Potomac Valley Railroad- My Layout Build

A few more around the layout. People make a big difference on structures and scenes, in my opinion.

Zowie! You have created marvelous period-appropriate scenes. The buildings are especially impressive. Bravo!

@Golden Prairie Railroad posted:

Zowie! You have created marvelous period-appropriate scenes. The buildings are especially impressive. Bravo!

Thank you so much! Scenery is probably my favorite aspect of the hobby. I love doing it. And thank you on the buildings...some are kit built, some scratch built, and some are built by friend's of mine.

Its nice to see  how you composed your scenes.   The proper auto's buildings and details for a given time in history. I Model early 20's to 40'sand getting it right can be tricky.  glad you dont have the ghostbusters car , and a taco bell in the mix

@Dave Koehler posted:

Its nice to see  how you composed your scenes.   The proper auto's buildings and details for a given time in history. I Model early 20's to 40'sand getting it right can be tricky.  glad you dont have the ghostbusters car , and a taco bell in the mix

Thanks Dave. No, you won't find any Taco Bells or Ghostbusters cars here! Lol. It's 1955...I'm pretty rigid on that when it comes to selecting vehicles, signage, rolling stock, etc. While I Proto-freelance, I want it to be as realistic as possible to the setting and place.

Very nice, I appreciate the effort you have made on your layout and the effort to share the work on YT. Two thumbs up!

Really gorgeous!

Peter

@Stephen Sharpe posted:

Very nice, I appreciate the effort you have made on your layout and the effort to share the work on YT. Two thumbs up!

Thank you, Stephen!

@Putnam Division posted:

Really gorgeous!

Peter

Thanks Peter!

Great work, Ryan, thanks for sharing!  I agree that prototypical realism to a time period really advances a layout.  Your structures and details are really nicely done...
and you accomplished all of this just starting in April of 22?  Wow.

That looks great!

@EmpireBuilderDave posted:

Great work, Ryan, thanks for sharing!  I agree that prototypical realism to a time period really advances a layout.  Your structures and details are really nicely done...
and you accomplished all of this just starting in April of 22?  Wow.

Thank you! Yes, while I'm not a rivet counter, I do want to capture the prototypical realism of the time period.

Yes, we moved into the house in late 2021, and I started benchwork the first week of April 2022. I try to spend 30 minutes every night working on it. Some days that happens, some days it doesn't...but it's amazing how a little time each day adds up. I'll also go through spurts where I do a lot in a 1-2 week period, especially if I'm off work but home.

@BenLMaggi posted:

That looks great!

Thanks Ben!

Here's my latest layout video:

Nice work Ryan. The layout looks great.

@Alan Graziano posted:

Nice work Ryan. The layout looks great.

Thanks Alan!

The layout and scenery look great!  Looking forward to seeing your next video.

@Alex W posted:

The layout and scenery look great!  Looking forward to seeing your next video.

Thanks Alex! I’ll have another one soon. I’m almost done laying track on the new double main section. I should have it done this weekend.

Well, it took longer than I initially expected to make another layout update video, but here it is. I've gotten a lot more done in the past five months.

It was a busy summer, but I’ve been back to working on the layout over the past month or so. Here’s my latest updates. I’m getting ready to get into a few major projects.