FSM tribute build

[S&S RR]

Very nice work! This will make a great addition to your layout. I really like the over the tracks structures that George has on the F&SM. I need to find the right place for one on my layout.

[Bernd]

Nice work Jeff.

Great site to learn things like this project.

Bernd

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Jeff.

Cheers, Mark.

[nycjeff]

Looking great Jeff , nice subtle colors and weathering.

Hello Jan, thank you, I've always liked the two tone grey look of the New York Central. It just looks railroad to me

Beautiful modeling Jeff. I couldn't figure out what you were building until I saw the 1:1 photo yesterday. A unique structure that will look great on your layout.

Hey Curt, thanks for checking in. The credit for a unique structure all belongs to George, I just tried to do him justice.

When I saw the framing in white styrene, I was a bit 'suspicious' that it was oversized.  Now that I see it painted, it looks great.  The house on top came out nicely, too.


dave

Hello Dave, I just used what I had in my stash and it seemed to work out alright. Thanks for the nice words

Very nice work! This will make a great addition to your layout. I really like the over the tracks structures that George has on the F&SM. I need to find the right place for one on my layout.

Hello John, Thank you for the compliments. The credit for this build goes to you for the excellent picture thread on the FSM that you have put so much time and effort into, and of course George.

Nice work Jeff.

Great site to learn things like this project.

Bernd

Hey Bernd, I agree with you, since I began looking at the forum I have picked up many things that I now use in my modeling. It's a great group.

Looking good, Jeff.

Cheers, Mark.

Hello Mark, thanks for looking in and for the nice comment

Continuing on... a few pictures of the completed build on my workbench









As mentioned before, the railings are from a Central Valley assorted fence and railing pack that is quite reasonably priced and well worth the money. The figure is an unpainted Prieser and I added a few misc. castings from my stash.



These are the various scale drawings that I used for this build. The use of your own drawings makes the scratch-building process much easier and it's not that hard to do. More in a minute

[nycjeff]

I'm going to finish up this build thread with a few pictures of the structure on my layout.









As I mentioned before, the bridge spans the arrival and departure tracks on my lower level yard area. The track immediately above the bridge leads to a 3 track stub end classification yard and the track below the bridge is a yard run-a-round track that also leads to the engine service facility. The track at the top of the picture is the approach track to my helix which leads to the second level of my layout. I had a great time with this scratch-build and I thank everyone who checked in and posted comments.

[Keep It Rusty]

Excellent work, Jeff. Came out brilliantly.

When the time comes, I'm gonna follow your lead and build my own!

[Zephyrus52246]

That turned out nicely.  Interesting structure.


Jeff

[GPdemayo]

Great job Jeff.....the structure looks right at home on the layout. 

[ReadingBob]

I blinked and missed this one.  Nice work Jeff! 

[Bernd]

That structure turned out very nice.

You made the process look so easy.

Bernd

[nycjeff]

Excellent work, Jeff. Came out brilliantly.

When the time comes, I'm gonna follow your lead and build my own!

Hello Craig, thank you for the nice compliment. I know that you will do a great job when you decide to build yours.

That turned out nicely.  Interesting structure.


Jeff

Hey Jeff, thank you. The credit for the interesting part goes to George and the FSM, I only tried to copy his great work

Great job Jeff.....the structure looks right at home on the layout. 

Hello Greg, thank you, I think it looks right at home as well. I liked this structure when I first saw the picture on John's wonderful FSM picture thread

I blinked and missed this one.  Nice work Jeff! 

Thank you Bob, I've wanted to build this one for a while and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

That structure turned out very nice.

You made the process look so easy.

Bernd

Hello Bernd, thank you. I think that prior kit building and some scratch-building helped me, especially doing the Campbell kit I recently finished. Planning the build and drawing your own templates really helps with the process.

[NKP768]

Nice job Jeff

Doug

[nycjeff]

Nice job Jeff

Doug

Hello Doug, thank you for the kind words, I had a lot of fun building this one.