Its an early start, but I will be tied up for the rest of the weekend.
I am still on hiatus from making mountains. Been working on Rusty Stumps’ Fall Creek Backwoods Water Tower. About done though it needs some weathering. I saw this model on the internet when I first got back to HO a couple years ago. I finally bought one. It took a couple weeks to build. It is a nice wood and metal model.
Santa brought me a cornerstone 130’ turntable. With 2 Roundhouse kits, the Machineshop, and Campbell’s Coaling Station and Sandhouse, I have the start of the next module.
Art, that is one fantastic looking water tower. I love the older style structures with their unique character. Excellent job.
I’ve switched from track laying and weathering to building some of my first structures. With only 1-3/4" space I decided that my town of Taylor Tx could be built from flats upon the stone wall. I’m learning a lot from these modulars - wall alignment [B)], painting brick - and thankfully so. I have the Walther’s creamery to do and hope go get started before going back to work.
Window dressings are from City Classics. The awning is my own design - stole a piece of scrapbook paper from my wife. These flats are allowing me to try a lot of the tips I’ve read here on the forum - on the theater building, even though ~ 1/2" deep, in the doorway I placed a few items giving the illusion of more beyond.
Here’s the PRR class M1 4-8-2 #6811 I just kitbashed in N scale from 2 Minitrix K4s, a Bachmann Spectrum 4-8-2, a ConCor Hudson tender frame, and a bunch of GHQ details…
Here she’s “posing” for the Company photographer (and blocking the eastbound main; note the coal drag stopped behind her).
I posted this across the street as a finally got it done thing. Took a Santa Fe S-2 , stripped it down painted it up in SP tiger stripe , chisled off the cast on grabs and put A-line grabs on the front and side and made grabs for the cab door.
Is the turntable the ready to run one or is it a kit. I’ve been thinking of adding the 130’ table on my layout, so i’m interested to know your thoughts and coments on it. BTW, nice job on the water tank!
Not too much from my end this time around, just experimenting with a few new photography techniques using my new Proto 2000 Heritage C&O 2-8-4 Berkshire.
This is the Lima Superpower getting ready for the morning excursion run.
I’m still working on my GP40MC. So far I’ve lowered the cab, filled in the windows. I need to raise the windows a bit. I lowered the cab so I can install the AC on the roof. I’ve added the CN anticlimber and ditchlights. I’ve removed the nose door, and the markers and number boards above the windows. I need to file down the bottom of the plow…
My wife was talking about a new house & I told her I knew the perfect spot to live. Moving up in the middle of my Horshoe Curve on the Allegheny & Cumberland & watching the meets will be exciting. I’m sure she’ll get use to the noise…lol
Bob, the turntable is ready to run. I have seen it on a couple of layouts and it is as close to fool proof as possible. It may be a while before I can confirm that. A few Campbell kits to go before I even get to the table work. BTW, how bout a pic for this thread.
