Thanks for sharing the photos,  I will be using them for reference purposes as I continue to build my layout.    Please keep posting, your work is inspiring !   Chris A

Thanks everybody to do the rocks was for me very important on my layout after I done the yard but it is not finished yet still a lot of work but that is the fun.

I was in the states last year take a lot of photos and the color was very important so now the pictures of my layout will go to the magazine so everybody can see but don't worry

still a lot of more pictures I have and show you on this forum.

Edwin

It's a long time so a few more pictures about my layout. I t was to hot so now I started again to move forward a lot to do to make it better.

The yard is far from finished I think to rebuild it more structures. The FEF locomotive from Overland Models I still working on the weathering.

and it runs not so perfect so there is work also.

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The trees I did was very difficult to make some a bought but if you want realism I make a lot of pictures of trees I was in the states in Californië and I like those trees over there especially the color of the big one's.

I tried my best to copy them but I also use in the forest small twigs or what ever I find to make trees.

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I like the SP also I bought it 7 years ago and weather it with floquil paint but it was never finished because I want to super the model more correct plumbing on the side by the wheels but I have a lot of projects 

to do so still it is what it is. There is one picture before the weathering. If you want more pictures please let me know.

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One of my best ever still the 3-unit turbines this one is the overland models second run I'm going to modify this one with more detail on it and to weather number 30.

I have a lot of pictures collected over the years so I know what to do I'm a Union Pacific guy but I also like other roads.

If you have pictures from number 30 please do.

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I now have a lot of pictures how I did it of course the first thing many people do is play with wood to create a specific structure as you wish. I uses rolls of leg plaster to get a certain shape than Bragdon Enterprices Latex Rubber Rock Molds the best there is. I also use hammer and chisel to get more refinement the colors that is always what you like I used water colors and find sand colors very beautiful the rocks that you see are just three colors that are applied very water-wise. I look closely at real pictures and been 2 years ago in the USA made hundreds of photos of rocks,  you have everything over there.

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It is a PSC Brass Reefer I have a several of them but not all weathered I'm still busy if I have time to work on my layout the time to weather all my models well that is a dream but I hope to have time in the future to finish some models. I have posted one reefer new from PSC a nice one that is. PSC has made beautiful reefers in the past.

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In the meantime I have not sat still about building all those trees, this whole piece has been redone and it is not yet finished. On the bridge you see is a sunset Pacific Coast Shay is already equipped with new lettering

of my own company but it wil be completely done with new parts and of course the weathering I will show you as the shay is finished first is of course it must run good on my layout. This is a project I like. the light is not so good this time I will make better.

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