I am new here and just signed up today. I hope it is OK to post this here. I wanted to show you my latest project (ongoing) that I am working on at the present. I had a back corner on my layout that was just trees and underbrush that I decided I wanted to develop. I came upon the idea of a trailer park but after searching the Web I came to the conclusion that it was going to be almost impossible unless I scratch built my Mobile Homes. Then I came across this site: http://www.scalemodelplans.com/smp/pgs/catalog3.html#Houses They sell downloadable plans and a lot of other information in PDF format and among their impressive stock of plans were these nice trailers. I just printed to thick paper and cut out and assembled them. A small piece os styrofoam inside gives them strength. I made the steps from small pieces of wood and painted them in colours to compliment the trailer’s colors. The power poles I made from 14-2 copper house wire. I still have some detailing to do but so far I am pleased with the effect. I will put up more pictures of my layout later. I hope you enjoyed this. Andrew
Thank you Jerry. Everyone here seems so friendly. Due to health reasons I am forced to downsize to a seniors apartment so I started to build a smaller layout on a hollow core door so hopefully it will fit in the apartment somewhere. I am enjoying building the layout and it has passed the time lately while recuperating from surgery. I love Model trains. Andrew
Cool scene Andrew, nice job on those structures also. Much appreciate the tip on that site; I purchased one to give it a try in N Scale. I'll post up as I go along. And last but sure not least well to Trainboard; I hope you enjoy your stay as much as I have. Glen
Thanks again for the welcome and for those that are enjoying the link good luck with your projects. Later I will likely try scratch building the mobile homes as the plans cover that aspect as well. I am not much of a photographer but here are a few more pictures of my layout still under construction. I am going to replace the gravel that I used for the road as it is too coarse. Like anything else the camera at close range shows errors that are not seen at normal viewing distances and the flash makes the trees shiny where they are not in ordinary light. The first is a picture of my Cove Brewery.It is a busy spot with even a work crew busy on the roof making repairs. The next is a picture of 3 scratch built buildings that I was lucky enough to purchase at a train show many years ago. You have the Railroad Hotel, the General Store and of course the local watering hole. And the final picture is of another of those scratch built buildings that I have claimed for my own house on the layout. That is me sitting on the porch watching the trains and relaxing. My first car was a white VW beetle so that is my car in the yard. I hope you enjoy these pics and if this post is too large or too many pics at once, please let me know. I am new here and learning. Thanks again!
Looking good from my viewpoint. I like the clothes line feature. Really makes an alive, homey feel for that part of the scene.
Thanks, I have had fun although I had some problems as well. This is the 4th layout that I have built but the others were some time ago. I am a zip texturing guy and the materials for this kind of scenery are almost impossible to find now. These are the new fangled Woodland Scenic materials. I like them mind you but my methods had to totally change. They say you are never too old to learn. I wonder.
Yes. Scenery techniques have changed. At least that have been a positive, as we can achieve results once known only in dreams.
Yes, I must agree with you. It is easier once you get on to it. My layout is totally fictitious. I grew up on the shore of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and one thing we never had on the shore was a train. My layout combines my experiences on the shore with what I think a train would have been like if there had been one. All in good fun Here are a few more pics showing my attempt at creating a Bay of Fundy shore at low tide. Andrew
Will your Bay of Fundy scene eventually have some water? If so, I'm interested in seeing how you create that effect.
Here is where some people will have trouble understanding so I will explain. The Bay of Fundy tides are the highest in the world. (don't take my word for it, look it up) Sometimes we have tides as high as 29.9 feet as we did yesterday actually, during the storm. Normal tides run anywhere to 22.5 feet up to the maximum previously mentioned. With high tides such as this the water can go out a long ways at low tide and I wanted to show that. That is the beauty of your own model railroad. It is totally up to you! Here is a picture I found to illustrate:
Andrew, I like your creativity, you have good talent. Your laundry line reminds me of a line we saw in northern New Hampshire where undergarments were mixed in with bed linens. Quite an amusing surprise as we came into the village on a back country dirt road. Definitely not intended for tourist viewing out on the main highway.
Thanks Hytec, I try to have fun with the layout. Keeps it from becoming work! Yes Mtntrainman that is quite a change and in just a little over 6 hours. Actually those pictures must have been taken out toward the mouth of the bay as our warves were higher. Up around the head of the bay where it narrows they have seen 48 foot tides!
I believe I read somewhere (National Geographic?) that the highest tide differential measured near the head was about 56 feet. Makes it kinda tough to calculate how to moor your boat to the pier.
