Looking good.

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Progress has been stalled lately due to lack of time.

That's good in a way because it must mean that you are working. I really like the way the layout is coming along especially the trestle and the engine facility.

Got the trestle almost done.











Steve C.

Painted the trestle and added some water barrels.









Steve C.

Steve,

I think you missed a spot and when do you do the bolt details?

Ha Ha Brian! I may have to call in the professionals for that.

Steve,

Looks great!

Steve,

I am somewhat familiar with the amount of work it takes to make a trestle from scratch, and I can honestly say that yours looks great! (As well as the rest of the layout.)

Well done!

Alex

Thanks Rich, Alex,I used yours for reference!
Steve C.

Started working on the foam.

Steve C.

Wow! Nice work! That curved trestle is a great feature to complement your wonderful layout.

Steve, the trestle looks great! I think It's time to change out your turntable now. keep up the great work.

Steve, that really will be a spectacular scene. The foam work you are doing is a great complement to a very nice trestle.

Looking real nice Steve.

Happy New Year!
Thanks Fred,Al, Rich & Ralph.
My New years resolution is to get some scenery going. I tried the true scene product I picked up at the Allentown show and it seams to work well. Every thing still needs paint but it softens the hard edges of the foam nicely and it's easy to work with.







Steve C.

Did a bit more on the trestle area.















Steve C.

Looking really nice. That PA j would look nice going over that trestle.

Took a break from the layout to catch up on some weathering for customers.





Steve C.

Added a new siding today to service the new hardware store.
Hope to get some landscaping on it this weekend.





Steve C.

Steve,
Good looking snow scene, keep up the great work.

Jack

Thanks Jack, It's not going to look like snow for long though.
I base coated the foam and made a coal drop today. Maybe some ground cover tomorrow.











Steve C.

Just kidding about the snow, you sure work fast, really detailed store fronts.

Jack

Jack, That building came with everything there except the figure. It's one of the Woodland scenic s.

Well no ground cover yet but did get some platforms built.









Steve C.

really a fantastic layout! Thank you for sharing!

Steve,

 

Thanks for posting, especially the photo series on the trestle area.

Question for you:

 

Why did you start with different colored ground cover (blue, pink, orange)?

 

The end result came out great, just curious about the methodology.

 

Thanks.

 

-bruce

Thanks Will and Bruce.

Bruce the white,pink and blue is just the raw foam.The orange and yellow is a product called True Scene I picked up at a show. Great stuff! You can color it by adding tempera  paint to it when you mix it  but I didn't have any at the time. I plan on tinting before applying it to the lumber yard area.

 

Steve C.

Steve,

 

Thanks for the info,will try the same technique when the times comes.

Looking forward to seeing the lumber area!

 

Bruce

Coming along very nicely! Also I like the Pennsylvania coal hopper. The weathering details are perfect.

Thanks luvtrains.
Got some ground cover down today.

Fantastic!  Once you start looking at the details of the scenery, ground cover, fitting the buildings into the contours of the land (or vice-versa), and the weeds and brush, you realize what went into this and how nice it really is.  Great job!

Not much done on the layout but a few guys dropped in to run trains last Wed.

Had a great time. Thanks guys.

Steve C.

Steve,

That trestle is awesome. Can you tell me some measurements of the bents? How wide are they on avaerage at the top and bottom? How tall is the biggest one? I will be building a curved trestle soon. It is only going to be about a 1/3 of the length of yours. Did you use some sort of formula to build or was it based on what looked and felt right?

 

What size material did you use? Looks like 3/8".

 

Thanks

Matt 

Thanks Matt,

The tallest one is 16" by 7" at the top and 9" at the bottom. Each cross member is 4" apart. They are mostly made with 1/4" balsa wood. No formula, just looked at a bunch of trestle pics and combined a few. Hope this helped.

Steve C.

Thanks. The info helps a great deal.

 

I would have thought the material was bigger than 1/4". The pics are deceiving.

 

Looks great and a good source of inspiration for me.

Steve,

 

Real nice job with that trestle. Everything is looking great.

Steve your layout is really coming along nicely. lots of great work!!!!!!!!!

Steve,

 

Awesome weathering job! One day I'll get the nerve to weather my engines

 

Cesar

Thanks Cesar!

  Here is some visiting power.

 

Steve C.

Looks great Steve. How's it running?