Oregon Joint Line N Scale

[GaryHinshaw]

You have a real gift for capturing the flavour of the region.  Love it!  How long till you swap the sign post, though?   

[superchief]

Looks great! Awesome work Dean. Gordon

[coldriver]

You have a real gift for capturing the flavour of the region.  Love it!  How long till you swap the sign post, though?   

thanks @Gary Hinshaw (and others).   Hopefully the sign won't bug me so much that I'll feel the need to change it - it's time to move on to new projects!

[mu26aeh]

Great update, was looking for a video !  Love em

[coldriver]

  My latest Youtube video outlining layout progress in 2020

[superchief]

Love the video Dean, You have taken it to another level!!!!! Outstanding!!!!! Gordon Bliss Santa Fe-All the Way

[SAH]

Great work Dean.  Your scenery expansion projects are very inspiring.  I've recently started to feel the itch to do some scenery.  Just a couple more lighting valence sections to go and I'll think I'll do just that.  Steve

[Caddy58]

Dean, that is outstanding (again).

The closing shot should be a NP Calendar picture!!

Many thanks for sharing
Dirk

[Cajonpassfan]

Truly outstanding!
Eyeing my isles...
Otto

[Bob]

Hi Dean - thanks for the video update.  Boy did you get alot done last year!  You probably have this somewhere in your blog, but I can't find it - do you buy or make your evergreen trees?  I am modeling West Virginia, and I need to mix some evergreens in with the deciduous supertrees I have been making.  Thanks!
Bob

[coldriver]

thanks for the feedback all!

Hi Dean - thanks for the video update.  Boy did you get alot done last year!  You probably have this somewhere in your blog, but I can't find it - do you buy or make your evergreen trees?  I am modeling West Virginia, and I need to mix some evergreens in with the deciduous supertrees I have been making.  Thanks!
Bob

I purchased 1600 conifers from Architrees on Ebay about 12 years ago in 2" and 3" sizes (paid something like $.16 each for them!).  None of them individually are showpieces (especially in terms of trunk detail), but you plant a dense forest of them and they look pretty damn good.  Because they're hand made (according to the Ebay listing by nuns and indigents in the Philippines) no two look exactly the same.   Unfortunately Architrees has really reduced their Ebay listings over the years. 

[coldriver]

Hey everyone, I haven't posted lately because frankly there hasn't been much layout progress but the October Railroad Model Craftsman has a cover feature on the Oregon Joint Line.  Here's a link to a preview of the article or if you get a chance buy a copy - these guys are worthy of your support!
https://rrmodelcraftsman.com/the-n-scale-oregon-joint-line/

[wazzou]

Congrats Dean.  Well deserved.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Hell yeah! I think this will be the thing that finally gets me to subscribe (instead of just picking up one every time I go somewhere they are).

[GaryHinshaw]

Very nice!