The Smarrco R.R.

[OleSmokey]

Will be starting up a new layout here. The greenbrier R.R. is gone. Will start here soon. Smokey

 

[migalyto]

Will be starting up a new layout here. The greenbrier R.R. is gone. Will start here soon. Smokey

Enjoyed following along with your old build and will follow along with the new one as well!

 

[OleSmokey]

I got some things ordered and am waiting for them to come in the mail. Mostly plaster roll and sheet plaster to help with hills
And next time i go to wally world i need to get some paint. And then i can go from there

 

[OleSmokey]

been working on a track plan for Smarrco. i have the mine area the way it needs to be. The line that goes to Hayden Jct is the issue. thinking of a run around under but not to cool with that idea. i have shots below of the way they laid there track and i have my plan so far.

 

[OleSmokey]

I am thinking about a run around for the Hayden track and cut it down to the 1 inch piece that helped to make up the board. I have a 3 inch thick so i could have river on the old layout. Don't need it so i can cut down to the 1 inch foam board and do the run around in the area of the mine and that means i am going to raise for the mine track. that way i can make the mine itself. Have one new plan to so this so thats it for now. More to be relived later

 

[OleSmokey]

Cleaning and inspecting the track. so much fun... Its what i really needed to do. I need to get the forest off the roadbed and get something like what the track is supposed to look like. I am going to need to buy way more track for this line. That will slow me down some. I have more clean-up to do on the board and i can cut up the line to the mine and cut down the main to Hayden Jct.

 

[OleSmokey]

While talking with a friend at Fifer Hobby supply hes closing down the store for retirement. He will honor the pre orders and thats about all. He is still finishing the train layout he has. He gave me a couple of places that he knows and i went to the first one called "
Midwest Model Railroad". they have just about everything n scale!! they have Ho and other stuff in there inventory. Its a large store!! I found and ordered a Smelter kit for my layout that fits the bill perfect. Its called "Elkton Creek Smelter". I love it!! its on its way to me as we speak. i have another order coming from Mike so things are coming. Got paint to both touch up the wall and the sand color i will use for the layout itself. Have all kinds of leftover stuff from past layouts. the mine pieces itself, i am having a harder time finding the pieces i need but i found one but the model was out of stock. i am hoping that it comes back soon.
Its always fun trying to find stuff i need for the layout. Laters Smokey

 

[migalyto]

While talking with a friend at Fifer Hobby supply hes closing down the store for retirement. He will honor the pre orders and thats about all. He is still finishing the train layout he has. He gave me a couple of places that he knows and i went to the first one called "
Midwest Model Railroad". they have just about everything n scale!! they have Ho and other stuff in there inventory. Its a large store!! I found and ordered a Smelter kit for my layout that fits the bill perfect. Its called "Elkton Creek Smelter". I love it!! its on its way to me as we speak. i have another order coming from Mike so things are coming. Got paint to both touch up the wall and the sand color i will use for the layout itself. Have all kinds of leftover stuff from past layouts. the mine pieces itself, i am having a harder time finding the pieces i need but i found one but the model was out of stock. i am hoping that it comes back soon.
Its always fun trying to find stuff i need for the layout. Laters Smokey

Sorry to see Fifer Hobby shutting its doors. I used them multiple times when I was doing N scale. Mike Fifer was also very active on Nscale.net and YouTube for many years passing on his extensive knowledge.

Iron Planet hobbies is also a great place to deal with, has a huge selection and sometimes has better pricing and lower shipping than Midwest Model Railroad.

 

[OleSmokey]

I checked out the Iron Planet Hobbies store. Not to bad. I can see things i need so i will make up a order for them

 

[OleSmokey]

Well, i got the board cleared off and the trestle is gone. I couldn't save it. I got the river tore off and once i get the board vacuumed I will paint the walls around the layout to remove the marks from the mountains and also some over-spray as well. I am going to roll the new color of the layout on the board as soon as i get the board ready. I am painting sand color and i have sand in a bag that i had for several years when i tried this layout before. I can "sand" the board as i roll the paint down. thats the plan...yeah...

 

[OleSmokey]

its clean as the next few photos show. It looks mean. But its being brought back to bare pink and the river and creek will be a funky yellow. I laid the new hopper track down to see if the measuring was right. With scarm sometimes i still find it was wrong but its real close for the most part. I ordered the rest of the track i need for the layout and its on its way. I got the new smelter kit today. Looks like a lot of fun!! its coming along swell here. I sprayed the spray foam down for the river and one creek to fill level and a couple of days from now i should be able to cut it level with the foam board. Thats about all i have for right now. I will try and paint the wall where it has over-spray and scraping with the foam. the wall will look nice after that. Maybe tomorrow. Shots below,

 

[OleSmokey]

This shot shows how it looks after i cut the foam to board level. That blade was bought at Harbor freight. Its doing a great job of cutting the yellow foam.

 

[OleSmokey]

I have the board completely cleared and ready for plaster cloth on the river areas. I am working on getting the town to raise up so i can run track around the back side as a run around. I need a engine house but not sure what to get as i haven't seen any that look like it belongs to the smelter i have. I will keep looking. I also need a shed roof open sides and big enough to let me park a locomotive under it when it isn't needed. I have shots of the layout and where i cut the foam. I need to get a hot wire foam cutter. Gonna have to see where i can get one. I had one but i burnt that one up i guess as it went to the trash. I have a slight change to the layout I have worked it over with scarm and it works pretty good but i will have to fudge a couple of places to make it fit right. Shots below

 

[OleSmokey]

I am in a holding pattern while i wait for parts and kits coming in the mail.I even broke out and finally bought a hot wire foam cutter. I am getting serious now!! More to be reviled soon. I got building kits and the smelter and a engine house that has a torch flicker and lights that should look great on the layout and i finally got a nice diesel fuel station. got plaster cloth coming from somewhere i can't remember who its coming from.I am having to buy from other company's i never dealt with. I guess i will get it when it gets here. In the mean time i can learn how to cut with a hot wire cutter. Guess its about all i have. See if i can burn myself with that hot wire cutter. Laters all, Smokey

 

[OleSmokey]

playing with the foam cutter is something else. I was playing around with getting a small angle to but i didn't make a guide, so i need to fund a piece of 2X1 around 5 feet for a guide to cut the foam even. One of my orders got lost that had the plaster cloth and hopper cars i ordered. So i remade that order today. so i am in a holding plan for the layout but not for building the smelter and all the other buildings that will go on the layout. Have some shots of the first building for the smelter. I am having a issue with the roof bowing instead of staying flat. I got bottles on top for weight and am hoping to get them flat enough to finish the roof of the building. Am also installing the glass to the windows. Lots happening when i can't really work on the layout itself i have the smelter and 6 other buildings and when it gets here a diesel fueling area.lots of fun coming up. Shots below,laters Smoke

 

[OleSmokey]

been working on the smelter and have most of the work is finished, and am letting it and trim chance to dry. the trim is around the whole structure and is white painted wood. will install the trim once the paint is dry. I am cheating and am using can spraying the model as i need. There is only three cans or color. And i have a can of grey for the stone.I did finish the office that is mounted on the side of the front of the smelter.I have been working on the smelter track and am showing a plan of what it should look like. Minor changes will bring it home and i think it will be fun to do. Shots below, Smoke

 

[OleSmokey]

its been a busy week here at the layout. I have worked on the smelter and have everything done but for two buildings yet. They are almost done. I played around the layout with track and found that it won't fit. So, I am going back to scarm and see if i can figure if it was me or Scarm that is messed up.
I do have some shots of the smelter thats done and a couple of the last two buildings to be finished.Its taken me almost two weeks to build it. And i still have two buildings left yet. I have shots of the fun for this week. Not showing the track yet as that plan is missing something yet. Gonna have to go back in scarm and see where i goofed.

 

[OleSmokey]

its done!! this is the biggest building i have ever made. its 13 inches by 8 inches. Thats a big model for a N scale layout!! None of the other buildings are near that big. The engine houses are about 6 inches and around 2 1/4 inches wide. very small compared to the smelter. two pics below the first is a complete shot of the smelter complex and the second is the two engine houses i am building. Somehow in this next week i need to get to work on the track plan and get the feeds to the smelter done, The tunnel done. and tie in the line to the mine completed and I need to lay down the plaster cloth as well. Lots of fun on this layout.

 

[OleSmokey]

I am waiting for the glue to dry on the engine houses. While doing that i have been painting the Fuel Depot. Its about time i get to running track around the smelter and the smelter itself too. I like to stay busy and that keeps me mostly out of trouble.I like how this layout is coming along. It is coming along pretty good. I need to find a electrical model that can feed the power to the smelter and town. Still looking. I know i saw one but can't remember where. One model i will build from scratch is the High Power towers that were made for that town and smelter complex.I need a pretty big one. I get off here and will start looking again. Laters folks!

 

[OleSmokey]

been a busy day today. I cleaned the board down and after moving things out of the way I laid down plaster cloth and smoothed everything down. I may lay down more track tomorrow but need the plaster to dry and i need to paint the base a sand color. after that i can lay down some track an buildings. Shots below