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Originally Posted by Erik C Lindgren:
Originally Posted by SJVRR:

       

Waow! This is excellent Lars!  

 

This is a place where we would like to live. 

 

Your clean and fine work gives me the motivation for my own layout project.


       



For sure!

Love the grass.. Needs a mow

 Just a minute please... I'm driving the cow to Lars' meadow with my old Citroën 

 

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Originally Posted by dcam88:

Would love to see more pictures of this layout (Highway overpass,  Grain Silo) and also maybe a hint of how you made those beautiful trees! 

  I've seen Lars stuff before, but due to when, what, and how, I noticed it, I thought he was just building point to point modules, and I hadn't gone deep into this thread to see that he actually uses them together with each other!

 Just when you thought you've seen it all  

 

Lars,

Your fans are waiting.   

Hello together!

 

Sorry for being not here at the forum for a long time. But the summer months belong to my other big passion beside the model railroading: to ride my mountainbike                          .

 

And so, since the exhibition in april I did NOTHING at my O-scale layout. But it in a few weeks it will be better...

 

Originally Posted by dcam88:

Would love to see more pictures of this layout (Highway overpass,  Grain Silo) and also maybe a hint of how you made those beautiful trees!  This layout has been my inspiration for my own layout. 

The trees are made of wire (for the trunk an the branches) and foliage form "Anita Decor". I will search some pictures of the Highway overpass and the Grain Silo and show the later.

 
Originally Posted by Adriatic:
Originally Posted by dcam88:

Would love to see more pictures of this layout (Highway overpass,  Grain Silo) and also maybe a hint of how you made those beautiful trees! 

  I've seen Lars stuff before, but due to when, what, and how, I noticed it, I thought he was just building point to point modules, and I hadn't gone deep into this thread to see that he actually uses them together with each other!

 Just when you thought you've seen it all  

 

Lars,

Your fans are waiting.   

Your are definitely right with the building of point to point modules. My layout will grow step by step. This is the current size:

 

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Kind regards

Lars

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Originally Posted by dcam88:

Would love to see more pictures of this layout (Highway overpass,  Grain Silo) and also maybe a hint of how you made those beautiful trees!  This layout has been my inspiration for my own layout. 

Here are some pictures of the Grain Silo. From the beginning of scratch building till the end...

 

 

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Thanks for your replies. That gives me a new incentive to continue the work. In my head is still something new. I would like to build a small passenger station (like the Atlas Maywood Station) next to the suburban houses. But there is no passenger train in my fleet at the time. If Atlas would bring out the colorful Pepsi Can again, I would start the work immediately...

Originally Posted by prrhorseshoecurve:

Really nice. Can I learn more about that commercial structure you created with the DPM modules? IT's in the center of this photo- tan building with freight car load/unload underneath.

 

Of course I will tell you. I hope to find the right words...

 

The basement of the structure is made of wood. I have spackled the wood to get an concrete look. For the structure itself I have used the following DPM modular parts:

 

- Blank Wall 90103

- Street/Dock Level Rectangular Entry 90104

- Double Rectangular Window 90106 (for the office windows at the street)

- Rectangular Window 90105 (for the stock windows)

- Street/Dock Level Freight Door 90107

- Dock Riser 90108

- Cornice 90109

 

I have used the Dock Riser between the the lower and the upper level to get enough space for a High Cube Box Car. I have also modified the Freight Doors, because the wooden look was too much vintage for me. I have scratchbuild the frames and doors with parts (strips and sidings) from Evergreen Scale Models. The pillars as well as the subceiling are also made of wood, again spackled for an conrete look. At the following pictures you can see the working steps:

 

 

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Kind regards

Lars

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Originally Posted by Bossman284:

Lars,

 

Where do you get the motor vehicles for your layout.  What scale are they?  I've been looking for vehicles from this era.

 

Thanks,

Bill

Hello Bill.

 

All the motor vehicles on my layout are from Neo Scale Models:

 

http://neoshop.replicars.nl/

 

They are all 1:43 scale. I always try to them by auctions on Ebay Germany. The models are quite expensive (about 60 Euros). But sometimes you can get them for about 30 Euros at an auction.

 

Kind regards

Lars

Originally Posted by E. Willers:

Very impressive work Lars. What are the overall dimensions of the entire L shaped display?

Also, the depth. I'm anxiously awaiting further updates.  

The overall dimensions are 580 cm x 490 cm including the fiddle yard (320 cm without the fiddle yard). The depth is about 60 cm. The dimensions of a single module are 100 or 110 by 60 cm.

 

The fiddle yard has four tracks (on the pictures you see only three, in the meantime the fourth is completed). On each track I can park up to three 50 ft Boxcars. At the end is enough space to park a diesel locomotive.

 

 

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Hi Lars your work is quite simply outstanding. I am new to O scale and I was struggling finding a suitable track plan to adapt for my available space 13' by 12' by approx 2' baseboard width, but I think you nailed it! I am aware that you're using Atlas track but could you tell me what number switches you used?

Many thanks in advance

Nick

Vanrouge posted:

Hi Lars your work is quite simply outstanding. I am new to O scale and I was struggling finding a suitable track plan to adapt for my available space 13' by 12' by approx 2' baseboard width, but I think you nailed it! I am aware that you're using Atlas track but could you tell me what number switches you used?

Many thanks in advance

Nick

Hi Nick. Thank you very much. You are right with the Atlas Track. Due to the lack of space I use "only" the #5 switches. But I think they are looking quite good and there are no problems during operation.

Hopefully I will continue the work on my layout in this autumn...

Kind regards

Lars

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