What did you do on your layout today? (2 Rail O Scale/Proto48 version)

Looking good John. Are the elevators going to be big or small ones?

Thanks Anthony.

The grain silos at this location are medium sized. I have a lot of work to do on them yet but I have been able to cast the roofs and foundations. I cast those in both Hydrocal and resin to see which I prefer and decided to use the Hydrocal ones for the base and resin for the tops. I'm currently working on making molds for the rest of the parts, although they have taken back seat to installing bench and track work. My layout is based loosely off the ATSF mainline in Western Kansas/Eastern Colorado in the summer of 1995, but my grain mill is based loosely off the Ardent Mills facility in Chester Illinois, which so far I only have a cardboard mock up of.

John

Excellent!

Been busy myself...

Great thread to start up. The turnouts look great. 

All I have to contribute are two blobs on a stick! I’ve tried every method and I cannot make trees. These are poly fiber on armatures from the back forty. I’m actually looking into getting some custom made.

Gentlemen, this will be a great thread to review, O Scale is really nice. Santiago, your Sante Fe diesel runs so smooth. Happy Railroading 

Great work everyone, and a good idea for a thread! 

Recently I've been operating my layout with a remote Engineers while I take the Conductor/brakeman role.  This afternoon I worked for about 90 minutes with an Engineer about 20 miles away in Southern Ontario.

Earlier in the week the remote Engineer was in Melbourne, Australia. Here's a quick video with the Aussie Engineer. He's about 10,000 miles away.

We're still learning about the video and audio settings in Zoom to improve the quality but the DCC side of it has worked very well. It's not perfect by any means, but still a lot more fun that not operating at all because I can't invite crews over at the moment.

Pete

Santiago,

I missed the video. I just went back and watched it. Not just a smooth runner but gorgeous locomotive too. That warbonnet scheme is hard to top.

My eyes aren't what they used to be. To me, these trees look great. Maybe I'm missing something?

I think that custom building can be like cooking. When I started cooking stuff, I lost some of the enjoyment of just eating it. My senses were dulled from cooking it.

If you are making it, you sense more of any flaws. I have to feel that's what you're seeing and saying here?

I'm having trouble conveying what I'm thinking here. I don't think some store bought products are this good.

BTW, thanks for starting this great thread!!

Neato 

Shot on my freemo module ... kit built Tennessee Pass station with the Scenic Limited 

models are 

Key L-105 3700

Joe Fischer MoP full baggage 

Artista figurines 

Builders in Scale kit that was available in the 1980’s 

Excellent Erik!

Erik, wow that is outstanding!

John

Another from the week before, the tower is a scratch build to the drawings of the CB&Q coaling tower at Denver and tank the same. Here L77 rolls north out of Burnham for assignment at a North Yard along the Q service tracks near 20th. 

Impressive guys, ALL totally impressive!

Simon

Nice work gents.

@jgtrh62 posted:

Thanks Anthony.

The grain silos at this location are medium sized. I have a lot of work to do on them yet but I have been able to cast the roofs and foundations. I cast those in both Hydrocal and resin to see which I prefer and decided to use the Hydrocal ones for the base and resin for the tops. 

John

John,     They look about 100 times better than the standard solution of hacking off chunks of 4" PVC pipe!!!

Simon

I put this on the latest weekend photo fun as well: