Building the Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Co. RR

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Thanks again Tony.

Lynn, I'm sorry I must have missed your post about the sidings. I use better wood for the sides. Basswood instead of popsicle sticks. The seams on the station are small as would be fitting something built by professionals for the railroad. Look at subsequent photos and you will see them. Jim :)
 


Rod Stewart the singer has skyscrapers on his big HO layout. Not my area of interest for sure. I sometimes wonder why all my modeling is 'backwoods' kind of stuff???? Jim :confused:
 
Jim,

Most likely because the majority of us 'normal type people' don't have the room to build ginormous layouts where sky scrapers, and the like, would not look ridiculous. Besides, 'backwoods stuff' has more charm appeal and character :)
 
In fact, you and Mr Stewart do have much in common, and it's that, that I find most appealing with both. While there is no doubt his layout's size and scope is awe inspiring, it's the details and mini-scenes that are the attention grabbers.
 
Thanks for the compliment Toot.

I just noticed that 'Views' are at 294,000 even. Well done to you all. Let me take this time to let you know about the 300,000 Views Contest. It will be a photo comparison contest like most of the ones we've had before. I will make it challenging, but doable. Winner will receive one of my HO locos. It will probably be my Consolidation 2-8-0. It features sound and DCC. It cost me around $220 if I remember correctly. So I think it is a prize worth competing for. Just to let some of you viewers know is the 3rd anniversary of this thread is on January 1. Seems like only a moment ago. Jim;)
 
Hi Jim. I just read this thread start to finish, about 5-6 days on and off. It was sort of like watching three or four seasons of the Sopranos in one marathon viewing. Obviously I loved it and learned alot. I have been planning a layout for a couple of months now and while searching for really anything I could find about layout design I stumbled on this thread. I am a retired cosmetic dentist, in dentistry a camera reveals any short comings, you just see things you don't see otherwise. You made me see the value of the camera in evaluating modeling (you are really quite good with a camera, not a revelation I know). Also a great bunch of people are regulars on you thread, a very friendly, international group. This will be my second layout, last one was a 4X8 plywood affair for my sons. I do plan some elevation changes and some continuous run areas in the track plan: my question is will a DCC controlled engine maintain a steady speed on a track that has 2% grades up and down? or do you need to manually increase and decrease power? Thanks for the great thread and generous sharing of your time and skills. Joe
 
Welcome Joe and thanks for the compliments. You are correct camera photos will show us all our faults!

DCC and DC powered locos will handle 2% grades just fine. The only caveat would be length of train. My best advice is to build your layout with whatever is in your mind and worry about locos and rolling stock length when you are finished. I assume we are talking HO here. If so locos like my Consolidation, mentioned above, will pull a pretty long train. My specialty is geared steamers and they pull short trains and have little or no problem on 4% grade pulling 5 cars. Most diesel locos will pull 30+ cars if you want them to. Diesels themselves being heavy thus providing more traction. Grades of 2% should cause no problems, even with curves on short or medium length trains.


You mentioned DCC specifically. I'm a huge supporter of DCC. I began with DC and built about 4 or 5 layouts using that system. NO more, even if you paid me would I go back to DC. It is simply an additional heavy burden to carry compared to DCC. Jim:)
 
I forgot! My new camera came from China yesterday. So far it looks like a better solution to moving pictures than last year's model. As soon as I can I will get something posted. I can take pics but haven't figured out how to get them on the computer? Jim:confused:

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Jim,

That's exactly what I bought too! I haven't used it as yet, for obvious reasons, so am interested to see what you think about it and how it performs for you.
 
Tony, You made a good choice. This camera is going to be more than acceptable in HO or larger scales. Best results are at the slowest your loco can get around the layout. I hang up on one turnout thus ruining half a day's filming. Until I get the loco around without a hassle I won't bother posting. Until then. Jim :confused:
 
FIRST OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: WE WILL HAVE A PHOTO COMPARISON CONTEST TO CELEBRATE 300,000 VIEWS. We have less than 5000 to go. Jim:D
 
HOexplorer said:
Here is a closer view of the wooden sides of my pier. These are handy plants from the park across the street. Also, the rowboat, figure, and the ladder. Adding these types of details enhance scenes greatly. All these items come from my LHS.

A friend said, "Your water is dirty." Yep. I actually let it "dust up" before I put on the final coat. This is a salt water scene and even in the clear Alaskan fjord waters the water isn't really clear. This dust will add the right 'look' to the water. Trust me. Also you can see some 'seaweed.' Jim

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I'm just now reading thru this subject thread and had noticed those remarkable wood pilings a few postings back,....and now with more emphases....great job

Brian
 
HOexplorer said:
Before I forget here is a photo of the finished dock and ore tipple scene. The "water" is dry and the crane has been added. Enjoy, Jim :)

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I like your water and pilings better than this really nice scene I cut out of a layout that had to be sold due to its creators' passing. I had it for sale at one time, but now have decided to keep it. Perhaps I should try to add your water technics to it??

http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?34474-Waterfront-Scene-Buildings-Barges-Boats-Light-House


PS: I tried adding good size images to this forum (like yours), but I just keep running into problems,...even after going the 'Photobucket' route. You can see here my mis-attempts:
http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?34473-Waterfront-Harbor-Scene-buildings-barges-tugs-detailed
Don't know why I had such difficulties posting images to this forum?...didn't experience that on a number of boating forums I participate in.

BTW HOExplorer, I came out of a sailing background myself......just now retiring and want to build an HO model rr
www.RunningTideYachts.com

Brian
 
Brian, I checked out your photos. Nice. I don't understand problems with Photobucket however. Size of photos in Photobucked is not an issue. I take mine at full resolution/MPs and they load fine here. I'm guessing that a problem could be with how our computers are set up. Just guessing. Jim:confused:
 
Brian, the advantage of Photobucket and other hosting sites is that the picture you see on the forum/s are only links. They don't take up any more space on the forum's server than the written link, so size isn't an issue (although you can make them too big to fit our monitors). The viewer is actually taken to your P/B album and views them there. The disadvantage is that they must not be deleted/moved or edited, because that breaks the link.
 


Jim, I hope you thanked Mrs Claus for putting it in Santa's hand, unfortunately I have to be my own Santa when it comes to MRR stuff. (I do a good job though)
 
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