Let's See Your Detail Shots

This is the grand opening of McCuaig's Maui Lounge.  Matt

For me it's: Play Ball:

Arnold

Backyards and areas behind buildings are important to me, too, even if they are not available to visitors at first glance...

For me, I like guests in the trainroom to have to crouch-down and lean-in here-n-there to be able to see everything...and I do not give tours. Everything has to be discovered by the visitors, themselves, to the railroad neighborhoods...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

An economically depressed urban scene:

Arnold

My Hobos

Matt, that guy in front of The House of Redemption started out at McCuaig's Maui Lounge. Don

scale rail posted:

For me a layout is a detailed stage to show off your trains. Every area should have something interesting, and a story. I would love to see yours. Don

I call this "last man standing". It's in my ghost town. I don't think he knows where he is....

I've always liked military trains.  These pics tell the story of wounded soldiers returning from Korea at a stop in California in the early 1950's.  Matt

Arnold, the Troy Savings Bank and Cohoes Commons.  Have you spent much time in that part of New York?

Roger Wasson, Every vignette you have shown us here is fabulous, as good looking as any of us would want to have on our own layouts, I am sure. BravO!

FrankM

Thank you. It really is nice receiving "Likes" from voices on this forum. My Thanks to these fellow-hobbyists who sent me the Likes for my posting here on this thread: Arnold D. Cribari; Byrdie; PRRronbh; scale rail; CNJ#1601; Engineer Joe; Randy Harrison; Trestleman 1; cpowell; Strummer; Rapid Transit Holmes; coach joe; darlander; BAR GP7#63.

Perhaps, you will approve of these, too...

This first one is of a Summer Camp area...

...then here's a working man's hang-out area...

...new neighbors on the way...

...a local favorite community site... 

...and part of a small manufacturing complex...

FrankM, Moon Township, USA

(Please pardon me if you've seen any of these previously.)

A couple of mine ….

coach joe posted:

Arnold, the Troy Savings Bank and Cohoes Commons.  Have you spent much time in that part of New York?

Yes, attended Albany Law School, and my wife was born in Cohoes and grew up in the Lansingburg section of Troy, NY.

Arnold

Arnold, my parents bought a summer place in Athens, west side of the Rip Van Winkle bridge, back when I was in high school.  They moved up there from the Bronx when they retired and are there still.

Some details. Perhaps not the finest? 

Here's detail on the move.

Some detail from around the AT&SF. Click on an image to see them full size 

The waterfall was made using a photo I took of Looking Glass Falls across the mountain from here. Its a 65' tall full flowing falls within easy view of the road. I blended white paint to have it flow from the headwaters of the stream to good effect.

If you look closely you may see a sunbather on the rock to the right of the person in the boat.

One useful thing I find from taking detail pics is what is still left to do for sections of the layout.  For example, finishing the track ballast or removing the large cups from the scene before taking the picture.

I'm not a big fan of little plastic people, so you'll have to project your own story onto this one:

A few pictures from around our layout.  John in Lansing, ILL

Hi Rattler, You have a lot going-on there for the imagination in your vignettes. I like them a lot.

FrankM

Detail shots of my 10’-by-5’ layout.

Photos by

MELGAR

                                           Tug boats at work- NJ Hirailers

These detail shots are great.

Wish I could shrink to 1/48 and walk around these layouts.

Ron

checking watches....,

Here is one of mine from the new layout...trailer park scene...

Donald

Around the RR.

                         Lionel S.P. AC-12 at the"Red Line" water tank- NJ Hirailers.

Turned the color off on this one.

Detail shots from my 12’-by-8’ layout.

Photos by

MELGAR

Melgar,

All your work is first rate, but I really like those pictures from your 10 x 5 layout especially of the ones showing the stream and and pickup going up that little rise.

Collage of Menard's Comaradera Grill.

Ron M's in Missouri.

Melgar's

Ours

Melgar's.

I was happy with ours until I saw Melgar's.  His is a work of art.

John in Lansing, ILL

Thank you, but I think the other two Saulena's Tavern models are great.

MELGAR

Detail shots from 2016.

a few random views...

Mayor Magoo posted:

Melgar,

All your work is first rate, but I really like those pictures from your 10 x 5 layout especially of the ones showing the stream and and pickup going up that little rise.

Mel, I must agree completely with Mayor magoo'..

Gandydancer, Fabulous, every one of those scenes.

I particularly want to applaud you for this true-to-life realism, which I find inspiring...

FrankM

Moonson posted:

Gandydancer, Fabulous, every one of those scenes.

I particularly want to applaud you for this true-to-life realism, which I find inspiring...

FrankM

Thank you Frank!