I work on the port side of the yard right next to Great Western Malting. The spur that cuts off from the yard and goes out to service all of the...
I considered it but I prefer the BNSF yard in Vancouver as I can throw a rock at it if I step outside my office building. I get to watch it all...
vancouver Well this is going to be my second layout (although the first never did get finished) so I'm sure I'll be looking for some help along...
wow Wow, that website has better images then Google earth. Very nice. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. These sites will definately...
Is there any kind of track maps of the Vancouver, WA area? I'm planning a new layout modeled after this area and was looking for something...
Thanks for your feedback so far! Yes, I do have an access hatch into the tunnel. It is actually under the bench in the back of the mountain. A...
You are correct, it is mostly sheer cliff. I don't plan on adding any rock castings to it as I was going for a cliff type look in that location....
Well, thanks to everyone's help I made the jump and started the painting of the mountain. I've included a photo for your critique. The rock...
All I can say is WOW! That totally looked like a cliff to me. I would of never guessed it was a photo. That does give me some great ideas on...
Mike, when you say you used "WS Foam Putty" are you referring to their "Mold-a-Scene Plaster" product? Fotheringill, great pics! Can you go into...
hmm.. it appears that railimages doesn't like the Firefox browser. I went with IE and it works fine.
Thanks for the quick reply! Now if the railimages site would work for me I'd be much happier. It seems that everytime I go to look at it I get...
I've searched and searched but cannot find any good "How To's" on painting a mountain and rockwork. I've heard mention of "Washes" and "base...
Thanks!!!
I have a new layout I'm building and have a question about the power buss for my Zephyr DCC system. Is it ok to have your main power buss in a...
Wow, that's a huge help Doug. Thanks! I know I'm breaking the norm by putting the yard in back of the layout but with the mainline layout it...
The middle of the L will be a mixture of small businesses near the passenger station and then as it leads off to the right towards where all the...
Yeah, it's a little far back but I have a stepladder that makes it really easy to reach everything. The problem I have is yard design. I know...
Did I post this in the wrong forum or something? Or did I say something wrong? Nobody has any suggestions?
I need some help designing my yard. I have all the mainline track down and have located where the switches that lead to the yard will be but have...
