The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

[PRR Modeler]

Nice video Tom. Thanks for supporting our future war effort.

[ReadingBob]

Nice video Tom. Thanks for supporting our future war effort.

Agreed.  Very nice.  Not appropriate for your era but it does make me wonder what a MOAB would look like as a flatcar load.   

[Mkrailway]

Tom, looking good!  The video was a good mini-scene run through.

[GPdemayo]

Tom.....is there ANYTHING you CAN'T do....

Donato,

Thank you my friend for the compliment. Yes, there are many things I can't do. The big one is that I can't get Greg to run the trains at a safe speed.

Tom

You keep this up and the guys will get the wrong impression.....besides, the Shay doesn't go much over 15 mph. 

I could add more power to it and maybe get it up to a blistering 25 mph. 

[ACL1504]

ACL 1504,
                   I like the surplus tank models.  Curious are they Sherman M4's not sure if they're A1's though?  Thanx Thom...

Thom,

Yes, they are Rocco Sherman M4s.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Nice video Tom. Thanks for supporting our future war effort.

Curt,

Thanks, much appreciated and you are welcome!


Tom

[ACL1504]

Nice video Tom. Thanks for supporting our future war effort.

Agreed.  Very nice.  Not appropriate for your era but it does make me wonder what a MOAB would look like as a flatcar load.   

Bob,

Thank you, it was a fun video. I'm not even sure the MOAB would fit on any of my flats.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, looking good!  The video was a good mini-scene run through.

Marty,

Thank you kind sir. It was fun doing the video but I still need to learn how to edit and a better camera wouldn't hurt either.


Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom.....is there ANYTHING you CAN'T do....

Donato,

Thank you my friend for the compliment. Yes, there are many things I can't do. The big one is that I can't get Greg to run the trains at a safe speed.

Tom

You keep this up and the guys will get the wrong impression.....besides, the Shay doesn't go much over 15 mph. 

I could add more power to it and maybe get it up to a blistering 25 mph. 

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Tom

[cuse]

Layout is looking great Tom!


John

[jerryrbeach]

Tom,
You did a beautiful job blending the foreground scenery into the backdrop, colors match so well, just amazing.

[ACL1504]

Layout is looking great Tom!


John

John,

Thanks very much. I'm getting back to full time on the layout.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom,
You did a beautiful job blending the foreground scenery into the backdrop, colors match so well, just amazing.

Jerry,

I appreciate you stopping by. Thank you for the compliment as well, it has been fun.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Like John Siekirk, I've been busy making Florida Slash Pine trees. They are also known as Southern Pine and/or Pitch Pine.

These trees have a lot of sap (pine tar/pitch). As a boy, when camping in the woods we would look for downed pine trees for the fire. The Southern Pine trees burn fast and hot. Combine this with some Florida Oak which burns slow and hot - you have a great camp fire.

Here are some samples of Florida Pine trees. Pretty much anything goes as far as shape or size.

https://www.google.com/search?q=south+florida+slash+pine+tree&tbm=isch&imgil=3l74zXBdpWLyrM%253A%253BpXlLjyuA8CE0VM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.floridagardener.com%25252Fflnatives%25252Fslashpine.htm&source=iu&pf=m&fir=3l74zXBdpWLyrM%253A%252CpXlLjyuA8CE0VM%252C_&usg=__vmbGrbHYV3QYOcW1OXx-PjANSc0%3D&biw=1440&bih=770&ved=0ahUKEwidwJjt5LjTAhUC5yYKHdfmDKEQyjcITQ&ei=ma37WN2PCYLOmwHXzbOICg#imgrc=3l74zXBdpWLyrM:

More on how I made my pine trees later this afternoon.

[ACL1504]

To make the pine trees I started with the Scenic Express super trees. I trimmed two to start.





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