My First Module For A Future G Scale RR.

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I am planning a G scale RR and will be working on the first module this winter.Part of it will have an "Old West " theme starting with a Hollywood style movie set.Future modules will be made as time and money allows.I am 72 now and a little late to be starting such a big project but ah what the hell so far I am healthy and I think that I still have most of my marbles.If I never complete the whole RR then each module will tell an interesting story by itself or could become part of some other person’s RR someday.

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dont worry about losing your marbles i lost my mind a long time ago and i dont miss it none.

keep us posted and good luck

Ed

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Thank you Ed ! I will post a pic.

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As was often done in the movies I have used an HO model for forced perspective.

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I am getting a little tired of making fences so I have started to do some serious research on old west facades and buildings and their construction techniques.
I will for the first two make the whole building as it will serve two purposes that of a facade and an actual dressing rooms for the actors.I first plan just to do the exteriors and use a sign to indicate what they are “Actors Dressing Rooms.”
I will light them behind curtains and shades only but leave access to the interiors if I later want to add furnishings.I am already planning a second module, to be screwed to this one, containing the facades only.(next winter’s project)Old west stuff seems to be pretty simple construction with few exterior decorations but lots of doors and windows, which is actually a plus for storyboarding using signs and stuff in the windows and doors for example.

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This is the beginnings of my saloon/actors dressing rooms building.

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looks great but i wish your pictures were bigger

Ed

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Sorry Ed,I don’t know why as I am no computer whiz.Posting to other sites seems ok ?

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Content removed due to a completely fucked up and incompetent Kalmbach customer service.

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Thanks Svein , Cheers! John.

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looks great im takin notes being a newbie at this

Ed

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Due to circumstances beyond my control I will be posting my stuff here on the GR forum.Why ? it’s complicated ! Cheers John.

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I see some sort of curved roof in the bottom of the picture is that a dinner or a home built RR car ?

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It is an old railway car as depicted in the opening scene of the movie “once upon a time in the west” I will post more pics of this later.

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I am doing a modified version of this.

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This is a photo of a old west building that I an using for reference,very simple construction.

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Sorry for the double post ,I am still trying to post bigger pics.