Jacobs' Landing Light Railway in On18

[Larry C]

Thanks Jeff for the nice comment. The "they" explanation is one I've never heard before.

Rich thank you so much. I guess working on the layout from the ground up is why the seams bothered me a little
but you're right the eye does go to the buildings; happy accident.

[Larry C]

Continuing on, the second car is finished; a gondola to transport boxes, crates, and etc. This was another one I added a weight to then covered that with grained, colored, and weathered 1x6's. The gondola area was done first, then the chassis with couplers, and finally glued together; much easier that way.



So here's my first train. Given the size of the layout this will be about as long a train I can manage and still clear both turnout points. The train can be shoved all the way back on the track in front of the supply shed, then the turnout can be switched and proceed on the front track towards the turntable. Once there the engine goes onto the TT and the second turnout is flipped before the train backs into the front track and decoupled. I'm going to assemble the tank and boxcar at some point, then they will be placed at different locations on the layout. When the operating session starts everything will be moved around at various locations; should provide some interesting train play.

Next up is continuing the scenery work and also one more structure to build. As always thanks for stopping by and for your great comments/suggestions.

[PRR Modeler]

Great job on the new car and all the buildings.

[Philip]

A great stress reliever is running trains for a second! 

Philip

[Larry C]

Curt thanks, it's coming along.

A great stress reliever is running trains for a second! 

Philip

Well hopefully each session will be longer than a second; some stress relief would be nice.

[Rick]

Looking good Larry.
I would use a black pencil (not a #2) and color those NBW on the gondola.
Have fun running trains.

[Jerry]

Very nice work on the cars Larry.  They should great running around the tracks.

Jerry

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

Nice work hiding the weight on the cars. They make a nice little train and should be fun to operate.

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Rick thank you. I did hit the NBW's with a little rust but for some reason it didn't take; I'll give your suggestion a shot.

Jerry thanks they do track much better and couple-uncouple better.

Mike appreciate your comments. I've always like those little short cars on other layouts I've seen.

[Larry C]

Everything is now glued in place on the Cooper's Shop; even added a handcart with one barrel glued to it. Also added all the scenery elements. If you look closely at the backdrop you'll notice the ground in all dirt so looks like my scenery dirt fits in perfectly going towards the backdrop; happy accident.



The fuel depot is also finished as is all the scenery material in place. Had to scrounge to come up with the piping for the tank; I was out and really didn't want to order more atm. Found what I needed but it did have an extra shutoff already but I decided to leave well enough alone and use it.

Now that much is finished I've already started what will be my last building on the layout so stay tuned for more hammering. As always thanks for stopping by for a gander as well as all the great comments and/or suggestions.

[PRR Modeler]

Larry the corner and piping on the tank is  outstanding. Love the valves.

[Jerry]

Great job and scene Larry!!

Jerry

[Larry C]

Curt thank you so much.

Jerry thanks; starting to look like a railroad but still tons to go yet.

[Rick]

Larry, nice job getting everything glued down and blending the scenery with the backdrop.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry,

The added details look great.  The barrel bands look outstanding.  The tank piping looks great, too.  Where does that pipe go?

Once you reach the final building, it will be time to tear everything down and start again. 

Have fun,
mike