Sunday Scenic Showcase March 23,2025

Fantastic work Alan. 👏

Great job, Alan…….I believe Edison is next weekend and you are going……have a great show!

Ballasting……

Lowering some of my sidings to table top level…..

…and, more ballasting (which I believe will be my pre-York project)….

My ballast-shaping tools…..

Have a great and safe week, everyone!

Peter

I have built Maine theme town & industrial scene. Still a lot work left.

Nice work Peter and Bar.

I will be going to Edison. Table 114C. First show in 15 years. I hope I remember how to act LOL

@Alan Graziano posted:

Nice work Peter and Bar.

I will be going to Edison. Table 114C. First show in 15 years. I hope I remember how to act LOL

Thank you, Alan......I have no doubt that you will be well behaved!  

Another thing I did recently, shown on another thread......HVAC units.....formerly, HP Inkjet cartridges...

Peter

Bar, did you make the railing profiles for your elevated roads? If not, who made them and where did you get them. Looking to do a similar project.

I built a retaining wall and railing as I continue to work on my upper level bridges. The little details are never ending. This was a quick little project. The stone is cut and carved rigid foam and the railing is wire soldered together.
The stone was painted with various acrylics, the railing with Testors enamel.

I could use that brewery model Alan......

I will ballast the surrounding tracks and continue to add little stuff. I have some people and workman on order too.

Bob

@wbg pete posted:

at first glance, I thought this was a 1:1 photo.

Excellent as always Pete.

Bob

Nice work on the brewery Alan. I miss some of those old metro NY beer names.

The diesel locomotive service facility was finally moved from the shop to the layout. This was a fun build but I'am glad it's done as there are some other projects I want to move on to.

The railroad herald on the front is a paper mockup right now as I work through the size and color before I print it out as a decal.

And now for some eye candy shots.

VO 1000 #403 getting some coupler attention.

Welding repair on Alco # 1551 pilot steps.

Looks like the boys are taking lunch. This always brings around the two shop cats.

Time to turn the lights off on this project. Have a good week everybody.

Bob

@RSJB18 posted:

I built a retaining wall and railing as I continue to work on my upper level bridges. The little details are never ending. This was a quick little project. The stone is cut and carved rigid foam and the railing is wire soldered together.
The stone was painted with various acrylics, the railing with Testors enamel.

I could use that brewery model Alan......

I will ballast the surrounding tracks and continue to add little stuff. I have some people and workman on order too.

Bob

Nice job on the railing Bob. I've just about given up trying to find a pennsy hair pin railing. I know they were made but nobody seems to have them anymore. It's like looking for a unicorn. I'am about ready to try making my own.

@Alan Graziano, it's been about 7 years since I've visited our friends at the NJHRs so details, and there are oh so many of them, are starting to get a little fuzzy.  I know they had a Ballantine brewery and the sign on yours looks incredibly familiar, is this the NJHRs Ballantine brewery?

@Putnam Division, Peter is that a commercially available transition piece of vinyl roadbed or did alter regular roadbed to make the transition piece?  Also great recycling job on the HVAC units.

@RSJB18, Bob the capstones and railing look really good installed atop the stone wall.

@wbg pete, just incredible.  Even more realistic than your waterfront, if that's possible.

Awesome work folks!

I’ve been working on finishing the walkway that slopes from the back of the driveway to the rear patio. With the walkway, steps, and most of the brick border set, I needed to bring the surrounding grade up. I had some older flexible modeling clay called Sculpey that I started to use, but soon realized I needed more. Hobby Express had a clay called DAS, which seems to be very easy to work, and very inexpensive. So here’s some progress preparing for painting and scenery.

@coach joe posted:

@Putnam Division, Peter is that a commercially available transition piece of vinyl roadbed or did alter regular roadbed to make the transition piece?  Also great recycling job on the HVAC .

1st picture: a pic of sprayed RossBed that I removed.

Next picture: a piece of RossBed being shaved down to creat the incline I need.

Peter

Thirdrail600v,  I’ve been studying your pictures and just exceptional modeling. The signage and all the details. I believe what really pulls everything off even more is that you model a particular road.  The Long Island. Along with a certain era. It just makes it all come together. Multiple same like engines with different rd. numbers. Resembles a fleet rather than a mixed collection of favorites. Makes all the scenes seem more like the real world. Very Well Done.

@Thirdrail600v posted:

Nice job on the railing Bob. I've just about given up trying to find a pennsy hair pin railing. I know they were made but nobody seems to have them anymore. It's like looking for a unicorn. I'am about ready to try making my own.

Bob- this is the wire I used. It's for hanging acoustic ceilings, probably about 14 ga. As you can see, I've got a lot. Send me a PM if you would like some.

Bob

@coach joe posted:

@Alan Graziano, it's been about 7 years since I've visited our friends at the NJHRs so details, and there are oh so many of them, are starting to get a little fuzzy.  I know they had a Ballantine brewery and the sign on yours looks incredibly familiar, is this the NJHRs Ballantine brewery?

I thought the same thing Joe. I also am kicking myself for not taking pictures of it at Trainstock! Especially since they had about 20 of the RMT Ballantine refers lined up on the sidings too.

Thanks

@Putnam Division posted:

1st picture: a pic of sprayed RossBed that I removed.

Next picture: a piece of RossBed being shaved down to creat the incline I need.

Peter

Putnam Division and coach joe:

I use plastic construction shims from Home Depot. They are the modern version of the old split cedar shims used when shimming door jams and windows. 1/4" on the thick side. Matches up perfectly with my 1/4" Homabed.

@Dave_C posted:

Thirdrail600v,  I’ve been studying your pictures and just exceptional modeling. The signage and all the details. I believe what really pulls everything off even more is that you model a particular road.  The Long Island. Along with a certain era. It just makes it all come together. Multiple same like engines with different rd. numbers. Resembles a fleet rather than a mixed collection of favorites. Makes all the scenes seem more like the real world. Very Well Done.

Thanks Dave C:

I am a fan of the gray and orange paint scheme that the Long Island used during the 1960s. However as you saw in the pictures there are a few with the blue and white from later years that crept into the roster.

@Alan Graziano posted:

Nice work Peter and Bar.

I will be going to Edison. Table 114C. First show in 15 years. I hope I remember how to act LOL

Alan,

Thank you very much.

Johan

@Cape Cod Northern posted:

Bar, did you make the railing profiles for your elevated roads? If not, who made them and where did you get them. Looking to do a similar project.

Cape Cod Northerh,

All structures in the picture are 3D printed. I try to be as self -sufficient as possible.

Johan