A group of welders are kept busy at The Swakhammer Welding Company:
A shay engineer standing by at the throttles:
The lights of the water tank shed have been turned on to show off its interior details:
This abandoned handcar shed is utilized as a “catch all” storage dump:
A 4-6-0 crosses the trestle at Wye Junction:
Bob,
As usual, outstanding work and great pictures! Your work serves as an inspiration to me!
Here’s my first contribution to the Weekend Photo Fun from my layout: The Glacier Gravel Company now has a place to call home. I still need to paint and weather the structure. (Another 1st for me…)
This is my first layout and today was the first time I’ve attempted any scenery work. This alcove on my layout will represent the walls of a gravel pit/ mine business. I built up the walls using 1/2" foam, crumpled newspaper and WS Plaster Cloth. My next move is to try my hand at molding a rock face for the walls of the gravel pit.
I plan on topping the module off with a piece of masonite about 6" tall on top of the foam, curving it at the inside corners, then using a little more plaster to create a bit of rolling terrain along the top of the module.
I’m open to suggestions and any critiques of my progess…
Don Z.
Bob, once again, very nice!
Level of detail is second to none!
Don:
Nice gravel company! Are you planning to include lights or other special effects?
There is a new company out there that sell sound cards that can really add character to any scene.
Bob,
I had planned on trying to add exterior lights for night time ops…the learning curve is steep, but I’ll keep plugging away at it! Thanks for the link to the sound effects website. I’m going to look into that for sure!
Don Z.
Bob, Thanks for more great work
Don, thats going to be some gravel pit, are you going to put some kind of shovel in it?
Nospace,
I’m not sure at this point what I’m going to do with the gravel pit as far as details or equipment. I’m thinking of cutting a ‘mine opening’ into the wall of the gravel pit and having the conveyor run overhead in the pit from the building into the mine shaft. I could then use large front end loaders and Terex style dump trucks down in the pit with stockpiled materials to load out truck sized loads to be delivered to local businesses as well as the loads being loaded out in rail cars.
Bob Grech - could you tell us forum readers where you find all of those little parts that super-detail your scenes?
Don Z.
Hey Bob what do you dye the wood on the trestle with? I liked the colour of it.
I have used a diluted walnut stain before.
Don:
The small parts found in my scenes are from JL innovation, Woodland Scenics, Builderers in Scale, FSM, and others that i have collected over the years. In addition, alot of the details such as cardboard boxes, broken glass, newspapers, and lumber were built from scratch. BTW, never discard those left over scraps when building your next kit. Keep these parts in a scrap box. Some of the details you see on my layout were placed in my scrap box years ago.
Steve:
All of the wood on my layout is weathered with a mixture of alcohol and India ink. To get different shade (heavier stain) I wait for the first coat to dry, then apply a second coat. Adding coats slowly allows me to control the level of weathering until i get the results i’m after.
Have fun.
Bob…
Here are my photos!!
Road locomotives getting refueled for there next run.
layout itself.
James
Don Z Take your time, do one thing at a time, when frustrated take a break, even for a day or two.
The difference between the pros and others is that the pros have more patience basically.
Skill comes to all of us in time. [:D]
Heck if I can do stuff then others can too. Just take your time, it will come.
Nice pics all around by the way. [:)]
Bob Grech,
Thanks for the information regarding the detail parts. I found each company’s web page and bookmarked it for future use. I was a step ahead on your advice on saving extra parts from kits…everything is going into a special container, even the sprues from plastic kits so I’ll have plenty of odds and ends to pick from.
Don Z.
Bob,
I love your weathered cement / asphalt I noticed in your pics. May I ask what technique you use… just thinking of laying down my roads and man yours sure look NICE! Thanks for any tips.
Brian