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Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by ReadingBob - Today at 12:32:54 PM
I'll add my "very nice" as well.  It's really coming together!
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Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by Jerry - Today at 09:53:50 AM
Very nice Jerry.  At first I thought you were selling the RR!! ;)

Jerry
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Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by deemery - Today at 09:40:34 AM
Jerry, a clever idea using those 'for sale' signs as protections.  I've used 'sensitive locations' masking tape to hold wax paper over my backdrops when doing scenery, etc.  

dave
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Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by Zephyrus52246 - Today at 08:32:22 AM
The track looks great.  I've been coloring some ties recently as well.  Using about 5 colors, mixing, etc.  Tedious, but doing 3 to 4 feet at a time isn't too bad.  

Jeff
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Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by Mark Dalrymple - November 12, 2024, 09:46:27 PM
Coming on nicely. Jerry.

I always look forward to the winter here.  Those pesky weeds stop growing - along with the lawns - and I find myself with a bit of a respite.  Great for modelling!

Cheers, Mark.
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Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Last post by jerryrbeach - November 12, 2024, 07:56:02 PM
Dave,

Looks great! 
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Baggage Car - Daily Chat / Re: Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Last post by deemery - November 12, 2024, 04:42:22 PM
Today's project was interiors for background buildings.  Brechbiel & Hyde, office in the bottom right (before I did the interior)
IMG_0344.jpg
The interior, which will require lighting to see:
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And on the other side, my bashed Walthers Merchants Row II:
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I grabbed appropriate images, scaled them, printed them out, and mounted to styrene pieces.  I did repeats on the images as necessary.  You can't notice the repeats (or watermarks on some of the photos).  Countertops were built with scraps of styrene.

All-in-all, about 4-5 hours of work, for a good result.

dave
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Layout Tours / Re: Shadowlands and Tellynott
Last post by deemery - November 12, 2024, 04:37:46 PM
I'm glad you discovered the issues before you built the helix!

dave
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Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by jerryrbeach - November 12, 2024, 02:35:53 PM
The weather has gotten less outdoor friendly in the past few days and it is once again "indoor time".  Well, not completely, as bare trees make it easier to follow abandoned railroad roadbeds.  I have a few of those trips in the planning stages.  But I digress.  There has been some progress on the layout as the photos will show. 

I thought that I had covered this earlier, but after glancing back through the thread I cannot find this information.  I'm not sure if I failed to post it, or if it vanished into the nether regions of the web prior to Craig and Jim restoring as much of the content as possible.  Then again, it could be there and I missed it.  If you already know this, feel free to skip ahead.  Otherwise, read on. 

I read on another group some information about when the use of creosote to treat railroad ties became common practice.  I found out that it was several years after the construction of the Delaware & Eastern, shortly to become the Delaware & Northern after bankruptcy reared its ugly head.  That led me to a closer examination of photos of the prototype D&N roadbed.  Sure enough, even in black and white, the ties were a lighter gray than the rail.  I had used brown rattle cans to spray my track before I laid it.  Now my ties were too dark.  What to do?  Obviously, get out my paint brush and paint each tie with some gray paint. 

I found a photo taken during construction of the D&E that shows a portable crusher being used to "make" fill and ballast for the line.  That led me to the decision to use sifted sand, i.e., gravel to ballast the tracks.  While this is a different look than most layouts, I think it works for a low budget short line railroad. I differentiated the tracks along the back of the layout that represent the interchange railroad by leaving the ties dark brown and using cinder ballast on that track. 

After moving forward with some scenery for the trackage in the small yard area I turned my attention to the scenery along the end and back of the layout. In the interest of protecting the backdrop from damage while working on scenery I picked up three "For Sale" signs from Walmart. The signs have a slick finish on the front side and have worked well for me in protecting the backdrop while I am working on the scenery.  Enough already, time for some photos. 
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Layout Tours / Re: Delaware & Northern Constr...
Last post by jerryrbeach - November 12, 2024, 02:13:04 PM
Quote from: ACL1504 on May 23, 2024, 06:43:39 AMJerry,

The photo backdrop looks good to me as well. Great job. We've all be to the point of not being in the modeling mode at one time or another.

Tom
Tom,

As I said in my comment to Jim, I think if I had built the layout closer to eye height that the height of the backdrop photos would have looked much better to me.  Since I am looking down at the layout the treeline, and thus the horizon just looks too low for me.  However, fear not.  I have a plan to pull everything together. 
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