Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[CVSNE]

John,
Very cool thread and great job on getting the roundhouse finished and in place! It looks fantastic in its new home.
Marty

[S&S RR]

John,
Very cool thread and great job on getting the roundhouse finished and in place! It looks fantastic in its new home.
Marty

Hi Marty

Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by the thread - I'm having a lot of fun with this and enjoy sharing the progress pictures.

[jlgrove]

John, I LOVE that roundhouse.....

[S&S RR]

John, I LOVE that roundhouse.....

Thanks Jeff - I can't wait to finish the scene with all the details.

[DACS]

Well, I can say this about that.  Actually I could say more, but I do not want to be redundant.  John, that is a very beautifully done structure.  I have always had a fascination with engine (steam) service facilities.  I can't wait to see the details you have planned.

Dave  HWCRR
Seattle

[S&S RR]

Well, I can say this about that.  Actually I could say more, but I do not want to be redundant.  John, that is a very beautifully done structure.  I have always had a fascination with engine (steam) service facilities.  I can't wait to see the details you have planned.

Dave  HWCRR
Seattle

Thanks Dave - For the next few weeks I'll be working on getting trains running and there are a few projects that need to be completed before the areas get to hard to reach. Tonight I'm going to spend some time making pine trees of different sizes so I can do a test on getting the prospective right for tree size on the mountains.  I have an area which will be all wooded that needs to be completed before I start the trestle builds.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of my workbench converted over to pine tree production.  I'm building trees of many different sizes and shapes to do a test to get the prospective right with the trees on the mountains side.

[S&S RR]

I have spent the last couple of days making trees and getting ready for the next big push to plant them.  Here is a picture of trees ready for planting. I have made pine trees and aspens of different heights and will be experimenting with forced perspective to try and get more depth in the scenes.

[S&S RR]

There has been some discussion about using the bench work for storage over on the Atlantic and Southern thread and I thought I should post this picture of the Superior & Seattle after a full days work session. The no storage on the bench work rule seems to be working great  - full disclosure as they say.

[ACL1504]

John,

No matter what I want to do, during a work session it appears everything ends up on the workbench! I guess it's part of the hobby or the natuire of the beast.

Tom

[S&S RR]

John,

No matter what I want to do, during a work session it appears everything ends up on the workbench! I guess it's part of the hobby or the natuire of the beast.

Tom

I wounder what percentage of my time I spend looking for tools?

[cuse]

Those big pine trees are spectacular! Thumbs up!


John

[Chet]

Great looking trees. Got some spares    

[S&S RR]

Great looking trees. Got some spares    

Chet
Thanks for the kind words - sorry no spares yet only about 3-4 thousand to go an I'll have enough for the layout. I'm almost to the 1000 aspen tree mark. Pine trees take a lot more time - I hope to hit the 100 mark with the latest run. I make them for three or four days and then move on to something else for a break.

[ACL1504]

John,

No matter what I want to do, during a work session it appears everything ends up on the workbench! I guess it's part of the hobby or the natuire of the beast.

Tom

I wounder what percentage of my time I spend looking for tools?

I've been looking for my short 12" level for the past several hours. Finally gave up and used the 4' level.

Tom