Sunday Scenic Showcase March 27, 2022

Alan,

thats EXACTLY what I need for my mill on my upper spine! Looks fantastic, let me know if you want to build another!!!

Last weekend I worked on a new scene on my upper level reverse loop. I'll have a video which highlights this transformation in the next week or two.

This is a background “flat” that I just completed, bashed from the AmeriTown Barrettsburg Tool & Die kit. I cut the walls to convert it from two stories to three stories.

I decided to try something different. I have seen a number of old brick industrial buildings that were painted white. Over time the paint fades and peels. I tried to duplicate that on this building.

The freight doors are photographs of a real freight door that I resized and glued over the molded in freight doors.

For the past few months, I’ve been focusing on building a rural landscape but soon I’ll be able to start building an city landscape. Sure, the rural landscape still needs details, but I can always add and improve them every now and then. Here are a few pictures of the Maine countryside.

Amazing job.  Really love the B&A BL2 engine.

Bar,

beautifull scenes. You are a master craftsman.

Matt,

I love the way you did the building wall. It looks great.

Chris,

Great scene. Send me an e mail on the area you have for the silos and I can send the plan for this one.

Alan, spectacular as usual.

Matt the flat came out great.  Love the white paint and the way it has weathered over time is very realistic.

Johan while you say your rural landscape "still needs details" I don't see anything missing.  It's true every layout could always use more details but your scene does not suffer from a lack of detail.  I'm sure once you move on to the city you will not abandon the countryside and those details you want to see will be added over time.  Great work.

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

For the past few months, I’ve been focusing on building a rural landscape but soon I’ll be able to start building an city landscape. Sure, the rural landscape still needs details, but I can always add and improve them every now and then. Here are a few pictures of the Maine countryside.

Bar, I especially like the two photos with the cattle positioned realistically.  And the scythe, well now, you might be old if you can appreciate that!

Progress on the Rock Island Freight House.......

.....on Friday I showed the lintels being applied.....and, painting  the doors.....

......next, came the weathering of the doors........

....and, placement of the window glazing......

I also am thinking about how many doors I will have open......this concrete floor weathering job will go to waste if I don't show it......

.....progress is slow and will continue to be slow.....my wife had a total shoulder replacement  on Monday.....and, I'm pretty busy....in my careers a nephrologist, I always admired nurses and caregivers for what they do.......even more so now!

Have a great and safe weekend, folks!

Peter

Looking good Peter. I see you are using some acrylic paints. I really like using them especially for mixing colors to match something. I even used them to to touch up walls in my home.

Nice work everyone!!!  Alan, I am still amazed how fast you build these building!!  Looks great all

@Alan Graziano posted:

Looking good Peter. I see you are using some acrylic paints. I really like using them especially for mixing colors to match something. I even used them to to touch up walls in my home.

I like them, too.......I've been following Mike Regan's assembly and painting video....I'm looking forward to trying the final weathering step......ivory black oil paint and turpenoid.....

Peter

Great photos everyone! I’m always amazed by the skill in this thread.

Since space is limited I’m focusing on little projects. I made a trip to Sidetrack Hobbies and snagged this MTH telephone shanty. Did some light washes with acrylic and added some window glass / paper shingles. The base seems a bit high so I might cut that down. Will have to figure out a sign or two to add as well. At $12 I’m tempted to buy another and try an entirely different paint scheme.

Speaking of small projects, I snagged some cool NOS lineside phones. Still undecided how to approach there paint color wise. Anyone assemble these before?

@Frank posted:

Amazing job.  Really love the B&A BL2 engine.

Frank,

Thank you. The BL2 is also one of my favorite locomotives.

Johan

@Alan Graziano posted:

Bar,

beautifull scenes. You are a master craftsman.

Matt,

I love the way you did the building wall. It looks great.

Chris,

Great scene. Send me an e mail on the area you have for the silos and I can send the plan for this one.

Alan,

Thank you Sir.

Johan

@wb47 posted:

Bar, I especially like the two photos with the cattle positioned realistically.  And the scythe, well now, you might be old if you can appreciate that!

WB47,

Thank you. It’s always great to see a scythe man at work, (not that black-clad). 😉

Johan

@coach joe posted:

Alan, spectacular as usual.

Matt the flat came out great.  Love the white paint and the way it has weathered over time is very realistic.

Johan while you say your rural landscape "still needs details" I don't see anything missing.  It's true every layout could always use more details but your scene does not suffer from a lack of detail.  I'm sure once you move on to the city you will not abandon the countryside and those details you want to see will be added over time.  Great work.

Joe,

Thank you very much. Maybe I'll make better trees even later and add grass, reeds. The interior of the barn and engine house also needs to be finished.

Johan

I posted some pictures of my new layout several months ago and hoped to make rapid progress, but after my wife broke her leg just before Thanksgiving last year my “workin’ on the railroad” time got cut to just about nothing. Well, after about four months that included surgery for her and my new role as chief cook, bottlewasher, and driver, she is finally back to walking and driving. Needless to say I was itching to get back to the layout room and get down to business.

Here are some pics of what I’m working on right now. I have an access hole in the middle of the turn back loop and wrestled with how I was going to disguise it. I had several ideas but after watching a video on YouTube of a NS crew switching the Jiffy Muffin Mix mill in Chelsea, Michigan I knew I had my solution. I’ve always liked model railroads that have industries that are larger than the rail cars that serve them and I hope I’m accomplishing that here.

The first photo (taken many months ago) shows the turn back loop and access hole prior to any scenery. The remaining photos show the beginnings of the mill. The mill itself is Korber building sections rearranged to hide the access hole. The roof of the mill will lift off if I ever need to get in there. PVC pipe and foam core buildings are sitting in approximate locations and will be getting extensive detailing. I’m afraid of what the Plastruct bill will be for the various piping, railing, steps, etc. that I’m going to need to detail this place!

Joe Shipbaugh

A couple of pictures of my portable On30 layout nearing completion.

The story & build can be seen on the Narrow Gauge Forum or click the link below.
Dennis

Utacolzona Railroad in On30 (2 years in the making, 2020 - 2022) Update 3/23/22

Needed to add some people to my structures, so I am trying my hand at populating with some unpainted Chinese figures from the Bay...
I am not good at painting figures, don't really love it, and am trying to at least achieve passable.  using Vallejo paints to create the wide variety of people needed for the streets.  Starting with 1:50 figures but may move to 1:48 instead.  I've found that priming them with black spray paint from Home Depot gives the acrylics some better adhesion, though still painting two coats of almost every color.

Awesome work everyone & thank you all for sharing.

This week I was playing around with an Atlas tower that I built a couple months ago.  The kit had no interior, but the second story was full of windows.  I felt like it could use some added detail, so I fashioned a floor out of some leftover styrene.  I then took a stab at making an interlocking machine for the tower out of some scrap styrene pieces.  Here's my attempt:

I'm looking for a desk, chair, file cabinets, etc. to fill out the interior scene.

@Anthony K posted:

Awesome work everyone & thank you all for sharing.

This week I was playing around with an Atlas tower that I built a couple months ago.  The kit had no interior, but the second story was full of windows.  I felt like it could use some added detail, so I fashioned a floor out of some leftover styrene.  I then took a stab at making an interlocking machine for the tower out of some scrap styrene pieces.  Here's my attempt:

I'm looking for a desk, chair, file cabinets, etc. to fill out the interior scene.

That interior looks great! I especially like track layout on top of the machine. Gotta love these buildings with the massive windows.