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a few layout progress pics.

I finally finished ballasting the yard storage tracks.

 

 

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 welding repair at the engine house

 

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must be a little nip in the air

 

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Newly installed crossing tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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sand house next to the engine shop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Yard tower at the opposite end of the yard

 

 

 

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Loading at the icing station

 

 

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freight station activity

 

 

 

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I still need to do all the final scenic and detail work in the yard.

 

An AM PA emerges from a tunnel

 

 

 

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Originally Posted by richabr:

I'll bet that EP5 runs nice with 2 motors. Looks better with the prototype black trucks.

 

Rich

It is a beautiful runner.  I had a shorting problem with it, though.  A wire connection on top of the trucks was shorting to the frame.  Fixed by a bit of electrician's tape.

 

Here, park visitors are treated to the sight and sound of AF 302 and K-Line 3005 rumbling by.  (Edit:  Of course they're gonna scatter when that 302 trailing truck bumps toward them.  Dang.)

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Last edited by TrainsRMe

Hello Mikeaa,  I have just about 200 figures on the layout, which is 8'8" X 15' 3".  As the layout sports 2 O-gauge tracks and 1 of S, not all the figures are true 1/64 scale.   Most of the S ones came from an eBay seller in Hong Kong.  They were very inexpensive, but needed repainting, which I enjoy doing.

 

Others are Marx from my childhood, Bachmann, Life Like, Arttista, Scenic Express, and a few firms that are now out of business.  Train shows, magazine ads and eBay have yielded the best results.

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Originally Posted by Mikeaa:

Nice scene.  The figures draw the attention in.  How many people do you have on that layout?  Where do they all come from?

 

Mike A.

Well, first you get a pair of S scale birds, then a pair of S scale bees...

 

I'm glad to see this thread finally got some other contributions.  I enjoy seeing other S-folks work.   It helps to show off what S is all about.

 

Rusty

Originally Posted by TrainsRMe:

Hello Mikeaa,  I have just about 200 figures on the layout, which is 8'8" X 15' 3".  As the layout sports 2 O-gauge tracks and 1 of S, not all the figures are true 1/64 scale.   Most of the S ones came from an eBay seller in Hong Kong.  They were very inexpensive, but needed repainting, which I enjoy doing.

 

Others are Marx from my childhood, Bachmann, Life Like, Arttista, Scenic Express, and a few firms that are now out of business.  Train shows, magazine ads and eBay have yielded the best results.

Small details like the figures really make a scene come alive.  Thanks for identifying where you found them.  I did recognize one or two as having come from that seller on eBay, but you did a great job repainting them!

 

Thanks!  Mike A.

 

(edit) PS: It's amazing how that O Gauge Hudson fits in.  It looks about the same size as the AF Atlantic.  It must be undersized.

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(edit) PS: It's amazing how that O Gauge Hudson fits in.  It looks about the same size as the AF Atlantic.  It must be undersized.

Yes, it's the same size as the AF 283.  It is a K-Line-made copy of the Marx 333, itself a "hybrid", as it ran on O-gauge track but was 3/16" scale in dimensions, similar to a line that AF did before the war.

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