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Olympia Logging Series: Part 33 - Fixing a hillside flaw
I enjoy all the videos on MR Video Plus, but I have to say that I a LOVING the Olympia Logging Layout series. I have often thought about modeling in O scale (love the big trains and details) but I never thought I had enough room. This series has changed my mind. I am now working on plans for my own On30 mining/logging layout in a 10x15 foot space. Thanks for the great, step by step instructions that make me feel like I really can create my own “big” layout in a small space.
Before saying what I have to say, let me ask this: How many ways are there to “fix” the “problem in the corner”? Answer: No less than one more than the number of persons who think about doing the fix. (One hundred persons doing the fix - 101 different fixes available.)
A rhetorical question: Why “fix” anything? Unless the shed extended too far into the area behind the scenery (and it doesn’t look like it did!) and/or the shed HAS to be lifted up to be removed from the layout (for whatever reason), why not just build a shelf using the same techniques as shown, placing the shed into place, and building the rock wall down to, but not attached to, the shed. Use a bit of dirt or TINY rocks (noting big enough to have punched a hole thru the shed) to hide the opening between the top of the shed roof and the rock wall.
VERY LOUD CHEERS AND APPLAUDING for this video. Something didn’t work exactly as you had hoped. Rather than brushing it off and just saying it was fixed, you SHOWED the rest of us how you fixed it. Each time I read about, or especially SEE, something done I start to think what I would have done or what I would do differently if it had happened to me. I am not going to build a copy of this “layout”, but I will use what I learned watching you build it as I continue work on what I am doing.
David, I really enjoy the honesty that you and the MRV staff display in filming these videos. It is refreshing to see and hear people skilled in the hobby admit that something didn’t work out as planned and them proceed to fix it in a skillful manner that brings great credit to the hobby. Very well done, thank you.
Thank you for sharing this interesting approach and adjustment to your original plans. We all work through scenarios like this however I appreciate how this video analyzed the problem and demonstrated the thought process on how to correct it.
I may have missed it somewhere - but is there a track plan for the Olympia project? When I try a search in the track plan data base it comes up with a blank. But I great project and have enjoyed the video series. Well done and so many great tips.
Joe van zandt Texas,
can you describe how you weathered the wood for the snow shed.
Do-overs happen…
Our goal when we launched MRVP was to “keep it real” - meaning that we show you what it takes to be a model railroad, the good and the bad. So, with Kent, Eric, Cody, and I working on different parts of the layout, it was bound to happen that we had a couple of things that didn’t quite fit together in the finished scene. This was probably the biggest of them.
We still have more fun to come, so enjoy the rest of the Olympia series, and thanks for watching MRVP!
David
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Even the best laid plans of mice and men need to be revised at some stage. An excellent way to address the problem and get the guys to try to articulate “Shaping as Section of Shaper Sheet”.
Another great segment in an excellent series. Keep them coming.