N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

[wm3798]

Have you thought about using AMB company houses instead of the Bachmann farm houses? (which look a little too upscale for a mining town).

The bird in hand, my friend.  I probably have five more of them.

Plus they fit well with my vintage ethos.  I also really enjoyed "renovating" the blue one.

[wm3798]

Stopped to visit @John and picked up the building he printed for me from a design I whipped up for Winchester Street.




He did a great job reworking my file to improve the textures and fit.  I'm looking forward to painting and detailing it

A little Hi Tech has made it's way onto the Hi Rail layout.

Thank you John!
Lee

[NorthWestGN]

Your layout looks great Lee, love the yard addition and the overall retro "pizza cutter" vibe, great to see the older stuff still running.

Brent

[wm3798]

When you say old stuff, do you mean me or the trains?

Thanks for your kind words...
Lee

[NorthWestGN]

Why just the trains of course….at least your avatar looks young….ish…

[wm3798]

This week's highlight.


JFRTM!

Lee

[wm3798]

Getting the Railwire Cafe ready for installation.

[wm3798]

Looking good!

[OldEastRR]

Ok, you say it's only retro stuff on the layout, but then you've got 3D printed buildings. Or is the retro only the rolling stock? Hey, it's your layout ... or maybe say it's "retro+".

[peteski]

Ok, you say it's only retro stuff on the layout, but then you've got 3D printed buildings. Or is the retro only the rolling stock? Hey, it's your layout ... or maybe say it's "retro+".

Hmmm . . . LOL.
Well, if we dig a bit deeper, isn't Lee using styofoam (pink or blue) stuff for the terrain?  Real retro would  be hard-shell scenery (plaster over screen or newspaper) and Zip Texturing for ground cover.  Remember those? It was before my time, but I read about them in model RR books. 

[Dave V]

Zip Texturing for ground cover.

LOL, there's a blast from the past. And people really thought it looked good, too. Add some lichen for bushes and some sawdust grass, and you got yourself a landscape.

[dem34]

LOL, there's a blast from the past. And people really thought it looked good, too. Add some lichen for bushes and some sawdust grass, and you got yourself a landscape.

This is really bringing in the memories of my first layout were I was just going off knowledge acrued by ancient VHS tapes on layout building.

[peteski]

On my first layout (in Poland, TT scale, built in early to mid '70s) I used some green dyed sawdust, but I also had access and  used some paper mats  with various color static-grass on them.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

You guys talk ***** about sawdust, but it's a useful part of my forest floor blend.

[Point353]

Hmmm . . . LOL.
Well, if we dig a bit deeper, isn't Lee using styofoam (pink or blue) stuff for the terrain?  Real retro would  be hard-shell scenery (plaster over screen or newspaper) and Zip Texturing for ground cover.  Remember those? It was before my time, but I read about them in model RR books. 

Another retro scenery material (that's still available) is this stuff:



https://www.activaproducts.com/5-lb-package-celluclay