2013 Layout progress review pics and video

Awesome!  Thanks for sharing it!

You cant see the road below but there is a house that catches on fire when the train passes, hence the police car blocking off the road.Was a gift from the guys in the club.

Thanks for starting another thread,   now i am a little embarressed. Oh well

Yes as of right now all Lionel and Legacy ZW-L

Like the J the Blue B&O is modified to throw blue sparks that match the engine , pretty cool huh!

I left my legacy remote by the tunnel while i was holding an auxilliary light.The b&o hit it and drug it for a few feet , guess the front truck rode for a while until the curved bridge, nice blue sparks huh? Thats why you seen the Powhaton Arrow dim breifly coming down the long run.

Just fricken awesome video with a great visual perspective!

Phenomial is all that can be said!!!!!  Truely inspirational as i am about to start my own layout!!!!  Great job Patrick!!!!

Patrick, what a fantastic layout and video. I revisit your thread and others frequently, and pick something new up each time. What an inspiration!! 

Thank you,

Andy

Thank you Patrick for posting the whole shebang from start to finish (well never quite finsiehd)

I keep coming back to this and getting reference and pointers, a true inspiration for all.

(sorry guys this should prb be in scenery,and I'll get in trouble, but wanted to ask the source, on pages that reference the Q )

I see in the last couple of pages (of posts) you've been busy detailing things.  What are you using for Trees ?  I especially like the really large ones you have and was just wondering (I suspect you make your own for certain situations) ... and Im just about to the ground/tree stage

Nothing like yours but here's where my progress is (sorry its on FB, but easier for sharing with friends and family)  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200389108513025.2199577.1314885280&type=1&l=e879b4cf18

Again an inspiration and WOW ... just WOW

-Pete Flaherty

Thanks for the kind words guys

Pete

 you have no email in your profile.

Scenic express for the trees. Super trees -dont remember what the big ones are called.Your layout is looking real good.Dont breath in that foam-gloves and mask

Patrick,  Thank you.  That sounds very nice, if you send the time and place.   I added the address to the "Show e-mail address"  I never scrolled down that far.

Happy Model Railroading,

Mark Boyce

Butler, Pennsylvania

Well its been quite a while since i posted some pics of the progress. Finally getting around to my final lap, so to say. These last 2 weeks i have spent moving 4 feet sections at a time ,really hitting everything hard with 50/50 and making sure its gonna stay put,adding people and smaller details

 Last weekend I spent 12 hours just in the yard with tweezers picking out everything that wasnt black.

Anyway heres the last couple add ins.

Borrowed this guy from the chicken car ,let him get some fresh air until i get an artista figure for here.LOL

Beautiful!

How is the corner coming along where that section of mountain got removed.

Looks Great. 

The sand mix around the factory just hardened after 2 days. I am concentrating on the yard area then gonna move to that area next. Looks good there , thanks for the suggestion to put it there.

You can see it in  the left top backround of  the second picture above

Yep, you clearly are getting to the finer details, and a fine job you are doing, Patrick!

It would be hard to believe that you (or anyone, for that matter) could continue to improve your layout given that it has always looked great, but you definitely are doing so. Beautiful work, which I hope to see again in person, in October.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Alex

You know you are welcome here anytime, i had a blast with you and Judy! I finally got that flash drive to work on my new laptop a week or two ago,since my other PC bit the dust. Hope you dont mind but was gonna post some of that awesome footage soon you shot. Its incredible!

nice Patrick, very nice

Next time over I'll bring my new GoPro camera and stick it on a flat car and take a tour.

As always Patrick very nice...You are having just way to much fun. That's a good thing!

Larry

For the bungie jumpers off the trestle?

Thanks for the motivation guys!

How is that corner coming along. I haven't seen anything but the hole. I bet its  done.

Your close enough to drive over and see.

Hole is closed back up and redone. Factory waiting for some trucks.

Ill be down there tonight and a few hours tomorrow

Looks great Patrick!

Hi Patrick

Fabulous scenery and detail work, some real craftsmanship !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, Alex

Thanks Guys!

I worked on the turntable service area over the weekend. Added two buildings and 4 floodtowers and a few other details

Since the wife took my camera over the weekend didn't get to post any pics . So heres a few new ones.

Thanks for looking!

 If you double click on the photo you can get a pretty good size photo

Very Nice!

Just fricken awesome!

 I do wanna know when OGR is going to do a feature article and DVD? For those of us who live 3000 miles away, I think a 1 hour video would do...OK maybe 2 hour

Very nice.....great work! Tom

Its been said before but just amazing.

Hi Patrick,

It's just totally amazing, you have great talent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I second what Doug said, LAYOUT FEATURE

Alex

Your layout is just incredible. It's so realistically detailed that after looking at pictures of your layout, I see real tracks and wonder why the third rail is missing from them.

-Alex

continues to amaze!!

Hi Patrick,

Your layout is awesome! Can you please tell me what size curve runs around the back of the roundhouse??

O72 O80

Awfully quiet up there. And before you say that about me, keep in mind that Im about to post a bunch of progress pictures! 

Your last update photos looked great as usual! Lets see some more. 

Yes it is time for some more of those pictures .

Simply Amazing great job

Patrick very nice pictures guys like you make me want to tear down and start over or better yet move  to a larger house. take care vince

Thanks guys ,

i havnt posted anything new since  May

OK Larry 

heres my effort on a   brass Larry coal loader.    . I started working on the layout a couple weeks ago again.  Heres some pics of the latest project i am working on

I still havnt figured out how to make pics bigger so you will have to click on them

entrance down the shaft leading to the open mining room below