There are plenty of photos of the popular sloped tender. I haven't seen any with the square tender.
Any photos, or videos for that matter would be appreciated.
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Rick, Here you go. This locomotive is awesome, the smoke and the sounds are incredible.
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The backdrop isn't bad either! Nice looking compact layout.
Thanks for the compliment. Appreciate it.
@PRR1644 posted:Thanks for the compliment. Appreciate it.
That is a good layout. Nice gas station too.
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I'd like to see more of the layout too!
@MartyE posted:I'd like to see more of the layout too!
I agree Marty, we are seeing just a small window of what is there. I'd definitely like to see more.
Well thanks. It’s not big but it fits in the spare bedroom. Here are some shots.
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Nice layout!
That looks really good - very well done! I wasn't sure how much space it encompassed because of how the images were cropped. Very neat and tidy and well thought out with consistent detail. I don't have much space available to me currently so I have been looking for inspiration from some of the more compact layouts and yours certainly delivers! Thanks for posting more images - I appreciate it.
I love the little water scene. Some people may think stuff like that doesn't happen, but by me there is an elevated trestle that the BR&W travels over. One side faces the highway, the other faces a small development/farm land on the other. The stream comes right at the bridge(naturally) going under it and curving over to one side until going under the highway. What is nice about it, before it gets to the bridge there are some high reeds on the curve of the stream. That side dips down a lot where the opposite side of the road rises. Highway side is low on the same side as the stream, but the other side that rises also rises slightly less on the highway side.
Randy, The layout is an L shape 11’ x 9’ and is 4’ deep.
Thanks to all for the compliments. John
Thanks for the details - it's much larger than I originally thought. Did you make all of the pieces for the elevated portion? That really adds to the complexity and visual richness. Which NYC caboose is that? I love your PRR 1644 as well and of course you needed that one, ha! I have one from the 2015 run and it's one of my favorites. It's nice to see the other tender on yours.
Fantastic Layout!
I made the elevated track with masonite and Atlas HO girder bridge sides heated with a heat gun to make the bends. What happened was I saw a layout in the OGR The O Guage Primer done by Clark Dunham. I sent him an email asking him how the girders were made and he sent me an email the same day explaining how to do bend them. The caboose is an MTH Premiere PL&E NYC. Thanks for asking John
@PRR1644 posted:I made the elevated track with masonite and Atlas HO girder bridge sides heated with a heat gun to make the bends. What happened was I saw a layout in the OGR The O Guage Primer done by Clark Dunham. I sent him an email asking him how the girders were made and he sent me an email the same day explaining how to do bend them. The caboose is an MTH Premiere PL&E NYC. Thanks for asking John
That's the beauty of the forum. You have a question, you ask, and helpful step by step advice/explainations come through. I don't remember who was talking about doing a bridge, but the advice I gave was having lower bench work to use for putting the bridge in for that particular topic. I even included the bridge(which I described above) to show how the land was divided in that way.
