Weekend Photo Fun 3-15-19-??

Steamfan77 posted:

I installed a short retaining wall on the other side of the lumber yard property. To the left of the notch in the wall is where the lumber shed will start. The first few pictures show the wall installed, then show it with some ground cover. The last two pictures indicate where the office and shed will be. The shed will be 8" wide by 16" long. The office and shed will be built sometime in the future. 

Andy

Your track work, especially how you manage the transition to streets, paved areas, etc....is simply magnificent!

Peter

Thank you for the kind words Peter. Steve  C., nice videos.

Andy

Me ( tall guy in back) and my friends at the Chicago O Scale Train Show today.

 If I was 20 years younger I would sale off everything except my post war trains and go in to 2 Rail O Scale!

Headed back home to Lakeland, TN  tomorrow.

 Thanks.

Richard

Andy, your trackwork looks beautiful.  I can't wait to see what your layout will look like after you get those buildings planted

Thank you Al, I appreciate that. I’m heading in to scratch building territory soon. I’ve never done it before, so things will slow down for me. I’m gathering materials for my first project. It’s small, but it’s a good way to get my feet wet. 

Andy

Richard Gonzales, those are great pictures of the Chicago Train Show, looks like you have David Gray there to.  I agree 2 Rail Scale is so realistic, however it does require wider curves, more complex wiring, and more Money. I would love to see some of the home scale layouts. When I was in Chicago last July, we visited the Chicagoland Model Railroaders huge layout....Thanks for posting....

Here’s a little green for St Paddys day

Al

   being St. Patti's day,  check points were pretty busy, 

     a very long day and night for officials working yesterday...

    please pull over...

I’ve come to the point of what to do about disguising the hinges on the lift up section. The photos below show newly installed, the hinges painted, and now disguised. I think it looks pretty good. I also put down some ground cover on the lift up section.

Andy 

Hi Andy

 Looks great. I was thinking you could remove that middle hinge, if you wanted to, as it looks to me, two should do the trick. 

 Those hinges look like Stanley gate hardware which are pretty tough 

  Just a thought 

Al

Thanks Al, I thought about that, and I know three is overkill, but I’ll keep it for now. Per CSX Al’s suggestion, I’m going to modify the foliage so they don’t look so similar.

Andy