Good Morning Everyone,
I will start out with a project I just completed involving the rebuild of a sub station. I did not do the original model. I reworked the building adding a roll up door, added two transformers, New steel transmission tower and a barbed wire fence and gate.
Let's see what you have been working on.
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Looks great.!!
Continuing on with the TW Trainworx 3 stall Engine House......
This is where I left off last week:
Masking with blue tape so I can spray paint the brick Rustoleum Red.....
Add more brick detail. These are hard to get out......put the blade over the sprue and give it a light tap with the rubber mallet......
Brick trim added......
Taped......just waiting for the sun to come out......
Finally, this past Weds afternoon......
Sizing it up on the layout......
Still lots more to do......concrete lintels, windows and brick weathering.
I am working with Evans designs for LEDs to light it.
Have a great Sunday folks!
Peter
Happy Sunday all. I made some progress on the station platform. Hung some locomotive Joe lamps, added shingles and applied the two step copper patina paint to the gutters. I try to add a cool feature to each structure and this paint fit the bill.
Will need to do some touch up gluing of a few shingles that are lifted. Other than that I’m going to look into getting a station sign laser cut to mount on the platforms end. This was a fun way to salvage a kit missing pieces.
Good morning to Alan @Alex W and @Putnam Division
Enjoyed seeing Alan’s special designs for power. The platform and engine house coming along very nicely…
This week I spent way too much time connecting power to lamp posts around the Railking passenger depot, OHHS high school.
Then I set into place the four Woodlands traffic signals and their power.
I’m now in the process of measuring for coverage of the depot parking and streets to cross tracks out of town…
@Putnam Division posted:Continuing on with the TW Trainworx 3 stall Engine House......
Still lots more to do......concrete lintels, windows and brick weathering.
I am working with Evans designs for LEDs to light it.
Have a great Sunday folks!
Peter
Peter,
Your railroad has some impressive large buildings. Very nice.
MELGAR
@MELGAR posted:Peter,
Your railroad has some impressive large buildings. Very nice.
MELGAR
Thank you, Mel........one of the things I am trying to do is hide my inability to create grades and cuts......I just don't think in 3 dimensions......so, I am going to use large buildings as scenery blocks to convey the sense of distance.....
As you probably know, I grew up in the Bronx, where railroad scenery consists of the backs of buildings and their associated trash: and, glimpses of commercial areas. That is the effect that I'm going to try and create.
I love the effect you have created on your layouts. Using topography and buildings, you have created beautiful scenes of steam/diesel transition-era New England.
Peter
Prepping 5601 for departure from the shop.
Dick
I've been working on my hobo boxcar scene for the past few weeks. I need to add a few more features before I finalize a video on it. My purpose here was to highlight the car itself in a static display. I added short piece of spare atlas track next to my main lines as an abandoned spur. It's wired up to a push button switch so it can be activated or turned off. The button turns on the track to activate the car sounds as well as flickering LEDs for the fire. My plan is to add a smoke unit as well for the camp fire.
Jeff,
Thank you. I really like doing these rebuilds.
Peter,
You are doing a great job with the engine house.
Seth,
Your layout looks great
Alex,
The platform came out great. I like the downspouts.
Flyboy,
That is a great scene. A lot of nice details in the picture.
Chris,
You really put together a fine scene.
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