Sunday Scenic Showcase March 5, 2017

That guy on the tank better be careful, that's a big lobster!

I've been assembling the River Leaf Models swithcman shanty, and it's nearly complete. I placed a few windows and the door temporarily for some photos. I also made the two benches and slant top desk that are in the prototype. I used some scrap from the shop, and from the kit. The benches will be painted green, and the desk base will be stained to match the top. I was considering making the desk top in the open position, but then I would have had to hollow the desk interior. A bit over the top!

Don

Something small, but something that really adds to the layout.  I have spent several days making these signs.  I have researched them on-line and and in books.  The primary book I used for information was the Model Railroader Trackwork and Lineside Detail.  

My layout will be in Wisconsin and Illinois in the late 1950's.  In Illinois, the signage will be themed on ATSF.    In Wisconsin, I have tried to reproduce the  signs prevalent there for the Milwaukee Road.  I did find a website with information on Milwaukee Road signage.  I have done my best to try to make every sign realistically scaled and depicted as accurately as I could.  

I still have Milwaukee Road Derail signage to make and then I will be making crossbucks.  I have the signs I need for this stage of my layout and will work on those some time later.  

These four photos show the coal drop where hopper cars drop coal to feed my coaling tower. I scratch built this feature from various photos I'd seen. Mostly basswood and balsa, some plastruct I beam, sheet styrene, some metal rod stock, a wood dowel wrapped with small diameter solder to simulate the worm mechanism, toss in some nut/bolt/washer casting, and a dark india ink/alcohol wash and make the scene messy with spilled coal, and there you go.

Bob

Flanger, outstanding! Great idea with the solder wrap around. When I make scrap metal loads, I use the threaded cam lock inserts from build it yourself furniture. The thread is widely spaced, and it resembles an auger. I just cut the ball end off and weather it.

Woody #1295, brick delivery!

Some evening & night time photos at Shark Bay R.R. Photographer Juha Vaarakangas.

Some excellent stuff again this week, guys. 

I'm still chugging along with the boat builder's/sail maker's . . .

Max,

Nice structure, What are you using for the corrugated metal?

Steve

Thanks, Steve.

They are photographs.  The red one is from Clever Models and the greyer one is from Model Railway Scenery.

A couple of choice properties to be added to the real estate listings for Northbrook:

Will do final detailing when they get fitted in their new locations.

Norm.  They are excellent!