Northeastern HO scale switching layout

[kleiner]

Closeup of static grass

 

[kleiner]

Sorry for the long gap in posting - lots of family commitments have kept me busy. Not too much to see but I have been making steady progress with ballasting and adding ground cover.

 

[CHRlSTIAN]

 

[PMW]

I too know how life's other commitments can slow down progress. An experienced modeler once told me that it's a terrible thing to "finish" a layout. I think he meant that soon one would want to start all over.

The layout looks great!

 

[CHRlSTIAN]

A finished layout ? Never heard never seen.

 

[kleiner]

I too know how life's other commitments can slow down progress. An experienced modeler once told me that it's a terrible thing to "finish" a layout. I think he meant that soon one would want to start all over.

The layout looks great!

Thanks!

About starting over - its not too far from the truth After I finish this layout, I plan to build a portable N-scale layout that will be fully computer controlled.

I have been a model railroader for over thirty years and I have built a few layouts. I learnt a lot from building those layouts and I want to apply what I have learnt and make this one come out as good as possible.

 

[kleiner]

Made good progress adding ground cover. I'm mostly done with this side of the layout. I have not started ballasting the tracks on the right side of this picture. Thats still work in progress - I will clean the ballast off the ties before I glue it down.

 

[tdipaul]

What method is used to decouple cars?
without derailing them