Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

It is amazing how many guests are viewing these layout build threads. I am hoping to see more of them join the forum and start sharing what they are doing in the hobby.

[S&S RR]

Spent the day laying track and finished the trim on the main control panel.  One of the features I'm adding into the fascia is places where people can lean against the bench work without hurting the scenery or structures.  This shelf on top of the main control panel works great for that purpose. I hope someday to have lots of structures to look at from this viewing position.



All of the wood below the edge of the layout will be painted dark green.

[Erieman]

John,
Just got back in the train room. Went to a swap meet yesterday, sold some stuff and bought some stuff and still came away with a few dollars. That will be spent on buying a Stanton Drive for my trolley. I'll be working on the station most of the day, or at least until the boss comes in to interrupt me. Progress on the station is slow but methodical. Once all the walls are complete and glued in place, the real fun begins - the roof. more later. Have a great weekend. Everything is looking great on your layout.

Frank / Erieman

[S&S RR]

John,
Just got back in the train room. Went to a swap meet yesterday, sold some stuff and bought some stuff and still came away with a few dollars. That will be spent on buying a Stanton Drive for my trolley. I'll be working on the station most of the day, or at least until the boss comes in to interrupt me. Progress on the station is slow but methodical. Once all the walls are complete and glued in place, the real fun begins - the roof. more later. Have a great weekend. Everything is looking great on your layout.

Frank / Erieman

Thanks Frank
Looks like you are making good progress too. You are just getting into your train season - I'm starting my yard season. I'm looking forward to seeing your layout progress in person next winter.

[S&S RR]

There is plaster drying once again on the Superior & Seattle.

[S&S RR]

I have been playing with some ideas for a logo for the Superior & Seattle - what do you thing of these 4 ideas?

[deemery]

I like the bottom one. 


But here's a thought:  Could you use this logo to produce "stock certificates" to hand out (or even 'sell', I'd pay $1 for a share...)  Certainly you'll want some Corporate Letterhead and passes.


dave

[S&S RR]

I like the bottom one. 


But here's a thought:  Could you use this logo to produce "stock certificates" to hand out (or even 'sell', I'd pay $1 for a share...)  Certainly you'll want some Corporate Letterhead and passes.


dave

Dave


Thanks for the input. I plan to use the logo for a number of things, including passes, a new avatar, at least a few stock certificates etc. I like the idea of a stock certificate with the vital statistics of the layout on the back as something to hand out for open houses.

[S&S RR]

Here are a couple more versions of the logo.  I'm trying to get a font for the text that shows up good as an avatar.

[S&S RR]

Now for the avatar change. Dave I'm going to try your choice first.

[S&S RR]

The third try has won out for now.  I had to make the font size large enough to be able to read it at the avatar size.  I think I will use the first one for any applications where it will be larger.

[S&S RR]

Today,  I went out to the garage and started making pine tree armatures out of old cedar shingles. After a couple hours setup I had a regular production line going.  I will try to remember to take some pictures tomorrow.

[ak-milw]

The new avatar looks great!!

[S&S RR]

The new avatar looks great!!

Thanks Andy - it has been one of those things I've been going to get to for some time.

[S&S RR]

I spent a few more hours making pine tree armatures today and took some pictures of the operation. The weather is finally great here in Michigan and it's time to move my modeling to the gazebo.  This year I plan on making lots of pine trees out in the fresh air. I'm actually posting to the forum, using my iPad, and enjoying the nice weather and a nice cold beverage.


I make my pine trees out of cedar shingles that were left over from the gazebo build.







The next step is to split the shingles into strips approximately 3/8 of an inch wide using a shingling hammer.  Watch your fingers on the last couple strips.





I then round and taper the strips into tree trunks using a belt sander.





I store the armatures at this point so I can do the next few operation in the batch mode.