MORRISTOWN & ERIE RAILROAD - WESTERN DIVISION

[Erieman]

Been out of the train room all day. Had some repair work to do on my Mom's house. I took a couple of pictures of the layout yesterday. The first two are of hookers from a different point of view and the third picture is Duffy's tire garage. I did some work on the scenery around that structure over the weekend. Still need to finish the awesome tree. To the left of Duffy's will be the new SRMW kit that sits under the Christmas tree. the trolley has be re-powered with a Stanton motor so I can install an interior in the trolley. Need to find some trolley poles to make the area look more authentic. The trolley will travel a distance of about 10 feet, going left to right in the picture. As it approaches the station it will slow down and then stop, waits for a period of time and then returns to the station at the other end. The elevated area has to be modified because I changed where the end station is. That's on the list to do soon. Enjoy the pics.

Frank / Erieman 

[Erieman]

Been a while since I last posted on this thread, so I thought I would bring everyone up to date on SRMW Hookers build. Just a few minor additions required, but they would not be noticeable in a photo, so her goes. I have completed the vehicles that are in the scene. They are all Sylvan vehicles, which I really like. I purchased a pkg of "N" Erie logo's and put the diamond herald on the pickup truck.  Trees have been added along with all the ground foam, grass, etc. Even the birds on the roof and their obligatory bird poop. I get kidded by lots of people that see many of my structures because of the birds and poop. I had two brothers over recently, and one of then noticed the birds. He said that a theme on my buildings; birds and poop. Yup, that my theme! Anyway, here are several pictures of the structure. One end of the building rests up on a retaining wall on a road going into town. I'll take some pictures of the module "in-situ" later. Enjoy the pics.

Frank / Erieman 

[S&S RR]

Frank


Great pictures of a great build.  Love the shadows from the trees in the pictures.

[Erieman]

Frank


Great pictures of a great build.  Love the shadows from the trees in the pictures.

Good Morning John,

Thanks for stopping by. The tree shadows are fun to do and look great. Glad you enjoy them. Before I go up on the roof to replace a fascia board, here is a pic of the back of the building.

Frank / Erieman

[GPdemayo]

Looks great Frank! 

[Erieman]

Looks great Frank! 

Greg,

Thanks for stopping by. Spent the morning at my mom's house having a new AC unit installed. I just watched to make sure it was done right! Back in the treain room working on the elevation and plan drawings of East End Market. hopefully done later this week so I can start the cardstock model. Still removing tile from the  train room roof to replace the fascia. so much to do, so little time.

Frank / Erieman

[Erieman]

Good Morning All,

Yesterday John Siekirk  aka S&S RR and his buddy Wayne spent the day at my railroad making trees. If you have seen John's thread on his layout, you know that they both like making trees. Lots of trees. Since they are down here staying warm, we decided to get together and make trees. Let me tell you, these guys are good. Really good. We cut, trimmed, flocked and planted a bunch of trees. Wayne has a real good eye for color, size and placement and was very helpful in locating the of the trees on the layout. I have a picture of a fall scene taken back East and these guys nailed it.  Sort of the Van Gogh of trees. Wayne and John have placed somewhere over 1600 trees on his layout. OMG. We got a good start and I learned a lot from both of them. John is talking about  possibly staying a little longer than originally planned because of the really cold weather back in Michigan and Wayne is staying even longer. I may be able to persuade them to do another tree making day. In the meantime, today I am on my own to cut, flock and place. We will see how it goes. In the meantime, here are a few pics. Enjoy...

PS. John took several photos and will jump in here with some of the photos he took.

Frank / Erieman 

[S&S RR]

Wayne and I had a great time working with Frank to add some more trees to the Morristown & Erie Railroad.

We setup our tree building area outside in the 80 degree weather (you can do that in AZ in February). Here is a picture of the setup. Frank and Wayne were in charge of getting all the seed pods out of the super trees. My job was to add the flock and hang them on the line to dry.  Drying time - very fast at 80 degrees. Did I mention that the "snow birds" from Michigan enjoyed being out in the 80 degree AZ temperatures.

[cuse]

Looks like another tough winter in AZ 


I love the SRMW build, thats such an interesting and unique subject and kit. Great build, as always, too!


John

[S&S RR]

The next step in the process was to watch Frank's reaction as Wayne told him were to stick each and every tree.
I video taped this process but I need to do some editing  before the video can be posted. You see it wasn't long before Frank was telling Wayne where to stick it. We had a great time!


It all starts with the first tree.





The spotter: Move it a 1/16 of an inch to the right no left - stick it ........................





A man having fun with his trains:




The picture taped on the wall was the prototype - how did we do?






Watch as the day went on how the backdrop wall moves farther and farther away.  I'm always amazed at how this process gives depth to the scene. It is all about placing the smaller trees in the back and increasing the size as you move forward.

[S&S RR]

At the end of the day we couldn't resist and we got our cameras out to take some pictures of Frank's great structures with the new trees in the background.

[S&S RR]

Frank


Thanks for hosting a couple of "snow birds" that needed to warm up.  We had a great time. 


On the Superior & Seattle RR we have only modeled the Western part of the layout so far - so it's been aspen trees and pines.  After our experience on the Morristown & Erie I have decided to model the Superior part of the layout in fall colors.  There are lots of Maple, Aspen, and pines in this part of the country.

[Erieman]

Frank


Thanks for hosting a couple of "snow birds" that needed to warm up.  We had a great time. 


On the Superior & Seattle RR we have only modeled the Western part of the layout so far - so it's been aspen trees and pines.  After our experience on the Morristown & Erie I have decided to model the Superior part of the layout in fall colors.  There are lots of Maple, Aspen, and pines in this part of the country.

John,

Thank you and Wayne for all your help with the trees. You guys hit the mark on what i wanted for color and texture. It was great having Wayne being the spotter. He knows his stuff. That's the artist in him. Now that i understand how you made them for your layout, I'll be making lots of trees for mine. The folks at Scenic Express will like the fact that I will need a bunch of trees!A lot more bunches!!! The trees really make the scene come alive.

It was a great day yesterday going to Cornville to see Verryl's layout, but that is another story to make a thread on. Maybe I can start it next week. Verryl is sending me his layout specs. Thanks again.

Frank / Erieman

[ACL1504]

Looks like the three guys all had a great time. I bet Frank did tell Wayne where to "stick it" and this is why the video needs to be edited.  I won't say anything about the Three Stooges but the shoe seems to fit here.

Making trees sure goes faster when three are involved in the process.

Tom 

[S&S RR]

Looks like the three guys all had a great time. I bet Frank did tell Wayne where to "stick it" and this is why the video needs to be edited.  I won't say anything about the Three Stooges but the shoe seems to fit here.

Making trees sure goes faster when three are involved in the process.

Tom 

Tom


We did have a great time. And yes Frank did at one point tell Wayne where to stick it. All in fun!