Sunday Scenic Showcase August 9,2020

Very nice plant, Alan.

There are numerous shanties scattered around both my layouts. Here are a few on the 12’-by-8’ – completed in 2004. I’ve posted pictures of almost all the structures on both my layouts and there is little else to show…

MELGAR

Alan, thank you for starting and maintaining one of my favorite serial threads.

But c'mon; enough of the studio shots of your work and work area--they are always pristine.

How about a down and dirty photo of a work in progress where the work space is a bit untidy; messy even.  No offense intended.  Some folks are simply uncommonly neat when they work--but not I.

Carl,

I hope this one is messy enough.

Alan, great plant and like the picture of your "messy" work area !!  Melgar nice little sheds, great weathering.

Tom

                                PLASTICVILLE TURNPIKE / HWY, Phase 3...

I hope to start the benchwork some day soon.

Thanks again Al for supplying me the sign support structure!

Another great week of pix.

@SIRT watching the evolution of the Interchange has been fun. I get NJTP flashbacks (not good ones) every time I look at it

Can't wait to see it on your layout.

Bob

Great work as usual.  Here are a couple pics of the dock area i have been working on for my seatrain lines crane.  Also a fixed crane for the dock area of my just started cement factory.  Still need to finish out fixed crane rigging and details but my hats off to the clam shell bucket kit that crow river sells, its a great piece.

I have found a new Rustoleum spray color: Chalked Aged Gray.....

My attempt is to try lighter, less weathered look.....I am trying it on the Plasticville Police Station....

I will everyone posted as things develop.....

BTW everyone, fantastic work and pics thus far!!!!!

Peter

Awesome stuff guys, really enjoy the freeway scene SIRT 

@Alan Graziano posted:

Carl,

I hope this one is messy enough.

5 Stars, Alan.  Thanks.

hauled the modules out for some new pics. 

wbg pete Beautiful layout ! 

stubbygda Amazing. 

Another fantastic build Alan Graziano

stubbyga the scene is coming along very nicely. Please keep us posted on your progress with the dock scene. I will be starting my harbor in the near future so I will be watching closely.

Dave

@wbg pete posted:

Great looking scenes....are the buildings scratch or kit built? I especially like this one

STUBBYGDA            Looking GOOD!!!  I agree with your comment about CROW RIVER clam shell bucket kit. They suggested I go with the HO version when I described my project to them. I noticed the 9v battery hook up; is the crane movable? Thought I would throw in an idea I came up with maybe someone might find useful. I mounted my crane on a pill bottle; turning the cap to reposition the crane as desired. Really like your buildings also.

@MELGAR posted:

Very nice plant, Alan.

There are numerous shanties scattered around both my layouts. Here are a few on the 12’-by-8’ – completed in 2004. I’ve posted pictures of almost all the structures on both my layouts and there is little else to show…

MELGAR

Melgar - kits or scratched built? Either way excellent work!

Joe

Thanks Joe. The first three photos are from kits. The last one is from scratch.

MELGAR

@jackiejr posted:

STUBBYGDA            Looking GOOD!!!  I agree with your comment about CROW RIVER clam shell bucket kit. They suggested I go with the HO version when I described my project to them. I noticed the 9v battery hook up; is the crane movable? Thought I would throw in an idea I came up with maybe someone might find useful. I mounted my crane on a pill bottle; turning the cap to reposition the crane as desired. Really like your buildings also.no its stationary.  battery just temp to check out the light inside the crane.  pill bottle cap is a great idea!  ur crane looks great

Wow, Really nice work this week guys.

I have completed the elevated lines in my large city area of the layout including the subway line.

Awesome work Rich!

Dave

Sirt, great work with the LEDs and the signage.

Eric C fantastic modelling and photographic skills on display again.

Rich the EL is awesome. I like the design of the single column supporting the EL.

@jackiejr posted:

Great looking scenes....are the buildings scratch or kit built? I especially like this one

I have a mixture of scratch-built and kit structures on the layout..  Most kits are modified to some degree when I build them.

The building you like is an older modified "Stoney Creek Design" kit.   Here are in-progress photos of it as I was checking my work:

 WBG PETE,   LOOKING AT THE ADDITIONAL PICS YOU POSTED, I LIKE THAT BUILDING EVEN MORE. YOUR LAYOUT SHOWS A WONDERFUL PASSION FOR YOUR ARTISTIC ABILITIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY

Just finished up a small stream.  The incredible scenes you all post are amazing and inspirational.  The hotel was scratch built based on a Hotel in Bamf Canada.

Two more building flats completed

@Toro5xi posted:

Just finished up a small stream.  The incredible scenes you all post are amazing and inspirational.  The hotel was scratch built based on a Hotel in Bamf Canada.

I would like to take a guess and say The Banff Inn.  Very nice work on the building and stream.

We made the trip to Banff last year, including a ride on the Rocky Mountaineer.

Below is hopefully the start of a kit bash series for my web site. It starts out with a small Korber Models building in which the cornices were cut off. The top two stories are scratched built from clap board wood siding.