I would have suggested the railroad in Stand By Me but it’s set and filmed in Oregon not Maine. Looks great keep the pictures coming in.
Dan
I am going to have some shout-outs to other King stories so would be cool to do a Stand By Me scene. It was one of my favorites.
Working on topography, scenery etc. Here are some updated pics.
Tunnel hides a runaround track that can also be used for staging:
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Bought farmhouse on eBay - gotta repaint that awful blue trim!
Backdrop mismatch will be hidden by trees:
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Derry Bus Terminal & Falcon Bar from ‘IT’
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This is the actual Bangor Bus Terminal & Main Tavern that King based his story on:
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Houses on Witcham Street raised to level required:
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Witcham Street built from .030 styrene sheet:
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Tunnel detail. I used some scrap white styrofoam. Hopefully it will turn out ok. Will cover with sculptamold as required:
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Wow. 3 1/2 years later and no progress.
Well I am going to work on the layout this fall & winter finally.
The good thing about the passage of time is that I figured out a few things I don’t like.
The first is the extra real estate I added is now gone. I could not reach the edges of the layout and 3 years of reading model railroader convinced me I can do a lot in a narrower space.
See the red lines for the changes.
The other change is that the staging track I thought I could not run behind the furnace is a go again, and will act as both a staging track and a continuous running track, joining back up with the layout.
As I lost my location for Witcham Street, it has been moved and I like the way it looks better:
The arrow is pointing to the drain where Pennywise ripped off poor Georgie’s arm.
Next step is to install the staging track and test.
Almost forgot - a nice shot of 29 Neibolt Street:
Aralai - good to see you back here in the forum. I am glad you will continue your work on this layout! Hope to see more …
Just a suggestion, some flat black area where the Langoliers are tidying things up…Just sayin…
Good work.
Nice idea!
Wow. 6 years later and I’m finally getting back to Derry.
Working on installing my staging / circuit track. Old furnace and water heater has been replaced with new ones, opening up space for my track as well as meaning that disruption should be minimal for the foreseeable future.
Center Street is looking better - bought a nice building at the Brampton Model Railway Show this past year:
Witcham Street:
Some actual progress! I have completed the plywood “bridge” to carry the new staging/continuous run track round the back of my new furnace. Foam track bed and track started to be laid.
Pictures to follow!
Photos as promised! It feels great to get back to my layout!
I got my runaround/staging track laid and tested last night.
The hole through the wall is where the staging/runaround track goes. It will be hidden by my Theater (to be built - base in place) along with some trees/shrubs. The idea is that the tracks from the bridge disappear behind the theater, and you can’t see the curving tracks that enter the Warehouse.
This is the other side which runs on an elevated track behind my new furnace. This was taken before the track was finished and tested. I plan to install guardrails to avoid expensive derailments!
Track curves around over the edge of the water heater, just enough space between the gas line and the blower motor - tested with my long cars!
Track then crosses across the doorway (duck-under) and connects back up to my layout. I will be putting a valance/guardrail on the elevated track so it will be hidden from view, as well as the curve by the light switch - hidden by a structure or other element so the track looks like it just reappears after the curve, roughly where the Budd car is sitting in the shot below:
This allows me to use the space behind the furnace for staging, or as a long continuous run that means the train basically loops twice around the layout before repeating.
Worked on the weekend to build my version of the Aladdin Theater in Derry. Walthers Rivoli Theater Kit.
New blog post up: http://kingsderry.blogspot.com/2017/03/aladdin-theater.html
This weekend: Mounting the signs on the Theater and scenery sculpting!
Wow. It’s been almost 2 years since I posted and almost 10 years since I started my layout!
Getting back to it finally. I really wanted to be able to run two trains continously in different directions, as I love to watch them pass each other.
My original plan had a simple oval double track, but it morphed into a long continuous run and I never built the second continous track.
I am still old school, running a dual DC controller, so I made a few changes to create a second continuous track to run a second train.
Excuse the rough layout image - I just needed to see how it would work:
The yellow track is my long continuous track and the red one is the new short oval continuous track. It required a crossover that pushed the incline limits a bit, but it works.
Stephen’s Kings Derry in HO Scale - Crossover from Delta-Kestrel Pictures on Vimeo.
Stephen King’s Derry Maine in HO Scale - Running 2 Trains from Delta-Kestrel Pictures on Vimeo.
I love watching them pass each other…
If there is a good thing about being so slow to finish a layout, it is that you start to see ways to improve long before you have done a lot of scenery.
I made some changes this weekend, taking out my Cement Factory completely, including a siding. I really don’t need it and it makes things less crowded and busy, plus give me a nice visible spot to put 29 Neibolt Street:
I also moved my ‘Lakeville Warehousing’ which was my ‘Tracker Brothers’ to the Derry Yard. I like it a lot better there and it is a great view block for my outside long continuous track:
I now have a big open space where it used to be, but it is nice to be less crowded and with some scenic features, I think it will look better. I took out a few extra little sidings I didn’t need too.
Sometimes less is more. I am much more satisfied with my track (love the dual tracks) and feeling better about the density of buildings.
Built the new Tracker Brothers Trucking building from a Walthers Cornerstone kit.
This building is more like the description in ‘IT’ of a single storey brick building.
It will of course have the required old baseball field in the back with a chain link fence.
I’m getting real close to starting the ground cover and scenery that will start to pull things together.
Nice progress! I was given one of those buildings, only mine is a Walthers “Built Ups”, already assembled in the box, painted different, and is supposed to be a yard office. [(-D]
Mike.
Thanks Mike. I’m getting motivated again after a long hiatus!
Now that I have locked down my track, the fun starts with scenery:
Hi Aralai,
Good to see you back at it!
I’m going to send you a PM.
Dave