Erie Railroad Mahoning division HCD

[Lemosteam]

Do,you glue the styrene down first and then masked each color, or do you paint it off layout and then install?  Alcohol wash after install?

[Chris333]

For this layout I glued all the curbs to the edges of the sidewalks. Then I glued the sidewalks to the roads that had been sanded and "cracked".  I painted the whole thing many shades of primer grey then masked off the roads to paint the sidewalks Dark Aircraft Grey. Now I glue the whole thing to the layout.

On the old 2x4 layout I glued the roads down first and sprayed them. Painted the sidewalks separate and then glued them down.

Whatever is easier I guess.

[lashedup]

Thanks Chris. Looks good!

[Chris333]

Worked on the tower for the busy side of the layout.



The kit is by N scale Architect for the ELHS. I wanted to change out the lower section to concrete to match the towers in my area. Here is the tower that was at the end of my road:


And one in Youngstown:

[wazzou]

Nice job Chris.  What's the origin of the boxcar?

[Chris333]

Nice job Chris.  What's the origin of the boxcar?

MDC old timer, Clancy's Circus I believe. 

https://www.nscalesupply.com/mdc/MDC-89454.html

[Chris333]

Some wet work.

[glakedylan]

Chris...it is all looking so good.
following this build and thread
is very provocative. thanks for
sharing...
sincerely--

[Chris333]

This took about 1.5 hours. Just the ballast. Cinders and other stuff was already done, just shaping and brushing ballast. All 3 feet of it

[davefoxx]

This took about 1.5 hours. Just the ballast. Cinders and other stuff was already done, just shaping and brushing ballast. All 3 feet of it

Haha!  You, too?!  That's about my pace, which is why ballasting is not one of my favorite aspects of model railroading.

DFF

[Cajonpassfan]

Can't rush ballast....well, you can but the results will show it.
Nice work.
Otto K.

[GaryHinshaw]

This took about 1.5 hours. Just the ballast. Cinders and other stuff was already done, just shaping and brushing ballast. All 3 feet of it

That is faster than I do it.  Looking good though!

[lajmdlr]

Good to see you now have spurs going to those great looking industries. They will look even better w/ freight cars going in & out of them!

[davefoxx]

That is faster than I do it.  Looking good though!

Gary,

You're excused.  We've seen the level of superdetail in your trackwork/ballast and know the amount of effort that it takes for you to produce your fantastic result.

DFF

[Chris333]

Got this corner hill mounted and foamed in. Plus more ballast. All still very wet.