I was going to post a new picture into My Layout Tour folder: The G&D in Indiana. The picture was a little to large, and I hit the modify post button. I thought the next button I pushed was delete last entry; but I guess it said delete folder...any way; my layout tour folder is gone. I am going to try to repost my accidentally deleted topic about my trials and errors (A lot of them) in building my first real layout
Oh no! I don't even want to know you can do that.
I would send Robert Seckler a PM message and see if he can help.
I'd like to learn there is a solution and that the folder can be restored. I did this on the other forum and was able to retrieve the folder. The deleted folder was in the recycle bin!
John, did you check and see if the folder is in the recycle bin?
Tom ;D
This first post is a test to see if there is any interest in viewing my layout build.
After pondering this for quite a while; I have finally decided to post a thread about my layout. A little disclaimer, I am probably the slowest builder around. I procrastinate a lot. What you are about to see started back in 2005. I was working quite a lot of overtime and did very little work on the layout for years; plus I only work on it for a few hours during the weekend. A little side note, this is the first real layout that I have ever built, other than the traditional 4x8 sheet of plywood.Enough apologizing for now; here is the story of my layout from the get-go complete with mistakes.We moved to Indiana from Oregon in 2005 (Work transfer). This is the first house that we've owned that had a basement. So now I can build that layout that I've always wanted.First the wood to finish the basement:
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John,
I think all of us are interested in following along. You must understand though that even posting your progress, you'll only get a few "faithfuls" that will regularly post to your thread.
As an example, I'll post updates and get 1,500 new views in a 36 hour period but will only get less than a dozen comments if that.
I'm interested.
Tom ;D
John, I enjoy watching others build their layouts, I'm in. ;D I may be slower than you, I let the layout sit for 10 years with no progress.
Jeff
John,
I am very interested in your layout and photo progress.
I've got until the week before Election Day to build what I can and pack all of it and the rest prior to moving it to a new, unpurchased basement. And, at 73 years old, I figure I have one shot at getting it right when I get started. Not to be selfish, but any and all mistakes you make and tell us about will be greatly appreciated.
What era and railroad are you going to model or is this going to be free lanced? :) 8)
Quote from: ACL1504 on August 26, 2016, 09:30:35 AM
As an example, I'll post updates and get 1,500 new views in a 36 hour period but will only get less than a dozen comments if that.
Tom ;D
That's why I like the Thanks button on the Nscale.net forum, it shows someone is following and liking your posts without needing the thread filling ata boys.
John.......
I'm in for another layout build.
But......... regarding procrastination........ I had two maxims that served me well both in the military and much later..... a school district.
First was: Never put off till tomorrow what you can postpone indefinitely.
But that was later trumped by:
The sooner you get behind..... the more time you have to catch back up.
With that........
I'll help you build from a distance with a cup of coffee in my hand.
see ya
Bob
John,
I will be following your posts. It is always interesting to see the different techniques and ideas that we use to build our layouts that we may incorporate in our own layouts from the bench work, electrical, scenery etc. I am always looking for ideas for my own layout.
John
I would encourage you to post pictures of your layout progress. Like Tom said, and I have also experienced with my layout thread, you will get lots of views and a few comments.
I had an experience at a train convention a few years ago that keeps me posting to my thread. A gentleman in a wheel chair came up to me and introduced himself and said - John my layout building days are over but I check your thread every day to see how your doing on yours. He said he didn't feel comfortable posting but really enjoyed the progress pictures. So every chance I get I post a few pictures for **** and thank GOD that I can still work on my layout.
I think you will find that you will gain a following if you post regularly. I for one will stop by once in awhile to see what your up too.
John
I forgot to say that every great layout starts with that pile of 2x4's.
Quote from: S&S RR on August 26, 2016, 04:01:02 PM
John
I forgot to say that every great layout starts with that pile of 2x4's.
An alternate phrasing, "It's A Good Day when you turn wood into sawdust." :D ;D
dave
i'm in, post away
What are you waiting for, go for it!
Once again, what you are about to see has been done...but as you will see, I have made a lot of mistakes, bad decisions, and after 10 years the current layout condition will surprise you.
After considering everything that I wanted to do with the basement, my layout size shrank from the full basement to it's present size of 12 x 24 foot size. I've laid out my space, hung up furring strips and put drywall up for the backdrop
Cannot figure out how to post a picture and have a description underneath it and then post another picture below that; so I will have to post individual pictures on at a time.
Joan's sewing room is on the other side of the layout room. I hung drywall on the back of her shelving for the backdrop
I've painted the backdrop sky blue and am ready for the framework.[/size]
Wrong! This is not the way to build a railroad. I needed solid walls for the train room. So I ripped everything out and put up 2x4s for the wall then insulated it to keep it toasty.
The floor was cold so I put in some carpeting. I figured that if I built a layout, the ceiling would be hard to install; so I put in lighting and AC/Heating ducts into the room.
I put up furring strips and installed tempered hardboard this time instead of drywall for the backdrop. I lost a little layout space in the corners because I curved the hardboard instead of butting it up to the walls. I think it will look a lot better.
I've painted the hardboard sky blue again and am back to where I was a few pictures back; but this time I started out on the right foot (I hope)
This process probably took 4 months. Remember, I work very slow.Next comes the trackplan. At this point I really don't have a plan yet; although I leaning towards one in particular
NOTE: I put a plastic drop cloth over the new carpeting...at least I did one thing right
We are now looking at December 2005. I am need of a good trackplan here and I needed a little step-by-step instruction to go along with it. I found the Kalmbach Book: the Pennsy Middle Division by Dave Frary published in 1996. It's a little hard to get now; but well worth it for beginners.
With track plan in mind. The framework begins. Standard L girder construction. Using 1x2s, 2x2s, 1x3s and 1x4s
I put some plastic down first to keep the carpet clean. Note to self: Don't put plastic under legs next time. You can't get plastic out
This is my standard train building garb; sweatpants and a t-shirt.
Starting to build the framework for the mountain area.
I added a little fiddle yard to the basic trackplan. I didn't particularly like the yard location in the original plan
I got some 2-inch foam for the layout support.
I cut out a temporary section for a future access area.
I transferred the cutout section onto the foam and placed it onto the framework to check the fit and looks.
I've built it but can reach it. Maybe if I lose 40 pounds and then....well that isn't going to happen so I have to come up with something to be able to reach hard to get places on the layout.
We've made it to 2006. I've come up with a tentative trackplan. Don't remember why I drew the arrows on the plan. Missing in the trackplan is the single track in the top of the plan going around the mountain into the business area.
I've cut the foam and put them in place. I've even cut out the future water ways.
Here we see all of the support pieces for the mountain area.
Looking at the framework, I notice that there is no access area to build the mountain. The mountain sticks out 6-feet from the wall and there would be no way that I could reach the elevated track that will be put in this area. I've cut out an access area and started cutting the mountain track supports out of 1/2 inch plywood. I bought some Woodland Scenics inclines to raise the single track to enter the mountain.
Another shot of the plywood trackwork supports
Here we see the plywood supports being screwed/glued in place. They had to be placed in at the foam level. So they are all placed at 2.5 inches above the framework. The 1/2 inch being the plywood base
Around-the-walls type layouts utilize the available area pretty well; but you have to allow for room to build them. I only have enough room to stick my head up in this shot. But once the work is done, this area should be maintenance free (I hope)
Here we see the double track return loop mainline in place under the mountain area. You can see the upper single track in the shot. This single track will eventually go over a trestle and come into a business area. Unknown type of business at this time. I've also glued the double-track main cork roadbed in place
I'm gluing down the cork roadbed in this shot. Yes, that's a computer that I using for a weight. Hey, I had to use something. You can see the upper single track section better in this shot
This is a pretty good photo of the mountain access area. It is large enough for two skinny people or me; but not both.
It's kind of fun looking back at these pictures watching my progress. This is our third house; but the first one with a basement. The basement was unfinished and I built Joan a sewing room; a computer room with mine and her computers, a TV room complete with wide screen TV and a storage area larger than our first house. I was probably around 61-62 at the time and I was working 10-hours a day, 6 days a week as a Tool Maker. Now I'm retired and all the time in the world, and...well...maybe that's the problem. I have all the time in the world; so subconsciously I feel what's the rush. Oh well; back to the history lesson.
This is the single track going around the mountain to the proposed business. I want to place a trestle here; but haven't found one yet. This area will remain like this for a very long time.
I feel for you John, I had to do this same thing when the site I had my pictures on went down and took all the photo's with it. But like you said it is fun going back in time.
Quote from: John B on August 27, 2016, 10:32:09 AM
This is my standard train building garb; sweatpants and a t-shirt.
Hey looking good.... you´re looking like me when I´m working on my layout. ;)
Nice work on the layout,too. Great looking benchwork.
Regards,Chris
I didn't do much for a whole year. I was hospitalized and in recovery for about 6 months. The layout just sat for a while. I've cut a piece of foam to make a cover for the access hatch. You can see a waterway cutout in the picture. I've bought a Rusty Stumps Ships Chandler to put in this space.
Here we see the upper-level business area. I bought a Micro-Scale Clothes Pin and Broom Handle Factory for this area.
I still had the problem of building the layout to wide for my reach. Some how Joan came up with the idea of maybe the was some sort of contraption that would allow me to extend my reach. That lead to an internet search, and we found this: Topside Creeper. They are a little of the spendy side; and they do take up some space; but the Topside Creeper will more than pay for itself by solving the reach problem. I seriously don't know what I would have done without it.
This shot shows the single track upper level route to the first picture. At this time, I am still thinking about some sort of trestle. I also have my Dremel table saw out. It is set up to cut trestle bents
I promised to show all the mistakes that I've made along the way; so here are some big ones.I've decided on having three waterway cutouts in various places on the layout. I've cut away a little stream bed here. I've cut wood dowels on my Dremel table-saw and made some trestle bents and am roughing the two single-track trestles in.
I have carved away the foam to make a more realistic looking watercourse. I've plastered the sides with a combination of Sculptamold and drywall mud. Not very happy with the way it looks. Something's wrong here; but I can't put my finger on it.
A straight on shot of the stream bed. More drywall mud applied. Something just doesn't seem right though.
I've painted the stream bottom a dark color and I'm just not happy with this. It just doesn't look right. Maybe adding something to it might help. I bought a Sierra West Shelby's Marine Service and started carving out an area to fit the two structures.
This is starting to get a little ridiculous. I've decided that I don't like the two little trestles going over the waterway. They look stupid and I don't like the results. I'm starting to get a little case of Gorre & Daphetid envy here. My best efforts don't come close to looking like what I've seen in magazines and online. I decided to fill in the trestle area with foam and make some sort of piling wall. I bought a FSM Pile Driver and thought that would look nice driving in piles along the wall. I've started to plaster in the cut foam to make a nice straight-up and down form so I can glue wood dowels along it to represent pilings. I used a little dumbbell to hold the putty blade against the drying drywall mud.Still not very happy with the outcome.
A little afterthought here. I have to keep telling myself here that I am not in competition with other modelers and that my layout will never come close to John Allen's or George Sellios' layouts. I only have to make myself happy and not worry so much about how others see my layout. As long as I'm having fun then everything will turn out right. I probably should make a big sign of Model Railroaders' motto: Model Railroading is Fun.
At this time though, I haven't learned this lesson. More mistakes to come
At this point in time, I've filled in the largest waterway on the layout. I just couldn't make a reasonable looking double track curved bridge. Plus it took up a lot of space. You can see part of the covered in area in the left corner of the shotI thought what I really needed was an area a Walthers Pier and Traveling Crane. I also want to utilize one of the Lindburg Tugboats that I bought several years ago. I glued the hull together of the tugboat (Lindberg Coast Guard tugboat) and cut the bottom off making it a waterline boat. You can see the top of the Walthers Pier in the shot. I was going to connect the waterway on the right-hand side to the area in the middle and have the short trestle support the track.
Here you can see another shot of the proposed pier area.
This doesn't look right either. I've got a huge waterway in the middle of my layout with no visible means for the tugboat to enter or exit. Frustrated with the looks of things, I cover over the waterway on the right and the waterway that I was going to place the Sierra West kits. At this point in time, no streams or lakes on the layout. The three foam water cutouts are filled with foam and plaster.
If you haven't figured out my biggest problem yet, here's a hint: Start out with a solid plan and stick to it
I've given up on waterways and have came back to the mountain area. In this shot I've continued the single track around the mountain into the mountain business section. Still without a trestle at this time. You can see the business area in the distance being glued in place with a dumbbell on top of it.
Looking on [/size]Looking on ebay one day; I came across a seller that had homemade trestles for sale. He had a curved tall single track trestle for sale that looked like it would fit right into place. This area has been untouched for about a year now. So I have to move on. I bought it and it looked pretty good when I got it in the mail[/size] one day; I came across a seller that had homemade trestles for sale. He had a curved tall single track trestle for sale that looked like it would fit right into place. This area has been untouched for about a year now. So I have to move on. I bought it and it looked pretty good when I got it in the mail
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I've added plywood mountain forms into the mountain area. These with help support the future cardboard mountain range. This area is at least 6x6 feet.[/size]
I've sat the eBay trestle in place between the track. It is almost like this trestle was custom made for my layout. It fit the curve radius almost to a tee.
I've added a third plywood mountain support in this picture.
I moved from SoCal to the Portland area 1993 and lived there for eleven years until my work transfered me to Indiana in 2004. One of the last things that I did as we were leaving Oregon for good was to swing by Whistle Stop Trains in Portland. Up until that time I was the typical Southern Pacific fan. My dad was a boilermaker for the SP and my favorite steamer is the GS4 in full Daylight colors. I place all the cabforwards in a close 2nd spot. Joan got a T-shirt and we were getting ready to buy it when Joan spotted a "Special Run" of Athearn F3As in full SP&S colors. I picked the box up a looked at, saw the price and was putting it back when Joan said, if I wanted it I should get it now, cause we were traveling a couple of thousand miles away and would probably never come back. Well, I bought it and the rest is history. From a staunch SP fan to the SP&S. I should have started collecting when I lived in Portland, not when I was leaving. Oh well.Now that I have a track plan and the start of a layout; I need some sort of electrical control. I was going to go with conventional control; but starting looking over this website and noticed everyone mentioning DCC. I decided to go DCC and bought a MRC Prodigy. I read nothing but bad reviews on the Prodigy and started reading about Digitrax. I bought the Super Empire Builder set.. I wanted to be able to cut the power to the layout with a push of button. So I put the 120-volt feed into a terminal strip and sent a "hot" black wire off to the entrance into the layout and I will install an emergency off button on the fascia there. For now, the wire just doubles back into the terminal. I put a cover over this terminal strip and the other 120 volt strip at the other end of the layout. I put a cover over the strip because you just can't be to careful.
I saw a pretty neat setup on this forum featuring a nice looking cabinet. I had some extra pine and a piece of plywood left over so I made this cabinet, installing it under the layout on the wall. Just the Digitrax stuff in there for here.
I have crammed in some of the various different power supplies necessary for the various layout things, i.e. switch machines, electro-uncoupler, lighting, etc. Later I will put one of my older MRC power-pack inside for different voltages. I cleaned up the mess and tidied up the wiring after this shot.
I built a cover for the junk inside complete with 5-amp circuit breakers. It might be overkill; but I can cut the power to the switch machines and leave everything else on by the flip of a switch. The circuit breakers are going to be used for track power, lighting, switch machines, electro-uncouplers, and 1 left over possibly for another lighting circuit. The ivory switch on the bottom right corner turns the power on to the cabinet, the red light coming on when it does. This way I can still have 120 volts at the layout; but off at the cabinet.
A little bit of heat is developing inside the cabinet so I used a hole saw and cut a hole on the two sides. I installed a fan on one side drawing the hot air out of the cabinet; while the fan on the other side pushing air inside. The fan is wired in to come on as soon as I power up the layout.
This is the start of the DCC. I am using color coded numbered wire. The red and black is DCC. Above the cabinet are the Auto-Reversers. I have a dual main track plan with return loops at both ends meaning I have 4 Auto-Reversers.
Here you see the other power wires leaving the cabinet and the different colors being used on the layout. I printed some wire color charts and have then placed in strategic places under the layout (My memory isn't that good anymore). You can see one of the charts in the third picture.
I have three of these Dream Players by Pricom. I have four of the Scale Magic CD's. I bought three Creative Labs SBS 2.1s placed on the layout. Each of the 2.1s have separate volume controls.
The wiring is by no means done. It is very tedious as you all know. There has been a couple of years gone by from the beginning of the pictures in this thread until now. I have uploaded some (If not all of these shots at one time or another on the forum; but not all in one place)
Very neat wiring, but I hope you have a "map" of it all for trouble shooting. :)
Jeff
That is some very neat wiring - labels and a wiring diagram are critical for future changes and trouble shooting. I have trouble remembering what I did last week let alone years ago.
Your layout is looking great - thanks again for re-posting.
Your 'time-lapse view' is interesting. I don't know much about the MRC Prodigy, but my Prodigy Advance has given good service for about 10 years.
It's time to install some fascia board for now so that I can make more sense out of the mountain area. I clamped a half sheet of tempered quarter-inch hardboard around the layout. I used the installation aid that you can find in the last three shots of this insertion to hold up the other end. I placed one end on the tool and started clamping the hardboard around the layout.
I marked the fascia with a magic marker and cut the hardboard with my battery powered saw(Can't beat those battery powered tools). I don't have the trestle glued in place yet, it's just kind of sitting there for effect. I didn't like the way it looked; Joan agreed with me. The cutout was a little high. It took away from the view. Joan said, what view? She couldn't see anything from the side except the fascia.You can see the power supply cabinet from the last post in this shot.
I re-marked the board to a lower size
If I do it in the front, I got to do it in the back. I knew now that the first cut was way to high. Joan had a hard time looking in from the side
This is how it looks after the re-cut. Much better now.
I have installed the other half of the 4x8 hardboard. This is along the mountain business side and the tunnel entrance.
This shot shows the mountain and the tunnel entrance fascia.
You can see the Topside Creeper in this shot and a few others. I paid $180 +$20 shipping for mine several years ago. I just did a websearch and found one for $120. I don't know if it's the same; but for just over one hundred bucks you can't go wrong. Here's a website that shows the dimensions of the Creeper. This website wants $220 for their version. Due to it's size, I "fold" it up a slide it under the layout when not in use. I made an area under the trestle end that the Creeper could slide into. A little sidenote: I have no financial interest in this company, it's just a handy device to have if you built your layout a little wider than you can reach
This is the installation aid that I made to hold one end of the hardboard while I hold the other. I just place the hardboard on the holder and start clamping using those squeeze clamps that you can find at Ace, Loews, etc. (I have a bunch of these in all sizes, they are very handy. you can see the clamps in the first photo)
This is the tool. I used aluminum. I can work with alloys and metal a lot easier that I can with wood. The round stock is 1-inch diameter aluminum. Probably an old broom stick handle would work just as well. Just cut one of the ends square and glue and screw it into a 2x4 or something. When the fascia is done; I going to unscrew the aluminum rod from the base and use it for something else, (Maybe)
The round stock is notched to the height of the bottom of the fascia.
I retired as a Tool Maker so working with alloys and metals is easier for me than wood
I had a small card-table at the end of the layout that I had planned on using as a workbench; but it wound up being just a catchall. I decided to take it down and use the space for more layout. I added another 5 feet of layout by utilizing the space taken up by the card-table. You can just make out a rectangular screened it area to the left of and under the layout. Believe it or not, that's a puppy playpen. Our Cavalier King Charles use to sit at the top of the stairs and cry when we came down to the basement. There is just to many things laying around in the basement that could potentially hurt the dog, that we didn't want to let him have the freedom to roam around on his own. Both dogs can; but will not come down the stairs to the basement. I carry the Cavalier down the steps and put him in the playpen. He's happy and falls to sleep right away in the playpen.
I had no particular plans for the new area; possibly some small industries. Joan surpised me with a Walthers Transfer Table. The paper plan is the footprint of the table. The plastic base with the hopper on it is a Walthers Backshop. I was kicking around placing a FSM 2-stall enginehouse next to the Backshop in a state of disrepair
Another shot of the addition. I figure that I might as well utilize every square inch of space for the layout. You can see Joan's Sewing Room on the other side of my train room.
She does her thing in one room and I do mine in the other.
We are almost up to where the layout is today. (Note: this is surprisingly true, considering all that is coming up) I guess I went through a longer period of doing nothing than I thought. I was looking over my trackplan and found an ideal spot for yet another turnout. This area is right before the entrance in and out of the mountain. The track will loop around the end of the layout and support a small industry, something lumber related.
After I extended the layout the extra 5 feet; I bought a Walthers Carfloat and Apron figuring that I could add the Walthers Crane and Deck with the Carfloat and Apron and make it a removable yard (so to speak). I could stage the cars on the Carfloat and then replace it with the empty carfloat at the Apron. Sometimes I just don't understand myself. This isn't going to work no matter how I dress it up. While the layout is big too me; it's still a relatively small layout. I might as well put a mock-up of Mount Rushmore in the mountain range and have Los Angeles International Airport in the add-on. These things would be fine (Not Rushmore and International) on a larger layout; but all these things I that I had plans for and bought would look stupid on a small layout. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). I have to remember this. My Basement as some of these red beam supports. They are all hidden inside of the walls that I built except this one. I did use it by making a u-bolt type clamp and tie the add on to the beam support to give it support. The add on won't even budge now.
Here we see the original part of the track plan without any add-ons. I did install one turnout with the first add on.
I got tired of looking at all the pink so I found some old brown paint, so I thought I would cover the pink with the brown, giving some sort of base color to the Styrofoam. I think the pink looked better.I feel that I need another turnout to get into the add-on area. The only available sections were all curved track. I looked through the Walthers catalog and ordered a curved turnout. This curved section looks like a likely candidate for the turnout. I cut the track with a cutoff wheel on my Dremel
I used a putty knife and tore out the curved section of track.
I must be extremely lucky; because here is the unaltered Walthers turnout laying in the place where the curved track was.
No more Eiffel Towers or Taj Mahals; BUT, I have decided to incorporate something I saw in a Model Railroader a long time ago. I really liked the way it looked. Malcohm Furlow made a small layout called the Carbondale (I think). He used a lot of Woodland Scenics Portals to build a raised city. I really liked the way that looked so I will have my verison of the Carbondale raised city. Here we see a couple of portals in place and the two bridges that the special "heavyweight" train will use to leave the town on
Just to clarify something, all of the previous photos were done in the past. Some of these shots are hot off the press. We are almost up to dateWe start out with the final cardboard strip gluing. This is the where the mountain ends in the inside loop. The track going along the wall with eventually go around the large mountain and arrive at the upper industrial level. The small portal on top of the pink foam pieces is the town highway leading from Joanstown across the aisle to the big cities beyond the mountain
Adding more cardboard strips to the smaller section of the mountain
Back to the large mountain area. Finishing off the cardboard and starting to the plaster cloth process. I bought the cloth online. It comes in a 20 pound box. It's a lot cheaper by the box than those little rolls of Woodland Scenics cloth. The 20-pound box sells for less than $35 at http://www.cheapcher.com/ (http://www.cheapcher.com/)
Plaster clothing the trestle area.
Plastering against the wall.
This area is in the middle of the layout. The double track main makes a return loop on itself
Same area, different shot and lighting
This industry setting is above the double track portals in the previous shots.
Same industrial area with more plaster cloth installed
Same area with first layer of cloth on
This is a very hard to reach area. Good thing Joan isn't afraid of getting a little dirty
The wall area of the mountain. The single track industrial track goes over the trestle and around this area and into the industrial area seen above
This is the only way to access the area. Joan's a real trooper.
I feel so bad about Joan having to do all of the hard to reach areas that I won't post any more shots of her plastering
Here I am on the outside of the mountain applying some finishing touches. I'm actually having fun; although it doesn't show.
The first layer of cloth is almost done. Oops, I see Joan is still plastering away. I really feel bad that she is all crunched up in the mountain. I can't watch anymore.
The first layer of the plastering is done. Hopefully the second and possible third layer will go faster and smoother. I feel kind of bad about Joan having to crawl under the mountain again. The area where she was working is not covered with cardboard yet. We will have to finish the area along the wall first. The only way to reach it is through the opening. Well, I take that back. It is possible to reach it with the Topside Creeper; but it's easier for Joan to reach it though the opened area. I hope I don't have any trouble in this area though when the scenery is done. It will be very hard to reach.
It's nice to see how things advanced. One thing I noticed was attaching the cardboard strips to the backdrop. I tied some of my scenery to the backdrop, and in places the backdrop is tied to the walls. This was simple and very stable, but I don't think the scenes can be moved without destroying a lot of the scenery.
John:
Nice work on the bench work, wiring and mountain formations.I can see your wife Joan rrally helped you out in some of the difficult areas to access. Have fun with it. :) :)
Stay cool and run steam.......... 8) 8)
John,
Is this the end result of the mountain corner?
Tom ;D
Quote from: ACL1504 on December 03, 2018, 11:45:27 AM
John,
Is this the end result of the mountain corner?
Tom ;D
A picture (Sept. 2016) is worth a thousand words
John,
Wow, love the wharf and two boats. Great job, very well done.
Tom ;D
Excellent scene and modeling.
Thanks for the comments. I will try to update my layout from where the mountain building left off.
John
Your moving right along - I'm looking forward to your updates.