Back after several years absence due to new jobs, new house, family crisis… let’s say a lot of “life” has happened. Luckily, still have wife, kids, health and love of model railroading!
Since earlier this year I’ve been working on a table-top 23"x41" N-scale layout based on the cannery industry along the Columbia River (Oregon) in the early 1900s. Thought I’d share some construction photos (I would have started posting earlier, but couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t able to post pictures until today: turns out IE9 doesn’t like the editing boxes unless you use “Compatability View”. Argh!).
So sorry with dumping all this at once: please feel free to give whatever feedback you think. I’m always looking for better / different ways to model & improve my skills!
The layout started as a “chunk” from an old layout that screamed “don’t chuck me out!” as I was staring at it in the garage. I have a specific future layout in mind, and so I thought this “chainsaw” would allow me the opportunity to develop certain skills: handlaying curved & three-way turnout fixtures, scratchbuilding structures such as mines, canneries, wooden truss bridges, ore unloading docks, various pines, etc.
Funny how the temp layouts soon become time- & skill-sucks on their own! The layout that was supposed to be done in a couple of months is now, after 9-10 months, almost 1/2 way done!
So bear with me as I post the construction highlights of the last year.
Here’s the original piece recovered from the previous layout:
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It already had that section of foam knocked out, but it seemed to scream “waterfront!”
And here’s the layout design [or, the latest version] I came up for it:
