Sunday Scenic Showcase March 26, 2017

Very nice - again, Alan.

I take it that it's gracing some lucky fella's layout?

Here's one I prepared earlier. 

It's nearly the end of Sunday for us, so I'll bid you goodnight. 

Alan & Max, really nice work as always!  My latest project is this MTH Lehigh Valley caboose that I "3-rail scaled" and weathered.  The Baldwin switcher that I finished a couple weeks ago now has a running mate!

From this...

To this...

Very nice everyone.

Nice work guys.Here are some photos of the River Leaf Models switchman shanty I'm building for the Huber Breaker Preservation Society. When finished, it will be as close a representation of the prototype as possible. Now that the model is nearly complete, I am making some of the items that will be in the prototype. The phone is composite deck material, the receiver is a piece of craft wire, and the dial is thin card stock. The finger holes are pierced with a needle point, (not visible in the photos), and the cord is black thread. The stove pipe is made by wrapping individual sections around a piece of shaped rod. I used a piece of foil from an iced tea container. The door knob was shaped from a piece of brass rod. the escutcheon plate is from the same rod; I hammered a short section flat.

Don

All right you land lovers, lets not forget boats, and never forget our Coast Guard. My model for this week is one I've been planning to build for quite some time...it's a plastic kit, not all that special necessarily, but two important considerations apply to it. I'm a stickler for scale sizing, and for correctness to the era being modeled. There for this Coast Guard rescue boat is a winner since it is 1/48 scale like our trains, and it is a boat the CG used up until the 1950's which is my modeling era preference.

I cut the bottom off at the waterline which conveniently was embossed on the models hull by the mfg. That was a major aid since I wanted this craft to sit correctly in/on the water for that right look. The remained of the assembly was fairly simple following direction. Painting it was a bit of a task using the color guide in the directions. But in the end it came out really well, and matched photos of the real boats found on the net. Enjoy the photos. Lets see what you've built.

Bob

Attached are some construction pictures of a Ameritown building flat I just completed.

Joe

Really nice Allan and Joe! You know Allen, the 1:1 is still in existence just below Frenchtown, NJ on the old Bel -Del!

Wow!  Some great stuff this week, guys. 

Coastal Cafe & Coastal Curve.

In case you were looking for a new way to describe your train room creation, try:

"Three Dimensional Art in Motion with Sound".

Here's my mountain with some additional trees added yesterday:

Stangtrain - Great job!  That is exactly the look that I am trying to achieve on my bluffs on my layout.  Very well done.

Art

It rained all day Saturday so had a chance to finish planting the corn field  and add some more detail to another scene.  Finally starting to see some progress on the layout.

Some nice work this week, I like the corn.

Good Sunday Showcase!

jlm1973 posted:

It rained all day Saturday so had a chance to finish planting the corn field  and add some more detail to another scene.  Finally starting to see some progress on the layout.

 

Great work.  Nice little trailer.  Mind if I ask where you got it?

Impressive all around!

Hood Milk Processing Plant in a tight corner..... I started with a base of precision board for my new Hood Milk Plant. Precision board was also my choice for constructing the face of the building and the milk bottle that is going on the roof. I cut the basic shape and scored the face of the building, cut out the windows and made some storage tanks. the horizontal storage tanks are made from Plexi-glass tubes I had from a store display and a parts frame from an old model. Minwax Special Walnut stain was used for the finish on the building.

Now my corner fits in with my Lionel Hood Milk cars and platforms.

Gene,

i really like the layout of the plant. You really did a nice job on that.

thank you all for contributing this week.

alan graziano

I am starting a small tank farm for a customer that utilizes two Lionel elevated tanks I had in storage. I don't know if it was the Arizona heat or poor quality in manufacturing but the railings on the tanks and even an unused bridge simply crumbled when I touched them.

So I ended up building my own.

a picture of one of the tanks

Some pictures of the new bridge to the two tanks. Hopefully the ladder and cages will stay together.......