I'm not sure if there are "rules" about how we post in this thread, but I wanted to include the links
to peoples' work with my comments, because, well, man... this is some good work and it bears
seeing again! And then when I put in a few photos of my layout work, well, this got a little long.
There's a lot of impressive work in here this week. Mark (spookshow), your scratchbuilt styrene structure looks wonderful!
Dave (Vollmer), as always, shows a "layout on a door" that look better than most room-sized layouts. No wonder
it is getting into the Kalmbach book!
Fresh out of the Juniata paint shop and in time to head to the N Scale Weekend in Bedford PA in a couple of weeks.
A+! Nicest K4 I've ever seen. I'd prefer it to the PSC brass one. Those drivers and valve gear really make it!
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Arch enemy to UP's and my beloved FEF..... Northern Pacific A4
Hey, that's great. I'm going to do one with your shell, as you know. What mechanism is under that,
and where did you get the centipede tender?
(I'm going to use a Pecos River Brass NYC Niagara under mine....
... and all the NYC fans cringe!)
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And finally, an actual update from my own work...
Here's how the layout is coming along. I haven't posted any photos in a long time, so things have changed a good bit.
Got trees and ground cover onto the hill in the island. I sure am glad I saved a lot of trees from the previous
layout. There are about 150 trees in this. To the right, you can see the laser wood NP depot kit I finally
finished, with its dirt/gravel parking area and etched bass chainlink fencing. In the background, you can see
the completed long curved trestle.
Some of the trestle, rock cuts, a little water, my little boat behind the trestle.
The yard on the right hand wall, with servicing structures, industrial flats against the wall, and roundhouse
Finally, a complete shot
