rocks Thanks oldscout, I used washes of woodland scenics slate gray as a base coat followed by washes of stone gray and burnt umber. I also...
Haven't done anything on the layout for a couple of months but I did finish 10 coal hoppers I got from a buddy up in Maine. Started them two...
Haven't done anything on the layout for three months so got the bug to do something lately and started the framing to get down to the staging...
Tbone, my layout is three level, staging at 30", main level at 44" and upper level at 60". The staging level and main level are 24" deep and the...
Mike your living on the edge man, danger Will Robinson!!! CV finished up the MEC E-7 unit and delivered it Saturday, so took her for a spin...
Thanks Kitbash, getting there, constuction season is here! Mike like your Jersey barrier wall, how you doing. MEC
After getting the scenery roughed in and cork layed the last two weeks its track time. My buddy Jon came over and helped me with some track work....
I super elevate all my mainline curves and have no problems with it. I buy Evergreen strips .010, .015, and .020 x .080 wide. I use the different...
Thanks Mike and MRL, like the gas station in the first photo Mike who's kit is it. MEC
Got 5 more switch machines in this week and roughed in some more scenery. Jon came over Saturday and helped me put on some more fascia. We also...
Lot of great stuff tonight. Been working on the layout the last couple of weeks. Added a second track to the helix and put the backdrop around it...
Made two more BAR pulpracks last week. [img] [img]
Thanks Lloyd, never seem to be able to pull off the look I'm looking for when weathering, more practice I guess. It does look pretty good buzzin...
Modified a Walters pulprack to better match those on the BAR. Ground the deck overhang back flush with the deck and made a side frame out of .015...
Well I have not worked on the layout in four monthes, but the last two weeks I've gotten back into it. I'd like to thank Jon (Central Vermont)...
I made up some control panels out of .050 alum. and my buddy Pete helped me wire them in this week. The push buttons do not control individual...
Here are a couple of GP-7's I built. The 573 was a one off paint job used on the MEC office train an referred to as Mr. Millers engine,...
Thanks SW and Flash. Flash the orange gizmo is a rail roller used to put the curve into the rail, you can ajust it to the radius you need and the...
Got my Fast Tracks # 12 turnout fixture kit a couple of weeks ago. Built the fifth one today and hope to install tomorrow. Have three lefthands...
That would be cool Mike, are you going to make it to Spingfield this year. John
