G scale Rio Grande Southern Engineering Report

[glakedylan]

looking super, Dave
thanks for sharing

sincerely
Gary

[packers#1]

Very neat Dave, I'm digging the loop; it's what makes model trains fun 

[Chris333]

Sweet!  How do you pick out scale vegetation?

[eric220]

Hawtness. Even if it isn't DSP&P.

[Dave V]

Sweet!  How do you pick out scale vegetation?

You go to Lowe's and find little trees!

Very neat Dave, I'm digging the loop; it's what makes model trains fun 

Dave Foxx called out the loop as too plain over on Facebook, so if I hold off on building the mine spur, I have 4 8' diemater curve pieces that can let me make this into a gentle dogbone on the side closest to the house.  Thoughts?

[Lemosteam]

Dave, leave it and add a mountain as a view divider!  Only need about 10 more yards of rock and stone!   

[packers#1]

The dogbkne would be cool but I would just use shrubs to hide some of the turn back loop and then put a boulder or something like that on the front aide of the loop closest to the fence

[GaryHinshaw]

Nice, but that fence is crying out for a big mural of Lizard Head Peak. 

[rswinnerton]

Go run in the snow! It's the best!

[OldEastRR]

That gate in that photo ... I assume it's just for access to the back of the layout? Also, I'm wondering about the spigot/hose deal hanging over the track. Watering the lawn means draping the hose across the layout?
I like the idea of getting a large rock and using it as scenery. Nice sheer rock face right up against the ROW... might have to use a Bobcat to move and place it, tho.

[Dave V]

The gate is for general access, although it's not the primary gate.  My wife still wants some degree of access through it.  Dave Foxx has been after me to "burrow" into that corner but there are also buried utilities there.

Deconflicting with the hose will be a pain, but draping it across the ROW won't damage anything (unless the train is running!).

[OldEastRR]

Did you explore the possibilities of making an L-shaped plan by going into that alcove where the gate is? Get you away from the non-Facebookable plan.  And "burrowing" into the corner sounds like a huge effort when you can cover the track with some kind of shed then build the ground up and around it to look like you dug a tunnel.
How does one go about making a tunnel for this kind of model, anyway? Line the walls with cement blocks then stone or cast concrete slabs laid over them to make a conduit? With that secure a tunnel wall it'd be possible to just dump rocks and dirt over it without damage.

[Chris333]

 

[wazzou]

I know, right?   

[Dave V]

Did you explore the possibilities of making an L-shaped plan by going into that alcove where the gate is? Get you away from the non-Facebookable plan.  And "burrowing" into the corner sounds like a huge effort when you can cover the track with some kind of shed then build the ground up and around it to look like you dug a tunnel.
How does one go about making a tunnel for this kind of model, anyway? Line the walls with cement blocks then stone or cast concrete slabs laid over them to make a conduit? With that secure a tunnel wall it'd be possible to just dump rocks and dirt over it without damage.

You may want to re-visit my last post.