Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

[S&S RR]

Looks solid as a rock.

It is and it will be holding a few rocks along the way too.  Thanks for stopping by.

[S&S RR]

I just spent the last couple of hours playing with my new toy.  I bought a new iPad Pro - my old iPad was the one Steve Jobs used for the demo it was so old. I bought it so I could mark up photographs like a saw Frank Baker do when I visited him in March.  So tonight I decided to give it a try. New machine, new software, so here is what I was able to do in 2 hours. I'm using an application called PROCREATE. The first photo is the one I posted a couple of days ago showing the benchwork and shelf in my new area.  I imported the picture, then drew tunnel portals, landforms, at tree and then added a picture of a structure that was handy. I'm going to really like this. What do you think of this for a modeling tool?

[S&S RR]

My next step is going to be taking proper perspective photographs of the areas I want to visualize. Then I need to collect and learning to properly scale photographs of the structures I want to add in each area. Then the games will begin.

[PRR Modeler]

Wow, that can be used as a great planning tool for what would this look like?

[jimmillho]

Wow, that can be used as a great planning tool for what would this look like?

I agree with the comments.  That looks like a great planning tool.

Jim

[S&S RR]

Wow, that can be used as a great planning tool for what would this look like?

Hi Curt


Yes - I think it is going to come in real handy.  I plan to take pictures of the layout in the areas where I still need to plan structure placements.  I will add targets to the pictures with known dimensions so I can properly size structure pictures.  I will share a few pictures of the test results.

[S&S RR]

Wow, that can be used as a great planning tool for what would this look like?

I agree with the comments.  That looks like a great planning tool.

Jim

Hi Jim


Thanks for stopping by the thread.  I will post a few more what ifs when I get the sizing worked out.

[S&S RR]

I started to get ready to take pictures of the layout for my structure placement and design project. It seems I have collected about 500 trees that need to be planted, currently in foam pallets sitting where the town of Sellios will be built. The area where the yet to be named Seaport town will be is currently the home of all the stuff that I need to put back under the layout when the HOn3 line is complete.  And the nice shelfs I made on top of the helix in the pictures above, well, that is the current home for all my scenery stuff while I reorganize the shelves I normally keep them on.  So the pictures will wait for a few days.  That's my update for today,  back to work.

[S&S RR]

Today, I got the track laid for the little HOn3 yard.  It is a bit of a switching puzzle but it will work. This area will have a HO to HOn3 transfer facility, a HOn3 engine house,  and a Passenger terminal for my little people to switch trains from one line to the other.

[S&S RR]

Tomorrow, I hope to wire this up and get it operational.  At that point this area will remain a plywood city until it comes time to finish the city.  That will be a few years from now - lots of structures to build and layout to finish before I will revisit this area.

[postalkarl]

Hi John:

Looks good. Keep at you'll get there.

Karl

[S&S RR]

Hi John:

Looks good. Keep at you'll get there.

Karl

Karl


Thanks for stopping by and for the encouraging words.

[PRR Modeler]

It all gets done bit by bit until you realize that it's almost complete.

[S&S RR]

It all gets done bit by bit until you realize that it's almost complete.

Curt


That's right - It is a life long project. That's why a layout can never be complete. A section at a time. Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[jimmillho]

John, Do you have any Dual Gauge Track in your plans?

Jim