The 60/40 Layout And Other Railway Related Things

[Smudge617]

Wow! What a difference lighting makes, It makes a good scene look great.

Well done!

Thank you, for some reason I have a habit of lighting everything I can, it just seems to add something to the scene for me.

 

[Bruette]

First chance I get I'm going to review this thread from the beginning.
I already started, but I ran short of time.

It looks like a fun thread. I enjoy pictures.

Thanks for sharing your work.

 

[PMW]

Smudge, you once commented on my thread that I was moving along more quickly than you....well that's certainly changed
Looks great, I'm inspired

 

[Smudge617]

Smudge, you once commented on my thread that I was moving along more quickly than you....well that's certainly changed
Looks great, I'm inspired

Thank you, it helps, when you have two weeks vacation too.

 

[Smudge617]

Security fence for the Machine Shop finished. Also started to add a road to serve the Machine Shop and Oil Storage Facility.

Also done a little more groundcover where the Grain Silo will go, might see about making a service road.

 

[Chrιstιαη]

But...where are the trains ?

 

[Smudge617]

But...where are the trains ?

All services are currently suspended due to ongoing trackside maintenance.

Services will be resumed shortly.

 

[Chrιstιαη]

Services will be resumed shortly.

Before the end of the century ?

 

[Smudge617]

Before the end of the century ?

Definitely, can't afford another new generation of loco's.

 

[Smudge617]

But...where are the trains ?

I could ask you where are the dinosaurs mmmmm

 

[Smudge617]

Just when you think, you've worked all the kinks out, you realise you missed something. In my case I forgot that the area where the grain silo goes the only "security fencing" that will fit without being crushed when the board is stored will have to be a scale height of about 2'6", not what I had planned at all.

 

[Bruette]

A lot of great info, thanks for sharing!

 

[Smudge617]

All in all I'm quite happy with this, still have a few bit's and pieces to do.

Silo will now have a car park and not a road
Make another decal for the Oil storage tank
Finish the fencing round the Oil Storage
Finish the interior on the second signal box
Sort out one spotlight for the diorama and a ground signal
Add some trees and some other small details here and there
Get all the crane and vehicle's out their boxes and set the scene

Waiting on some decals for the Grain Silo and Oil Storage
Find a more suitable backscene

I'll take a "night" photo when I've got the odd electrics sorted.

Oh! Yeah, one thing more to add to the list........... run some trains

 

[NorthBrit]

Always run trains. I try to run at least two or three a day.

David

 

[Chrιstιαη]

I could ask you where are the dinosaurs mmmmm

Of course, you can ! But I'm not allowed to answer that.

 

[Smudge617]

I've worked out that I haven't run a train, with the exception of testing any new models I've purchased, since June/July last year, so........

Just spent an hour watching this one go round, no track cleaning, no problem.

 

[NorthBrit]

I've worked out that I haven't run a train, with the exception of testing any new models I've purchased, since June/July last year, so........
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Just spent an hour watching this one go round, no track cleaning, no problem.

The more time you run trains less time track cleaning.


David

 

[Smudge617]

The more time you run trains less time track cleaning.


David

But that's the point, apart from maybe 2' of track, which I've used as a test bed, I haven't cleaned one single inch in nearly a year.

 

[NorthBrit]

But that's the point, apart from maybe 2' of track, which I've used as a test bed, I haven't cleaned one single inch in nearly a year.

Use all the track as a testbed. Then you know locomotives run okay, everywhere.

David

 

[Hutch]

"Just spent an hour watching this one go round, no track cleaning, no problem."
Maybe you need to read that again.