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I have been slowly progressing with the military base section on our layout. It's very loosely based on Camp Irwin (present day Fort Irwin) that is near Barstow, California.
I'm also ballasting the tracks in this area, so you might notice the unballasted section in the background.
Previous photos of the military base can be seen in this older post:
Posting these photos made me realize I still have to paint the roofs on the buildings. Thinking about silver like the quonset hut to reflect heat. That and I have to add some window AC units. Oh and also still have to paint that loading ramp a concrete color.
Lots still to do, but I will keep posting as it progresses.
Noticed the loading dock got cut off in the latest photos so here is what it looked like a few months ago:
Interesting idea and great work there. I am a fan!
I have also been considering a spur line on my layout that runs into a military base, there is an abandoned prototype about an hour and half away from here that sort of gave me the idea. But I have yet to start that project if I can find a place to make it fit into my plans.
Very nice man! My only suggestion is some barb wire fencing around the perimiter but I assume that is on your to do list lol. I really love how you captured that "out in the desert, restricted area" feel! For our next layout we want a modern military base/airport. We are working on a civilian airport complete with 8 foot runway now, I will have to post some pics when it gets worthy of showing the experts haha
That's a good question. I think the tightest are 18". But I'm not sure.
My dad constructed this layout back in 1973. I wish the curves were not as tight but that's what we have so we make the best of it. Everything works pretty well without derailing, it's just that passenger cars need to have truck mounted couplers.
