New Layout for LASM

[steveparkinson]

Nice job Lasm, cool logging scene! It's amazing how just a few small details make your layout come to life. Thanks for sharing.

Steve


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[logandsawman]

Thanks, Steve, for checking it out. Now that I have the swing of it the plaster is really flying!! maybe make some real headway now that some of the fine details are completed. lasm

 

[Bruette]

Sounds like a good idea, I have the entire layout left to do but have all the time in the world. lasm

Now that is how you run a Railroad!


Looking great, I love the trees, thanks for sharing your work.

 

[logandsawman]

Louis: Thanks for checking out my stuff and your regular positive presence!! lasm

 

[logandsawman]

Some photos of more scenery work "completed", first the machine shed with gravel extraction area in the background:



( I like to have some areas that are kind of open landscape to run the trains through.)


Here is a small orchard, the track was painted with the woodland scenics rust marker:



And here is an overview of the area:



Thanks for viewing!! lasm

 

[Johne230]

That is some really good looking landscape work. Keep the photos coming.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

just looking through and didn't see if you decided or were still trying to make a hump yard work.

Any scale model that uses gravity for movement will have issues with scale speeds. Because gravity is a constant acceleration. 9.8 meters per second every second. Its slowed by angles, but still CONSTANT. What this means is your HO-scale hump yard will be moving 87 times too fast almost immediately.

 

[logandsawman]

Johne, thanks for checking it out!!

ScrewySqrl, the hump yard is in and it does work. That is the opposite end of the layout. I thought I would have to plant some grass in between the ties but the cars stop on their own, I was suprised on how much grade I needed to get them to go all the way out.

I thought I was going to have to rig up a lever and some clumps of grass that come up to get them to slow down. That will be the last area that I complete, if I stick to the plan, however the track has been laid.

 

[FM C liner]

lasm, that is looking great. I really like what you are doing with your scenery. I like your trees, did you make them yourself? Keep the updates coming, I love seeing your progress.

Thanks
Scott

 

[steveparkinson]

Looks great Lasm, you've made a lot of progress. Thanks for sharing.


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[logandsawman]

I like your trees, did you make them yourself?

Scott: Only the large trees, the logging ones.

All the foreground trees were purchased off ebay in several lots from China. It took 3 weeks for delivery, but in most cases it was about $2 for ten trees, and 1.90 for shipping. Some of them are nicer than others, it is kind of a dice game as far as what you get, but some of them look very nice even at a closeup.

Steve--Thanks for checking out the thread

lasm

 

[logandsawman]

I completed another scene on my new layout, the gravel extraction area, and added a couple buildings previously featured on a how to video:

[video=youtube_share;h0O3-xNxcNk]http://youtu.be/h0O3-xNxcNk[/video]

Thanks for viewing!!! lasm

 

[Johne230]

Your hard work is paying off that scene looks great it shows remarkable realism.

 

[wombat457]

I agree with Johne230 lasm, beautiful work!

 

[logandsawman]

JOHNE--Thanks for the feedback and checking it out!!

TONY--GREAT to have you back and thanks for viewing!! lasm

 

[montanan]

Looking real good, but watch out for tree huggers, they may be looking for you.

 

[logandsawman]

Thanks, Chet; I think the loggers said they would leave a couple of those mammoth trees standing.

 

[montanan]

The greenies sure put the kabosh on the logging industry up here. It was a major industry up here, but not any more. I do have a representation of logging on my layout with a log loading area and a lumber mill yet to be built.

Waiting to see more pictures.

 

[wombat457]

lasm, meant to say thank you for the welcome back so THANK YOU!

 

[logandsawman]

A couple more photos, saw this trick on utube, using a pencil to trace out the rocks out of the foam and bingo a tunnel portal!! I will be going with several layers of mud to try to get the nice rock face that a lot of you guys are getting:



The spray foam insulation that comes in a can works good to bind the screen to the foam and also to reinforce the foam to the plywood.




The plaster on the right and left is just covering the spray foam insulation.



Here is my transformer and DPDT switches. I didn't know they would be so small, got them from ebay, 10 for $15.



The wiring looks terrible from here, I used jb weld to make a hard plastic cover over all the connections, to assure they don't come apart by mistake.

Thanks for looking, lasm