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    I love fall - 4”x6” trestle diorama.

    Botwrench, that is my switching layout behind it, I just held it in front to get the stream to continue.
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    I love fall - 4”x6” trestle diorama.

    Thanks everyone!! I had a lot of fun with this little build. I highly recommend making a few small projects to get something built and practice your skills.
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    I love fall - 4”x6” trestle diorama.

    I scratchbuilt a small trestle and placed in on this small diorama. The tree is also hand built and I even made my own static grass tufts for this project. Here it is sitting in front of my Walthers layout.
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    That was the most I could win, they did not have a Grand Prize winner of everything.
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    . The only thing I was not sure of was pallet jacks. I made the loading ramp and door on the small warehouse and stuck a bunch of the extra stuff inside the door. One of the pallet jacks is on the backside of the feed and seed. In the Q and A they said as long as you used some of each of the...
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    A few more photos of the layout.
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    I have no control over the photo they chose. The program they are using seems to have some serious limitations. I wish that each semi-finalist had all their photos displayed that way you could really see the layouts. Thanks for your support!
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    My understanding is there were 4 Categories Youth Individual Youth Team Adult Individual Adult Team That would make 12 Finalists with the winner in each individual category winning $1000 and the teams winning $2000. I would think 2nd and 3rd would get something, but I have not seen a list of...
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    Great to hear you will be in the catalog. I assume many of the photos from the contest will be used in catalog. Be curious what Walthers does next year. They also said that finalists are eligible for prizes, but have yet to say if there is anything other than 1st place.
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    Yes I was selected as one of the finalists.
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    Thought I would share a video I made of the layout. Click here for Train Video!! Also voting remains open for the Walthers National Model Railroad Build Off. VOTE HERE
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    I was kind of surprised at the list of states that were DQ’d. Next year maybe just get a PO Box in a neighboring state. Lol. Greg
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    Awesome , Thank you!!
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    Rico, I still am not sure what my final plan will be with this layout, but I really am happy with it. Thanks for trying to vote, I know they have had some issues. If you could try again it would be very much appreciated. Greg Baker
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    This layout was selected as a semi-finalist which means I am eligible to participate in the People’s Choice Award. This allows everyone to look and vote once a day until the end of July for their favorite. Here is the link to the page to vote if you are interested! https://www.walthers.com/nmrbo...
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    Great Northern 2’x4’ layout-Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off

    I wanted to share a layout I completed as part of the first ever HO scale Walthers National Model Railroad Build-Off that wrapped up July 1st of 2020. Each person or group could purchase a kit and was instructed to build a layout following certain specifications. I chose the feed and seed “kit”...
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    WPF Jun 29 - Jul 5th

    I have started on a shelf layout based in Bend Oregon called the stockyard spur. This was served by the SP&S and this portion has a wood chip loader, pumice loading and a lumber re-manufacturer.
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    what's mordern just a thought

    Hutchinson History. The two big players in Hutchinson were the Santa Fe and the Rock Island. The Santa Fe ran East to West through town, with a decent size yard at the Eastside of town the original mainline went through Great Bend and connected back at through Stafford. The modern passenger...
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    WPF May 30th - June 5th

    Started on a new building for my switching layout, this is Central Oregon Pumice. I have roughed in the main building and can now start working on the conveyors.
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    OK Free-mo

    Ever since I saw a setup in Wichita Kansas 6 years ago I was hooked on the concept. What is neat is there is no front of back on the modules so they can be flipped around as needed to utilize the space to its maximum potential. Even on our small layout we could have a few people running trains...




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