Well have I got a link for you...
http://forum.larsenal.com/viewtopic.php?t=440&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Take the time to check out all the pages... this diorama is truly amazing! Especially the submarine skeleton!
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Well have I got a link for you...
http://forum.larsenal.com/viewtopic.php?t=440&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Take the time to check out all the pages... this diorama is truly amazing! Especially the submarine skeleton!
If you insist. It's not exactly your theme, but it's a dock with trains and a special type of crane on it...
Thanx, its actually quite simple, mostly part of the wooden benchwork. A 1x6 running parallel to the waterfront, with a 1x8 "water" ledge with enough to hold a sylvan ore boat:That is a very nice dock scene!!! What was used to construct you dock?
Thanx, its actually quite simple, mostly part of the wooden benchwork. A 1x6 running parallel to the waterfront, with a 1x8 "water" ledge with enough to hold a sylvan ore boat:
For photo shoots, I temporarily rig a dark-gray slab of extruded foam insulation (same kind use for scenery and subroadbed) with a sheet of dark green cellophane over it, that creates the appearance of a deep body of murky Great Lakes harbour water:
Obviously I can't have that "water" there for operating sessions otherwise stuff would be impossible to reach, LOL
The ore and coal piles started as piles of sawdust soaked with a 50-50 mixture of water and Elmers. After it dried I spraypainted it with appropriately-colored primer [to match the type of material], then sprinkled on a layer of granulated coal slag for the coal, Woodland Scenics Iron Ore for the ore, and WS light gray ballast for the limestone.
The ore bridge model was scratchbuilt out of brass and based loosely on a prototype at Zug Island (~3 miles downriver from Detroit MI). The blast furnace is a 150%-enlarged version of Walthers' Ashland Steel series compressed HO scale blast furnace, scratchbuilt using various sizes of PVC pipe and Plastruc for detail parts, sitting on the original casthouse.
Very Nice, I have been to Zug Island many times!! Spotting Coke trains, and pulling the empties!! ...
Cool! Does CSX have trackage rights over the NS line running into Zug Island? The only railroads I've seen indicated on maps of that area are NS and CN (formerly Conrail and GTW).
If I'd had my druthers, I would have modeled the Rouge - but I'd need alot more than just a 2-car garage to build a model that does it justice. Maybe someday, if I can extend my layout space from the garage into the family room...
Interesting! If only I hadn't invested so much into all these B&O color position light signal masts, I'd be tempted to center my layout on Zug Island instead of the Cleveland Flats. Then again, I wouldn't have enough space for all their blast furnaces, LOLNS owns the tracks it is non signaled territory east of Delray. Permission to occupy is by the Delray tower operator which CSX owns Delray tower. We do have rights over there but NS and CSX service Zug!
Interesting! If only I hadn't invested so much into all these B&O color position light signal masts, I'd be tempted to center my layout on Zug Island instead of the Cleveland Flats. Then again, I wouldn't have enough space for all their blast furnaces, LOL
I just realized I seem to have hijacked this thread! Let's steer it back on topic: Your looking to do a shipyard, WWII era? Here's someone who's a bit more modern, but Monroe Stewart has this humongous N-scale layout with several harbor scenes on it. Here's a link to a brief photo tour: http://home.comcast.net/~potomac_nmra2/LayoutTours/MonroeStewart/album/index.html BTW I forgot to ask, what scale are you planning to do this in?