N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

[wm3798]

Short answer, probably not.

Here's the preliminary installation.


I'll need to shim the roadway a bit to snug it up under the curb.  Then I'll finish detailing the 3D printed building with window glass, interiors, lighting etc.  Also need to construct the landing for the two side doors.







There's the whole scratch designed block, 80 % scratch built, with @John 's wonderful 3D work to cap it off.



Pretty much as I originally envisioned it.

Lee

[nkalanaga]

Such a stairway would be quite common  in many older Eastern towns, and could be either wood or concrete.

[NorthWestGN]

Looks great Lee, lots of interest in such a compact area!

Brent

[wm3798]

Another bucket list acquisition for the Retro fleet.

A set of Con Cor F3s  with the original Fleischmann drive was cobbled together after a swap with @learmoia recently.  After some coupler tinkering and a shot of contact cleaner they're growling around the layout nicely.

Lee

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Whoa. Those are things I never knew existed!

[learmoia]

Cool.. you got the drive to run... It showed signs of life when I tested it..

~Ian

[peteski]

Whoa. Those are things I never knew existed!

They sure are a blast from the past. Of course Mark has them  covered http://spookshow.net/loco/concorf3.html
The trucks look wonky (the wheelbase seems too wide) as they probably just utilized existing trucks from some European loco, just making American-looking sideframes, but they are overall not bad for a model made around 50 years ago by a company which made (and still makes) European prototype models!

[NorthWestGN]

They look like Beefy pullers with that fat metal chassis and with an isolated motor essentially DCC Ready for you Lee!

[Ed Kapuscinski]

They sure are a blast from the past. Of course Mark has them  covered http://spookshow.net/loco/concorf3.html
The trucks look wonky (the wheelbase seems too wide) as they probably just utilized existing trucks from some European loco, just making American-looking sideframes, but they are overall not bad for a model made around 50 years ago by a company which made (and still makes) European prototype models!

They remind me of the old Life-Like F unit trucks.

Those engines were one of my early loves.

[wm3798]

Behold the glory!

I'm going to go through all my Retro fleet videos and create a series of these for posterity.
Lee

[wm3798]

Details, details!



Now I can get those apartments upstairs rented!

Lee

[DirtyD79]

Details, details!



Now I can get those apartments upstairs rented!

Lee

That row of buildings reminds me of some I saw in either West Virginia or Kentucky. Great work.

[glakedylan]

looking really top notch, Lee. Your pace and skillfulness piques the imagination and interest. the theme just adds another nugget as in why to follow.
was wondering if making the street one way with proper signage would be helpful? whatever. it continues to come together nicely and i give you my kudos.
as always
Gary

[wm3798]

looking really top notch, Lee. Your pace and skillfulness piques the imagination and interest. the theme just adds another nugget as in why to follow.
was wondering if making the street one way with proper signage would be helpful? whatever. it continues to come together nicely and i give you my kudos.
as always
Gary

If I had a bit more room...  When I finally made a visit to Thomas, WV (once a major hub of WM coal operations, and top end of the famous Black Fork Grade) I found it was set up that way...  US 219/48 splits, with the east/southbound lanes along the front street, and the west/northbound lanes a block up the hill.  The vibe I was trying to capture here was more akin to Thomas than to PawPaw, the given name of this little scene.  PawPaw barely has a business district, and it's main street is a smattering of houses, a post office and a school.  There may have been more at one point, but it's hard to see where it might have been.

Thanks for your kind words.
Lee

[wm3798]

Harvest time!  Rigby and I headed up to the woods where he helped me scout some lichen blooms.




Success!


After some cleaning to get the leaves, bark and other schmutz down to a minimum, it went into the kettle with some hot water and alcohol to sterilize it, and I'm doing this batch with black dye to see how it might work for tree armatures.


You Dead Season guys might want to stay tuned.