Old King Coal Mining Co on Duckunder Divn of N&W

Redshift,

As Will said the tipple is scratchbuilt.  The base structure is 2 ply chip board with 1/4x1/4 bracing on the inside.  The outer skin is JTT, Plastruct and Evergreen styrene siding in various configurations.  The windows and doors are Tichy castings.  The base columns are Evergreen H sections.  Tacky glue and CA for main assembly.  Goo for attaching the siding.  Testors liquid cement for styrene to styrene.

The slack tank is a base of PVC pipe with more styrene, etc. added.

George Lasley

Will, fabulous work by yourself and George.  Thank you for sharing!

Looking forward to seeing those passenger trains!

Will,

When you took down Duckunder I my son and I emailed you to make sure everything was OK and to tell you we miss your videos.  Glad to see you are back with what looks to be another fantastic layout.  You now need to startup on some videos again! 

Will,

Great job!!!

The elevated tank caught my eye too.  Can you post an up close photo?

Will

You have given me some inspiration. I've got a multi-level 35 by 22 layout sitting in the basement that I've not touched in a year or two. Been thinking of doing the same thing as you. Dismantle the thing and start over with a smaller more manageable layout that I can maintain without crawling up, under and over it. I'm still in excellent health but I know as I get older (pushing 59) I'm not 25, 35 or 45 anymore. Also living out in the country with no other O gauger around makes it a little tough to stay focused and interested. I often wished I had someone near to help in building my layout.  So I'm covinced this is the route I'm going to take. Keep up the good work. Outstanding layout. Keep us posted on your progress.

Lon

George is the master.  I am, at best, the humble apprentice.  I can conceive and design, but I am no good at the art and craft of scratch-building.  But you can lose yourself in the illusion of realism in George's work.

Wait until the poles and transformers go up on this scene.  On the 1,000 sq. ft. layout that George detailed for Jerry Davis in Cary (suburb of Raleigh), all the transformers and wiring for single-phase and 3-phase power distribution are dead accurate.

I will produce some new videos soon, I promise.  The problem is finding enough time to think through a script and then shoot it in one go.  That takes careful planning and execution preceded by some dry runs.  I have to make the videos that way because I don't have the software to edit several takes into a finished short subject movie.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Bob, I'll see about getting a halfway decent photo of it made and uploaded tomorrow.

Lon, if you do that, I highly recommend you build it up high like the new Duckunder.  It's so much easier to get to everything, and the scenes are much closer to eye level.  Just make the tables strong enough to support your weight everywhere.  Some of mine is over 60" off the floor.