Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

John..........

The color scheme is great but it will be criminal to grunge it up with coal soot.......

see ya
Bob

John,

It may be criminal to soot it up but also very necessary! BTW, looks great!

Tom

Yes - we will be adding A&I, and chalk.  A roundhouse never had a new paint job.

[S&S RR]

Wayne Olson helped me plant a few more trees on the S&S RR today.

[S&S RR]

Here are a few photographs of our work in progress.

[S&S RR]

John..........

The color scheme is great but it will be criminal to grunge it up with coal soot.......

see ya
Bob

John,

It may be criminal to soot it up but also very necessary! BTW, looks great!

Tom

Thanks Tom

Yes soot can be beautiful.

[S&S RR]

A few prototype pictures from my travels that I'm using to create the aspen tree scenes.

[deemery]

Those photos are a hint that fall is coming...  I once had a business trip to Denver in mid Sept, and took an extra day to drive around the Front Range (particularly DSP&P country).  Great photos, just like I remember it...


dave

[GPdemayo]

Great photos John.....Pegi and I have been going out there since 2001 and we love the area. If we were 30 years younger, we would have moved out there. I love to design and build with wood and stone and it fits in out there so much better than Florida.


I also got to take a bunch of mountain flying lessons in Leadville, CO and Bozeman, MT.....what a thrill and change from flying around flat old Florida.

[S&S RR]

Those photos are a hint that fall is coming...  I once had a business trip to Denver in mid Sept, and took an extra day to drive around the Front Range (particularly DSP&P country).  Great photos, just like I remember it...


dave

The key is making the aspens on the layout look like those in the prototype pictures. I try to get out to the mountains as often as possible.  Thanks for following the thread.

[S&S RR]

Great photos John.....Pegi and I have been going out there since 2001 and we love the area. If we were 30 years younger, we would have moved out there. I love to design and build with wood and stone and it fits in out there so much better than Florida.


I also got to take a bunch of mountain flying lessons in Leadville, CO and Bozeman, MT.....what a thrill and change from flying around flat old Florida.

Amy and I spend as much time as we can in the mountains, too many family ties to move out there - and of coarse why would you move a mountain layout to the mountains.  If I lived out there I would probably model Michigan.

[S&S RR]

I made significant progress on the Stone Roundhouse build today. By the end of the day I had all of the wall sections for the front of the roundhouse assembled fitted and ready for painting. Also, added the glass to the window castings and have them all ready for installation.  Here is a progress picture of fitting the wall sections.

[ACL1504]

John,

You're getting there and it is looking good.

Tom

[cuse]

Those immense foreboding rockpiles are really coming to life now. This is a spectacular layout!


John

[S&S RR]

John,

You're getting there and it is looking good.

Tom

Thanks Tom

It is really nice to be to the point where you can see a difference at the end of the day.

[S&S RR]

Those immense foreboding rockpiles are really coming to life now. This is a spectacular layout!


John

Thanks John

It is amazing how the room is getting bigger as I add more detail and color- this is really getting to be fun now. The fall yellow aspens were a good idea.

In the coming weeks I will take another set of full room pictures so we can compare them to the rock pile pictures Thanks for following along.

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The front walls have been painted and glued into place on the Stone Roundhouse. The new paint needs some A&I and chalk but we are starting to make progress.  Also, started fitting the moldings and getting them ready for painting.  Next step will be to add the window castings while the paint dries on the moldings. It won't be long now and we will be installing those goose neck lights from Slim.