Working on the Colorado O Scale Modelers city of Longview on the Longmont Terminal & Northern Branchline layout

Thank you!

Nature is such an integral part of a layout.

Working through the planning phase. About ready to throw some plaster !!

That is some nice work.

Thank you Mr Nabisco.

Blocking in the basics getting ready for the finite detailing.

Lots of hours of work ahead.

There is some really fine craftsmanship here, exceptional detailing and a bunch to look at.  I am really looking forward to future updates.

 

Love the Mack also by the way....

Thanks Chris!

Lots progress hopefully in the next few days.  Had to work in the den - shop occupied by other toys.

Great, inspiring work, Erik.

Those cans look very realistic, Eric. 

 

What scale are they? 

Those are those new mega-beans. With that extra punch.

Thanks fellas.

It is difficult to tell in the image but John Johnson insisted on drainage and a swell in the center of Railroad Ave.

I used a 1/16" shim stock running under the styrene street. I like styrene, I can literally carve it. Expansion lines, cracks, sanding to simulate grooves, and anything else. The fun is just starting! I'm excited.

Beautiful work, Erik. 

 

Whoever designed the original Dugans sign was a genius. 

 

Cheers

Thanks Max!!

Small town are intrinsically beautiful.

and you job captured it.

Nice, Eric.

 

Andre.

Thank you AG River Leaf Models. I need to buy some structures from you.

Any time!

 

What a great image, I love the awnings.  How did those get made?

Really nice Eric! I love the idea of using the styrene for the road. Can you make it look like weathered asphalt???

 

Ron

I prefer styrene for its relative smoothness and close to real simulation of concrete. When painted and distressed right it can be hard to tell from real.

Asphalt can be the same depending on the type of coating you apply. Experiment with some sort of fine stipple effect to imply the course surface. In this case we decided on a concrete Main Street. Many towns in the 50's used both.

Tar lines is something that I personally like.

I see you did the cracks already.

 

Andre.

Indeed Andre it all takes much time. You failed to mention leaves and dirt against the curbs and I'm not sure I want to do the tar thing.

leaf?? are easy! 

Enjoy an afternoon tea, take the tea bag and open it. put the tea into the microwave for few seconds and let it dry well. voila leafs. "Detail are endless" so you're right. 

Not intention to hijack your thread.

 

 

AG.

 

 

AG,

"hijack" the whole hijack thing is fuzzy to me. Do I think you are trying to tell me how it's done? Maybe, maybe not. Is that hijacking? I do appreciate pointers and like to learn from others and love to share thoughts. I do manage to get the job done and like your input. I also spend a great deal of time modeling and think it's important to share finescale 2 rail. If you find my posts out of line and in some kind of competition with your business here on OGR I am sorry. The moderators are very good at keeping things in line and if it's a transgression on your product or services; I am not selling my work. It's not for sale. I barely have time to build my own models; and have no intention of building at this point for anyone. I have built extensively in the past for guys but that was before parenthood.

Yes tea leaves work well- I like. I've found many techniques on various subjects that have yielded NNGC Gazette awards for my work. I like your participation in all threads I produce. This is a first I have seen you post in mine and yes it was a surprise. This is why I reacted the way I did.

Best of intentions and regards sir.

Trying to shoot in this poor light is interesting. I will not able to work again on this until the weekend but it was good progress for today and last night. I am hopeful for a debut at the Boulder Model Railroad Train Expo in 2 weeks.

Chris I missed your question.

Those are Woodland Scenics "Landmark Structures". Straight from the bubble. In any case I would venture using one in the same technique that I used in the tarp covered trailers. Roll it up shape and paint, chalk all jazz.

We are using the Woodland structures for durability and ease of transport. This is a portable railroad. It will be abused. And a lot of what I venture into on a permanent layout I can't do here. I am using several scratched structures and Berkshire Valley kits for this project however.

Soon I will modify the Woodland structures to my liking. It all takes time.

I guess I misspoke myself.

 

Andre.

Oh heck no problem, you have been a bit busy to say the least.  This is going to be a fantastic looking layout...portable or not, I certainly would not have guessed they were WS products...very impressive.  Thanks for the info Erik.

 

And yep...this stuff takes an amazing amount of time.  Don't rush your work, it is coming out great.  Thanks for the updates.