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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #45 on: December 10, 2011, 12:14:33 PM »
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Quote from: GaryHinshaw on December 09, 2011, 08:56:20 PM
Very slick piece of work MC, and I love this ^ shot, except for two things....  ;)

-gfh

No coaling or sand tower?
 :o

Yes, I know you LOOOOOVE the two catapults I have guarding the engine service entrance :D
Don't worry, Gary, next layout I'll leave the catapults off & try just slide switches underneath.

Just for you, a catapult-less pict:

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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #46 on: December 10, 2011, 12:22:42 PM »
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Wait a minute, are you saying that a trebuchet isn't standard for that era?
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #47 on: December 10, 2011, 03:10:14 PM »
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:D.  In all seriousness, this layout should be featured in a magazine.

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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #48 on: December 10, 2011, 10:36:38 PM »
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Quote from: GaryHinshaw on December 10, 2011, 03:10:14 PM
:D.  In all seriousness, this layout should be featured in a magazine.

-gfh

I second that!!!
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #49 on: January 13, 2012, 11:52:12 PM »
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Just finished scratch building & installing the Mt. Coffin Cannery Co. ("A taste to die for!"):
 








Still needs a bunch of details here & there and some weathering.
 Not quite sure I'm liking the single-story: I might build a smaller second-story office off-set towards the rear.
 Also need to figure out some signs.
 Would be great to get the faded white "hand-painted" over the doors, but might be too late for that.
 (any/all suggestions welcome)
 
Tomorrow's supposed to continue the sunny 60+ degree "winter" we're having here in the San Francisco Bay Area, so I'll try to lug the layout out into the sunlight for some better photos.
 
Now I just need to figure out how to model some mounds of fish!
 
Thanks for looking.
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #50 on: January 15, 2012, 07:29:32 AM »
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I like that a lot. More on the roof would be cool as well, but it's OK if you leave it as is.

You should shoot some video of that motorized shoe box running around ;)
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #51 on: January 15, 2012, 08:00:57 AM »
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Now I get it, you are posting photos of an On30 layout.  :ashat:

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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #52 on: January 16, 2012, 10:14:54 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on January 15, 2012, 07:29:32 AM
I like that a lot. More on the roof would be cool as well, but it's OK if you leave it as is.

You should shoot some video of that motorized shoe box running around ;)

Well, I finally made a video of the layout at it's current state, and with the boxcab running!
 (Only the rear truck has pickup right now: thank goodness for powered frogs!)
 But it's still able to do it's job!
 
http://youtu.be/-36A682vGXw


First video with the new camera, so pardon the lighting & focus issues.
 Hope to have some better ones soon.
 Thanks for watching!
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #53 on: January 16, 2012, 10:32:30 PM »
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haha love it!

But now you need to build a pharmacy-saloon  ;)
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #54 on: January 16, 2012, 10:34:49 PM »
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Quote from: Chris333 on January 16, 2012, 10:32:30 PM
haha love it!

But now you need to build a pharmacy-saloon  ;)

The whiskey still is going to up the hill a bit in the trees.
Hank needs some exercise before staggering to work ;)
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #55 on: January 16, 2012, 10:37:37 PM »
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Sweet!

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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #56 on: February 08, 2012, 03:35:35 PM »
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Been adding little details around the engine shed and in the shop:
 




I attached some decapitated T-pins in a hollow wall that poke into the foam so the whole shed can be lifted off for more detailing later.
 
Would have loved to put an overhead belt drive in the shop, but I'm getting to the point where I just want to get this layout "done," and I still have the mining scene on the back side to finish!
 
You can see that Hank, in a fit of nostalgia, left his anvil in the center of the shop, even though there's more modern metal-working machines in there.
 
I don't want a large coal tower in front of the service track, so I'm thinking of using some of Randgust's V&T hoppers that accidentally got vacuumed up as the tarp-covered "temp" coal bins, and I'll build a hoist crane & bucket for loading. Haven't finalized that so I haven't glued the hoppers in yet.
 
Will probably put in a water trough & tie post for horses on the right side of the shop, and there'll be some tools hanging on the wall as soon as I figure out how to remove those little flimsy brass things from the sticky pad they came on.

On a whim I realized I could rest the camera on the water to get this funkey shot:
 


It's nice to get something done on the layout, even if it's little details, here & there.
 Other detail suggestions appreciated.
 
Thanks for looking.
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #57 on: February 08, 2012, 11:13:09 PM »
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This thread is most definitely "Best of The Wire" material.

Ed
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #58 on: July 26, 2012, 08:38:13 PM »
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Was great seeing this wonderful layout in Model Railroader this month.  Great article by the way!
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Re: Mt. Coffin & Columbia River - 23"x41" layout
« Reply #59 on: July 26, 2012, 09:43:52 PM »
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Quote from: davidgray1974 on July 26, 2012, 08:38:13 PM
Was great seeing this wonderful layout in Model Railroader this month.  Great article by the way!

+1.  What a pleasant surprise turning the page and . . . "Hey, I know that layout."

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