Hello everyone. Here are a few pics showing the progress I’ve made on my new layout.
The first pic shows a recently finished Central Valley bridge that will span across a river bed. Those great looking backdrops were hand painted by my wife, so i can not take credit for them. It’s the first time she’s ever been involved with my hobby, and believe it or not, she’s having fun!
These next two pics show the double-track trestle I scratch-built to fit the location. The bridge was inspired by John Allen off his G&D layout. I plan to add a mountain / waterfall scene behind the bridge. The stone footings were hand carved onto plaster of Paris over a wood former.
Here’s a shot of my new Walther’s 90 foot T-T. Still need to add a few more radial tracks and program the indexing memory.
The last pic shows my wife’s backdrops as seen from a distance.
Good to see you back, I’ve been wondering how your coming along with the new layout. Please keep us posted. I have your old layout pics saved, I use them all of the time for insperation.
Excellent. You are way ahead of the game having the backdrop up and painted this soon. It will make scenery much easier down the road. Keep the updates coming, looks like an excellent layout.
very nice work! I’m glad to see I’m not the only one using OSB! Sure is easier on the wallet and aside from the splinters in the fingers is just as good as ply as long as it’s used in a climate controlled setting. (the humidity factor).
WOW, it looks like you have something really special going on! That curved trestle is just outstanding, and I suspect the finished scene will be awesome. Not sure what kind of trains you will be running, but I sure hope they slow down before they hit the trestle.
Question, looks like you are blessed with a large, finished layout area. How big is it?
Very impressive! love the bridges, nice looking bench work looks like your off to a great start please post more of your progress helps keep guys like me motivated and have something to shoot for.
