HOexplorer
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So long it's been good to know ya. Another layout bites the dust. Jim
Building the Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Co. RR
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There used to be a dresser with a very large mirror on it in our bedroom. It got removed several years ago as it was too confronting to wake up to.
Time for a diet?
I used to watch an outdoors show (Survivorman) where the host (Les Stroud) was dropped into dry areas - Africa, Death Valley, Australia.
He would find dry stream beds that would sometimes have shallow puddles of water.
Sometimes, fresh water with minnows and crawdads, sometimes stale stagnant pools that I could smell through the screen.
Looking forward to whatever you come up with
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We need a Requiem for a Railroad.
HOexplorer
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Tom, And thanks to you. As regulars here will tell you this is just a sickness I've always had.
Toot, 'et lux in tenebris lucet' Something for you Latin scholars! Remember I used to speak Latin. Those years are way long gone now however, but I remember a few things. Uti It aut perdiderit illam. Pace. Jim
Toot, 'et lux in tenebris lucet' Something for you Latin scholars! Remember I used to speak Latin. Those years are way long gone now however, but I remember a few things. Uti It aut perdiderit illam. Pace. Jim
HOexplorer
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So where are we?
Purchased more sand from my LHS, more 4" WS risers, more Code 83 weathered On30 flex track, and some fencing boards to expand the table 6" on all sides.
The idea this time a round is a desert pinnacle deal. I want it to look like a cross between Wiley Coyote and something like Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon, and Zion. Hard to do on a now, 7'x5' table top, but the show must go on and I have to live with that size. No more energy for room size layouts anymore. I will get started just after our Labor Day holiday in early September. I still have NOT decided with which medium I will make all these land forms. Maybe a combo of hydrocol, stucco patch and Sculptamold. I have leftovers laying around so we'll see. Jim
Purchased more sand from my LHS, more 4" WS risers, more Code 83 weathered On30 flex track, and some fencing boards to expand the table 6" on all sides.
The idea this time a round is a desert pinnacle deal. I want it to look like a cross between Wiley Coyote and something like Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon, and Zion. Hard to do on a now, 7'x5' table top, but the show must go on and I have to live with that size. No more energy for room size layouts anymore. I will get started just after our Labor Day holiday in early September. I still have NOT decided with which medium I will make all these land forms. Maybe a combo of hydrocol, stucco patch and Sculptamold. I have leftovers laying around so we'll see. Jim
Railrunner130
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Interesting choice! I look forward to whatever journey you take us on Jim!
I guess, Jim, that Latin would help with many languages when you were "Roman" around the world. Oh, and I copied and pasted your 2nd phrase to Google and got something to do with waterworks problems.
HOexplorer
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Toot, Could be. The phrase loosely translates to "Use it or lose it."
RR, Thanks again. Jim
RR, Thanks again. Jim
We definitely don't want you to lose it. Just a coupl'a days ago, on local TV, there was a scientist gent still running his own business at age 102, no intention of giving up till he could no longer do it. Why would you if you enjoy it.
HOexplorer
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Toot, I do enjoy this hobby, but too many days I feel 102. Good on that old guy. Jim
Toot, I do enjoy this hobby, but too many days I feel 102. Good on that old guy. Jim
There used to be a dresser with a very large mirror on it in our bedroom. It got removed several years ago as it was too confronting to wake up to.
HOexplorer
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Toot, Mirrors are like that!
Off camping tomorrow. Will be back Monday. New layout work will begin on Tuesday. SEP 6. Jim
Off camping tomorrow. Will be back Monday. New layout work will begin on Tuesday. SEP 6. Jim
HOexplorer
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OKAY! Here we go again. This time around we are going to be in the desert southwest. No particular place, but a barren and desolate place with pinnacles and a semi-dry wash. Not many trees. Just desert scrub, sand, and rock. Doesn't really sound too exciting, but we'll see what happens. So basically we have to go from this:
To something a bit larger. I'm just leaving this photo as is and will build on top of it. Notice the turntable and tank car is still there. I will build around them and add just one building. So a fueling station and turn around, and two new bridges is the only 'man' made stuff on the layout.
As to larger; I'm going to increase the size of the layout from 4'x6', to 5'x7'. This will give me 35 sq ft to work with.
You regulars know I don't build the way the 'books' say and I suppose that is why many of you are here. So again really before much building takes place I'm going to have to work on the old creek and make it shallower. It will be a semi-dry creek and I don't know if I will have water in it. It has to be shallow depression because of lack of reliable water flow. It is things like this, that make building again as much as mental game as physical one.
I know what I would like the layout to look like and hopefully I can do the job.
The Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Company owns this track so this will make the fourth division of the system. Jim
To something a bit larger. I'm just leaving this photo as is and will build on top of it. Notice the turntable and tank car is still there. I will build around them and add just one building. So a fueling station and turn around, and two new bridges is the only 'man' made stuff on the layout.
As to larger; I'm going to increase the size of the layout from 4'x6', to 5'x7'. This will give me 35 sq ft to work with.
You regulars know I don't build the way the 'books' say and I suppose that is why many of you are here. So again really before much building takes place I'm going to have to work on the old creek and make it shallower. It will be a semi-dry creek and I don't know if I will have water in it. It has to be shallow depression because of lack of reliable water flow. It is things like this, that make building again as much as mental game as physical one.
I know what I would like the layout to look like and hopefully I can do the job.
The Pinnacle Creek Mining & Timber Company owns this track so this will make the fourth division of the system. Jim
HOexplorer
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Thanks Bushel.
Next up, how to make this layout six inches larger on all sides. This picture shows the wood. The left two items, the L's, are leftovers from the old room sized layout. On the right, after much searching, I found simple six foot long fencing boards. They are light and strong and cheap. I need four six footers so I can leave two at six feet and saw off a foot from the other two. I will let you do the math!
I sawed eight 'L's' into the correct size for placement of the fencing boards.
Here's the new look with one end finished.
And lastly two boards so you can get the idea.
This is a simple job and will allow 22" radius curves. Only along the creek will 18" curves be used. The previous layout was mostly 15" and 18'. Jim
Next up, how to make this layout six inches larger on all sides. This picture shows the wood. The left two items, the L's, are leftovers from the old room sized layout. On the right, after much searching, I found simple six foot long fencing boards. They are light and strong and cheap. I need four six footers so I can leave two at six feet and saw off a foot from the other two. I will let you do the math!
I sawed eight 'L's' into the correct size for placement of the fencing boards.
Here's the new look with one end finished.
And lastly two boards so you can get the idea.
This is a simple job and will allow 22" radius curves. Only along the creek will 18" curves be used. The previous layout was mostly 15" and 18'. Jim
Only one fault I can see there Jim, no allowances to add more
HOexplorer
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Toot, Actually no more is a good thing. This new top is so much larger. It now measures 35 sq. ft. or 3.25 sq. m. Big difference, any more and it wouldn't turn around as easily and difficult to get around the room. Jim
Toot, Actually no more is a good thing. This new top is so much larger. It now measures 35 sq. ft. or 3.25 sq. m. Big difference, any more and it wouldn't turn around as easily and difficult to get around the room. Jim
Time for a diet?
dmirguy
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... So again really before much building takes place I'm going to have to work on the old creek and make it shallower. It will be a semi-dry creek and I don't know if I will have water in it. It has to be shallow depression because of lack of reliable water flow. It is things like this, that make building again as much as mental game as physical one....
I used to watch an outdoors show (Survivorman) where the host (Les Stroud) was dropped into dry areas - Africa, Death Valley, Australia.
He would find dry stream beds that would sometimes have shallow puddles of water.
Sometimes, fresh water with minnows and crawdads, sometimes stale stagnant pools that I could smell through the screen.
Looking forward to whatever you come up with
HOexplorer
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dm, I used to watch that show. Being an outdoorsman I knew pretty much all Les did. I draw the line at eating worms and grubs though!
Before we get too far along it is always good to find a spot to test out our colors for the next layout. Jim
Before we get too far along it is always good to find a spot to test out our colors for the next layout. Jim
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