before and after....

Before and after of my mtn. corner.

## hashtag WOW. Thanks for sharing. wow, just wow.... "Course Elliot says I am Easy.....", stillllll inspirational yet, very intimidating.    wow

Let's start with two helixes.

First the big helix, before...

and after.

Then the small helix.

Foundation in place

and done!

I have a lot more pairs to share. Stay tuned.

          wednesday  5:00 pm after work

          wednesday 3:00 am that night.....        

UP 50ft box converted to woodchip service http://rrpicturearchives.net/s...cture.aspx?id=572972

First attempt at mountain building.

Bruce

Suburban neighborhood...

"Before" (first efforts, circa 1995)...

...and After my conversion to more realistic environments for the trains...

...same real estate.

FrankM, Moon Township, USA.

Exactly 3 years apart. Photo 1 is of the first day that the sections were put into the room and bolted together and a little track had been laid.

brwebster posted:

 

 

Bruce

 

 

I love attic layouts. And I really like those floor lamps with the Mogul bulbs.

My before and after is a little different. Layout was complete then had to dismantle for a move.

Before

After

January 22, 2017

 11/21/17  It’s fun to remember where we were, and where we are.

Nice!

"It's never finished",  before and after is every day 

My second childhood began here crawling around with channel locks because I was injured and bored stiff.  I couldn't even push tubular track together again yet

Then I began pulling the Looney Tunes space cars with this dockside

I needed a tad more.... somethink like an earth shattering kaboom.

FRED....flying red emitting device.

I ended up on a new base here.....

and the old table is here..

The "convertable" micro workbench  (0-20-ish) changes often

Actually , this predates the 30x30" table. I had to get off the floor and begin to walk again (injury)

Years later, no plan in mind, just doing whatever struck me whenever I got an urge. Even accessories are pretty much either made or whatever came my way..mostly dirt cheap and broken; I'm too impatient and cheap to collect properly, .....and I play too hard

Trains, power, and track aside, I have maybe $150 dollars total wrapped up in bench, accessories, scenery, lighting included. ($5 each, Flagman shack (no roof), culvert loader(no roof, bad repairs), and AF talking station/timer (no roof, no gable, good mech, now a factory) )

...Making roofs is very fun for me. Odd, but it is.

a few months ago...

Now

we know what these look like before...

arg....focus is off .,...the roof is green/grey slats of balsa 

There are now 18 buttons and switches to operate (a few are out of sight)

Within the span of 1995 to 2016...the same real estate...Before and After...

...At first, I Just bought and bought and configured it all in...

...later....

...then...

and now...

...as I changed things and experimented, I grew and learned.

FrankM. Moon Township, USA

          WOW !! very nice Frank !  looks great !!!

Before

After

Moonson posted:

Within the span of 1995 to 2016...the same real estate...Before and After...

...At first, I Just bought and bought and configured it all in...

...later....

...then...

and now...

...as I changed things and experimented, I grew and learned.

FrankM. Moon Township, USA

Amazing Frank, you didn't just take it to the next level, I'd say you jumped quite a few levels! Absolutely great looking!

That's very nice to hear from you, GEOPEG, Thanks very much.

FrankM

Interesting subject. Ill start at the beginning where I gutted the bathroom ( you can see where the wall used to meet the ceiling) and spiffed up the room. Then it was on to FUN! Been sitting on one little piece of real estate left for some time now  that I'm playing with now. Frank, that is really fascinating to see how you transformed your original build. Too cool.  

briansilvermustang posted:

          WOW !! very nice Frank !  looks great !!!

Thanks, Brian. I much appreciate your enthusiasm. It's always very enjoyable to read your reactions.

thanks again

FrankM

Before

After

Frank the evolution your layout gives me hope that one day I can have a dream layout too. That and some serious negotiation with the CEO

Bob

                      I love it . great work I'm jealous  hope to have equal progress soon 

   10-20...

   11-20...

I've been working on the layout for several years but in the last two years it has seen more transformation on the tabletop than ever before. Here are some photos of it, none of which is complete but you get an idea of where I am going with it.

This is a RailKing crane that I modified.  Swapped trucks, lowered the ride height, lowered the cab, shortened the stack and weathered.

Tom

From start to somewhat finished....

Originalafter some paint adding a winterization hatch and switching chassis to one from the Titanic Anniversary set all it needs is a snow plow.

And because my daughter was in the Air Force I had to change thisto this

Very, very nice Joe !!!

Before

Middle

After

All done in about a year, though I still have a ways to go, just a lot of things are on hold for now

Thanks Brian

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PPPHSC I would have never thought both were the same building.  Good vision and execution.