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From SteveO in the photo gallery.
Titled "Under Bridge 4".
 


Here is one of my favorite areas of my previous N scale layout. This was just as I was making the decision to dismantle it and switch to HO scale.

This is my first ever scratch build.

The scene was never completed past this stage, as it all went in the dumpster.

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I made this out of 1/4X1/4" basswood strips. As you can see it is way too large for N scale, and maybe even HO. I did learn a great deal from building it. I will someday build another giant trestle for a future layout.

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migalyto said:
Here is one of my favorite areas of my previous N scale layout. This was just as I was making the decision to dismantle it and switch to HO scale.

This is my first ever scratch build.

The scene was never completed past this stage, as it all went in the dumpster.

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I made this out of 1/4X1/4" basswood strips. As you can see it is way too large for N scale, and maybe even HO. I did learn a great deal from building it. I will someday build another giant trestle for a future layout.

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Mike - I think oversized timbers always look better than undersized ones. This structure certainly shows off your patience and dedication, had you not pointed out the oversize detail I would not have noticed.

I have thrown away hundreds, if not thousands of hours of work over the years. THANKS for sharing this project with us!

Dave LASM
 
Here is a scene from my Grizzly Flats town site. I think this gully turned out, I like the water. Unfortunately it was difficult to show off in a photograph

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You might recognize the horse and wagon, that has survived a few layouts. I move it all over the new layout, just for the heck of it

Dave LASM
 
I snapped this photo this afternoon after working over some of the backdrop. It was experiencing a little sag and I spent a few hours adding some supports.

I am anxious to get the backdrop done on the rest of the layout, still trying to figure that out since there will be part of a townsite also the St. Croix river

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Dave LASM
 


migalyto said:
Here is one of my favorite areas of my previous N scale layout. This was just as I was making the decision to dismantle it and switch to HO scale.

This is my first ever scratch build.

The scene was never completed past this stage, as it all went in the dumpster.

View attachment 189954

I made this out of 1/4X1/4" basswood strips. As you can see it is way too large for N scale, and maybe even HO. I did learn a great deal from building it. I will someday build another giant trestle for a future layout.

View attachment 189955
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Just popped up in my Pinterest messages:
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UP 247 Union Pacific EMD GP9 at Orofino, Idaho by Steve Patterson​

I can't believe you dumped a bridge like that. Maybe you could have reused it in your new layout since you pointed out that it was too big for N gauge.
 
KriegslokBR52 said:
Just popped up in my Pinterest messages:View attachment 190332

UP 247 Union Pacific EMD GP9 at Orofino, Idaho by Steve Patterson​

I can't believe you dumped a bridge like that. Maybe you could have reused it in your new layout since you pointed out that it was too big for N gauge.
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Super nice shot, the log loads are right up my alley...

Thanks for posting it! Dave LASM
 


logandsawman said:
Super creative artwork in the background, I need to figure some of that out

I love your rural flavor - Dave LASM
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Dave. Thanks for your kind comments. The railway lines were one of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's proposed main lines to York. The line was laid as far as Wetherby before the Great war intervened. After the war the line to York never materialised. Therefore it all became a railway backwater. Soon every where was overgrown etc.. just how I remember it.

WW2 gave the line a new lease of life, but not enough to keep it open after 1958.

As the layout has two timeframes 1914/1919 fits in well: and 1968/1973 rather late, but somehow (to me) escaped closure.

The backscene. Behind the farmhouse is all backscene. Various pictures are made into a collage to give the picture. Really simple. Finding the right scenes is the hardest part.
 
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