N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

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Obviously, there will be a road and sidewalk rising from right to left.
Meanwhike, time to sit around watching paint dry.

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It dried.



Needs some roof top details and some trim,and of course interior lighting.
Then it's on to the next one!
Lee

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Meanwhile, at the other end of the layout...



The inspiration for the new town.  Actually,a wide,spot in the road in Dorchester County west of Cambridge.

[davefoxx]

Hahahahaha!!!  That's fantastic.  And, you can print a picture of that and make a sign for the layout.  Go retro; use a toothpick for the post. 

DFF

[nkalanaga]

I usually used sewing pins.  Toothpicks were too fragile when the layout had to live with a cat. 

He was a good cat, and didn't intentionally damage anything.  But he weighed 18 pounds, and like to sleep on the layout, which had to be put on my bed to run.  We lived in a relatively small mobile home, and it was stored UNDER the bed.  He didn't go there, but if it was out, he'd sleep on it.  One area of the board was left open for him!

[OldEastRR]

Meanwhile, at the other end of the layout...



The inspiration for the new town.  Actually,a wide,spot in the road in Dorchester County west of Cambridge.

Aha! I KNEW there was a real town named Cornersville somewhere in the arcane and antique reaches of New England.

I must say, Lee, this is the most enthused and happy I've seen you of all the layouts you tried and abandoned after the break-up of your huge layout (I joined TRW while you were parceling out pieces of it). You are continuously working on and coming back to this layout like you weren't with those other ones. Model Railroading IS fun, once a person finds their perfect niche in it. May you have many more happy days with this little gem.

 And you spoke of a road going uphill in front of these buildings -- does that mean it'll continue around them and up to the upper level? For a really fun option you could have the road meander and go up and down and around from this spot in the pix all the way to Cornersville. A road that takes 4-5 times the distance to travel than a straight line route between the towns.

[davefoxx]

Aha! I KNEW there was a real town named Cornersville somewhere in the arcane and antique reaches of New England.

No, sir.   On the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Dorchester County.  Definitely not New England.

DFF

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My original concept mock up from a few weeks ago.

There will be no road between the towns modeled.  One must ride the train if one is passing from point a to point b.
Lee

[OldEastRR]

Must have been a hell of a snowstorm on that side of the country -- so many new posts on RRs in the Layout Engineering Reports because people got stuck at home during work days?? Pushed your thread to the 2nd page!?dlknfk

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The only snow drift around these parts is the pile of work on my desk.  Better get back to shoveling!
Lee

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Here's  a little something to brighten your day!

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Back to some proper retro goodness...

[davefoxx]

Haha!  I used to have the HO scale version of that rocket car when I was little.  I bet your crew wishes there was an idler car or two, because they don't like the butt end of that rocket pointed into their faces. 

DFF

[CRL]

You need a little n-scale Slim Pickens riding that sucker.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I sent you a rocket car before and you threw it out!