HO 80s/90s CSX, NS, & Conrail layout resurrection.

[scottie3158]

Paul,
Loving it excellent work mate.

[minitnkr]

A good stopping point while I work on the Simon T project.

[Mini Me]

Looking good Paul, the variegated ground cover is a real eye popper......was that accomplished with different foliage media or did you use pigments? Either way it looks the Bomb! :thumb2:
Rick H.

[minitnkr]

Thanks Rick. 'N' scale grey ballast to hold sleepers/track, sifted dirt from the back yard, med. green sawdust, dark & light green foam flock, in that order for non-ballasted areas. My recipe for non-forest/meadow, unmaintained ground cover. All held w/mix of Elmers (PVA), water, alcohol & Dawn (dish detergent) applied by eye dropper (50/50) with final misted (20/80) over all. PaulE

[minitnkr]

"The Corner" is still nagging at me, so did some work on it, view block rock cut & dirt access road.
Finishing corner industries & working tunnel portal.


Rock cut view block so you can't see continuous run train coming up from below & source of access road for grain trucks.

Lower dirt access road (to keep derailed trains from going to the floor).

C&Cs encouraged. PaulE

[scottie3158]

Paul,
Love this project and where it is going.

[minitnkr]

Sure is taking up a lot of time. All of the materials have been stockpiled over the years. Knocking 7' off the south end will assure I have enough of everything to finish with extras to be used for more military dios :smiling3:. PaulE

[Mini Me]

Makes sense to me....Like how it's shaping up Sir.
Rick H.

[minitnkr]

Screwed up pully system on Bilstein so worked train some more.

[minitnkr]

Finally got pulleys mounted so rewarded myself with some blending work on tunnel portal.

[boatman]

HI PaulE lovely work on the tunnell an surroundins an the smoke track goin up where steam trains have been before very realistic an whatcha doin with pulleys ?
chris

[minitnkr]

Thanks guys. SimonT GB sdkfz7 w/Bilstein 3ton crane in 1/87, Chris. There is a pulley system to raise/lower the crane boom. Very fiddly in 1/87. PaulE

[boatman]

Thanks guys. SimonT GB sdkfz7 w/Bilstein 3ton crane in 1/87, Chris. There is a pulley system to raise/lower the crane boom. Very fiddly in 1/87. PaulE

PaulE well i cant see any crane ? but thinkin back was it a red railroad crane ? an is that the one that has the boom goin up an down ?
chris

[minitnkr]

Chris, the crane is on a German halftrack I'm building for the Simon T group build. The railroad cranes on my layout are black (hvy) and yellow (med. and light). PaulE

[boatman]

OK Gotcha PaulE I understand now an your tunnel looks great very good scenic effcet an i really enjoy lookin at your railway an i think i wonder where that track will go to full of wonder

chris