Sunday Scenic Showcase February 7,2021

Placing the roof trusses.....

Below is a link to the Ford’s Colony Model Railroad Club in Williamsburg, VA “Virtual Layout Tour”.  Since the club could not have its annual open layout house tours due to the pandemic; it was decided to post on line virtual tours of our members train layouts which range from N scale to G scale.  Members range from “armchair” to those building very large, elaborate layouts

The videos are created by a club member who is a professional videographer and are 5 – 10 minutes long.

For those of you who have asked about my layout, it is included there

Six layout tours are presently posted but more are coming; one to two per month so save the link and check back every couple of weeks.  Next up is a very nice HO Western Maryland layout which will be followed a large O scale PRR layout.

Enjoy!

https://www.fchoa.org/info.php?pnum=55f987231412b3

Tire ruts:

Hi Everyone - it’s been a long time since I’ve posted since I have not really been doing much with the layout , however that changed back in November when I decided to get out my engines and do PM’s on them because of sitting in their boxes for so long. That started me getting all the “stuff”out.

I have a couple of firsts for me. My first mountain with a frozen waterfall and pond.

And I decided to make some trees

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Made a bit more progress on my corner scene. I bashed a Lionel Illuminated Flag Pole and installed a scratch made street light. I think it's almost ready to place on the layout.

Bob

Bridgeport Tool & Die, on my 10’-by-5’ layout, is a scratch-built model of a building in Milford, Connecticut that sits alongside the tracks of the former New Haven Railroad (now Metro-North Railroad). The building was reputedly the laboratory of Simon Lake, an early builder of submarines for the U.S. Navy. The model was compressed to about two-thirds its scale length to fit the available space on the layout and its construction was the subject of an article in OGR magazine Run 300.

MELGAR

@RSJB18 posted:

Made a bit more progress on my corner scene. I bashed a Lionel Illuminated Flag Pole and installed a scratch made street light. I think it's almost ready to place on the layout.

Bob

Nice job Bob. I like the street lamp and the night shots are especially good. The one with the vehicle “head on” is my favorite.

Donald

@MELGAR posted:

Bridgeport Tool & Die, on my 10’-by-5’ layout, is a scratch-built model of a building in Milford, Connecticut that sits alongside the tracks of the former New Haven Railroad (now Metro-North Railroad). The building was reputedly the laboratory of Simon Lake, an early builder of submarines for the U.S. Navy. The model was compressed to about two-thirds its scale length to fit the available space on the layout and its construction was the subject of an article in OGR magazine Run 300.MELGAR

One of my favorite structures Mel. I remember the article.

Donald

@MELGAR posted:

Bridgeport Tool & Die, on my 10’-by-5’ layout, is a scratch-built model of a building in Milford, Connecticut that sits alongside the tracks of the former New Haven Railroad (now Metro-North Railroad). The building was reputedly the laboratory of Simon Lake, an early builder of submarines for the U.S. Navy. The model was compressed to about two-thirds its scale length to fit the available space on the layout and its construction was the subject of an article in OGR magazine Run 300.

MELGAR

Great use of color, Melgar.

@3rail posted:

Nice job Bob. I like the street lamp and the night shots are especially good. The one with the vehicle “head on” is my favorite.

Donald

Thanks Don- that one is my favorite so far too. I took one more with the B/W filter turned on.

I found this kit under my table and decided to put it together for Allan Miller’s layout.   I didn’t get too detailed on the inside but it is removable so more details can be added.  

@wbg pete posted:

Below is a link to the Ford’s Colony Model Railroad Club in Williamsburg, VA “Virtual Layout Tour”.  Since the club could not have its annual open layout house tours due to the pandemic; it was decided to post on line virtual tours of our members train layouts which range from N scale to G scale.  Members range from “armchair” to those building very large, elaborate layouts

The videos are created by a club member who is a professional videographer and are 5 – 10 minutes long.

For those of you who have asked about my layout, it is included there

Six layout tours are presently posted but more are coming; one to two per month so save the link and check back every couple of weeks.  Next up is a very nice HO Western Maryland layout which will be followed a large O scale PRR layout.

Enjoy!

https://www.fchoa.org/info.php?pnum=55f987231412b3

This is fantastic!  Thanks so much for sharing.  I've admired the skill of construction on the Port Anne railroad so seeing it through video is a real treat.

@RSJB18 posted:

Thanks Don- that one is my favorite so far too. I took one more with the B/W filter turned on.

Excellent!

Dave, real nice!

Here’s an old Weaver boxcar I did this weekend. I am trying to clear some projects out of the shop.

@David Minarik posted:

I found this kit under my table and decided to put it together for Allan Miller’s layout.   I didn’t get too detailed on the inside but it is removable so more details can be added.  

Dave,

The building looks great. Can you give a peak of the other one on the other side of the bench?

Dave

Alan,

The projects look great. What did you use for the brick siding?

Dave

@luvindemtrains posted:

Dave,

The building looks great. Can you give a peak of the other one on the other side of the bench?

Dave

Dave,

Thanks!  This is just a compilation of left over parts for an obscure part of my layout.   Allan might get this one too!

Very nice building David.

Mr. Gaines,

I used plastruct o scale brick glued to .040" styrene sheet on the building.

Great building Mel.

It may be cold outside but is always Summer on the Layout

@David Minarik posted:

Dave,

Thanks!  This is just a compilation of left over parts for an obscure part of my layout.   Allan might get this one too!

Very nice Dave! If he doesn't I certainly have a spot for it.

Dave

                                      Finally have some time to run trains...

Excellent work all.  Too many accolades needed to be handed out to try to fit them all in now.

@David Minarik posted:

I found this kit under my table and decided to put it together for Allan Miller’s layout.   I didn’t get too detailed on the inside but it is removable so more details can be added.

I sure hope David keeps finding more stuff under his layout!

Such wonderful content fellas, thank you