How is Patrick H doing?

Yes, he had a great layout... its funny how some hobbyist are like fireworks, they emerge with great ideas,  they have fantastic building skills, and produce a really large beautiful layouts... host a great layout party...only to disappear,  never to be heard from again.

Who knows, maybe he will be back?

Yes I remember the gigantic layout he created. Life changes for all and hopefully he will get back into train layouts in the future.

I saw where he visited earlier this year....but been a few months since he last stopped by here......

Malcom Furlow was like that...burst on the scene, built a few fantastic layouts.....then dropped it all an paints now (art).

I see Patrick and his wife occasionally here in Murrysville.  They are doing well.  We'll see what happens when he gets situated.

Norm

Wasn't his father ill? Miss his interesting layout threads.

What was the overall size of Patrick H layout ? I need to know if there is any layout construction videos to get some ideas from on Patrick H layout , especially risers . Thanks, Terry H.  NC

@Terry Henderson posted:

What was the overall size of Patrick H layout ? I need to know if there is any layout construction videos to get some ideas from on Patrick H layout , especially risers . Thanks, Terry H.  NC

I have a video of it finished but no construction ones.  It's one of the more popular videos on my channel with over 10,000 views.

Thanks Marty I will check the video out , I have watched all I could find on YouTube but yours might be different, I’m doing a Blue Ridge Mountain theme with NW , C&O, Virginian Legacy and DCS engines in my finished basement, I have a 24x24 layout space so I can go with 099 curves on most of it , I would like to run 3 tracks with one leading up to 2nd level maybe 6” I don’t think I have enough room to go to a 3rd level like Patrick so this is why I was wondering about how much space he had to work with.   Again thanks for  responding back , any info is much appreciated.    

Terry Henderson  O gauge

North Carolina

Impressive video Marty, hope he gets back into modeling.

If anyone knows how I can find any construction videos of Patrick’s layout i would appreciate it , I looked on the digital forum archives but no luck , back in 2013 someone on this forum posted maybe Patrick some construction videos but I could not bring them up I guess out of date since it’s been 10 years .
Anyway great layout, it has inspired me to do what I thought was the impossible a few years ago.    

AMCDAVE. Malcome F passed away a while back.

@Rick Rubino posted:

AMCDAVE. Malcome F passed away a while back.

This topic was from 2016, as was AMC Dave’s reply.

He is a good friend of mine.  He is fine not doing anything  with trains at this time.

@Former Member posted:

He is a good friend of mine.  He is fine not doing anything  with trains at this time.

Well Thom wish him well.  Always enjoyed the times we got invited to his layout.

Thom,  one question please?  If you remember the overall size of Patrick’s layout , close guess is good enough, I’m building a layout similar and I have a 24x24 space to work , if i knew his old layout size it would answer a lot of my questions.  Thanks buddy.

Terry H.

What became of the layout and trains?

Gunny

I read where it was dismantled and sold off along with the trains .  

Fantastic layout , definitely one of the best I’ve ever seen , it has inspired me a lot .

Just watched the video. What a great layout!

That is a great video, Marty and an inspiring layout Patrick H, if you are here.

I would be interested to know how the layered sedimentary type rock is modeled. Could it be carved foam? Or other technique?

Bob

My memory could well be off, but I think he may have used broken pieces of Homasote or a similar material stacked flat side to flat side. Like I said ,it’s been a few years since Patrick posted all his “making of “ photos. I still think this was one of the finest layout I have ever seen especially considering the rather rapid pace in which he built it.

Brad

The mountains were 2 in pink foam stackes and shaped with a grinder.

I thought they were 2” stacked , have any idea of how large the overall layout was ? Looks on video much larger than 24x24 which I have . I wonder if I have enough room for a higher elevation like what I saw on his video.  

I vaguely remember some of his posts when I was first working on our mountain layout about 13 years ago. Thanks so much Marty for posting your good video here!

Awesome video & layout! Lots of nice scenery and elevation change. I bet it took quite a while to get to that level of completion, not to mention the overall size! It sure takes a long time or a lot of hands to complete that amount of scenery detail & buildings. I bet it was heart breaking to tear it down! I sure hope Patrick gets back to a new layout, even with some nice backdrops & buildings to start. Good luck Patrick, where ever you are!