It seems like half my garage is Christmas decorations... I wonder if my wife would notice if one of the three trees she has goes missing!I never thought of using Christmas tree branches for trees. Wish I would of known that last year. We replaced our artificial tree last year, and it got hauled out to the curb....Bummer!
I will have to look after Christmas and see if one of the neighbors puts one out on the curb and grab some branches.
Did you make the roundhouse using Van Briggle clay? That would be awesome. It looks great.
That is interesting. The opposite of that is how my "Christmas Forest" got started. I went to a thrift store to find an old tree to cut up for model railroad trees. Got a scraggly one for 5 bucks. I intended to chop it up into about 200 trees.
Thank you! The roundhouse is scratch built, and it's built from foam core poster board clad in AMACO air dry clay that I painted with Apple Barrel craft paint. I believe the color is called "Lite Mocha". Here's several photos from the construction process. As you can see, this was on the dining room table, and the doors were originally going to be red. However, research indicated that they were black, so I repainted them.
Thank you very much! I thought you might like it after reading your CM thread. I don't think all that many people have modeled the Colorado Springs end of the CM, as well as the Cripple Creek area. But, I may be mistaken. I also want to thank everyone for their encouraging and supportive comments.
Small world, I love living in Rawlins! I've been here for just over two years. I love the history of the Old Colorado City area of Colorado Springs where I grew up too, but couldn't stand what the city and state had become. It got too expensive, and way too crowded. I also didn't like the direction the state was/is heading in. As for new layout progress, the following photos are the most recent I've taken. I've made more progress since, albeit somewhat minimal. I've got to take some new photos. First off, I have the now mostly completed Fountain Creek and what I'm currently calling the Engelmann Wye. The creek was made with modeling clay for the channel bed, once that was dry, I painted it a more natural color to match the real thing. After that, I glued some rocks in, and once the were dry I used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water topped with Woodland Scenics Water Effects. The wye viaduct was built out of wood with a foam core facade coated in plaster and painted. The letters are stick on.Digging this overall shot! Anything new on the railroad?
Just realized you live in Rawlins. Lived there for a few years as a kid in the 70s. Good memories.
Yeah, I'm putting along a little at a time on it, but there's no rush since all of the track work is functional. I'm glad to see that you've been enjoying my progress so much, it's always nice to get positive feedback. Right now, I have a wood car repair barn kit for the Cripple Creek end that I've been working on, I have an old Bachmann depot that I modified and am in the process of painting. It was identical to another one I have, so I figured I'd change it a bit. I'm going to put it in the Divide area by the creek, since I believe it will fit the space a little better, and the one that's there now will get moved to the Short Line section. I'm also in the process of drawing up plans (which I will scan and post on the forums) of the MT and Short Line's Union Depot in Cripple Creek, which I'll eventually build. (Thank you Mr. Mel McFarland for your excellent book on the MT with photos and specs.) The real one still stands as the district museum. All that being said, Rawlins has definitely been good for train watching. My first year here, I got to see the UP's rotary parked in the yards, and this year, I got to see the Big Boy. And, there's always the usual diesels. There's also a nice UP C-57 class 2-8-0 in Tully Park, number 533. I also got to see some refurbished GP38-2s..
Thank you! According to the box and the instructions, the brand is Ragg's...to Riches, and it's the Durango Depot, kit#DUD-HO.Digging the depot! Which kit is that?
Wow, he has a great website and railroad. Sounds like the kits won't be available much longer.
