Sorry to hear you had do go through that back in the 80's. One thing I have to keep telling myself is I am getting better. Barring a relapse, my...
Well, I worked on my first thing since early March. It has been a tough year. At the beginning of April, I had open heart surgery to replace...
I need some help on a hill on my layout. You can see the rocks that will get painted to match the rocks shown. What I don’t know how to do is...
I started work on the other side of the canyon. I wanted less rock while still tying it into the rock wall on the other side. I decided to cut...
Haha! It’s got me thinking. “Rocky Top Church” anyone? “Rock of Ages”? Or if I make it a school “School of Rock”. Sent from my iPhone...
I’m done with the rock walls for now. I added highlights with white and touches of rust with red. I think it needs more of the red as it’s...
More color! I finished carving the inside rocks. I smoothed it out with drywall mud. I then painted black in the cracks followed by gray. I...
I have color! Well, it’s not a bright color but at least it’s not pink. I still need to apply other colors but it’s nice not to have pink...
I ‘glued’ the foam in using expanding foam. I saw someone do this on YouTube. I decided to go this route because not all of the layers were tight...
I decided to hack up this hill. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I want to add rock contour that matches the out cropping by the lake. This is my initial...
I wanted to keep my HO scale layout to 2% but I couldn’t get the elevation I need to clear a lower track so I was able to pull it off at 2.5-3%....
I wasn’t thrilled with my foam rock carvings from yesterday so I hacked away some more. It needs paint obviously, but I think the 2nd attempt...
That is my plan. The layout will get wrapped in plastic. There is still a lot of other stuff that will be a pain to work around but hopefully...
The whole reason I have been so focused on the bridges is because I want to connect the lower loop with the upper town. To do this, I need the...
Its been a while since I posted as I feel all the posts have been about the bridges that i am building. Also, December was busy with Birthdays...
Sorry I didn’t see this earlier but here is what I am doing in my train room (old storage room). 1. Vinyl plank floating floor with a cork...
I continue to work on the bridges and canyon. I added another layer on foam to the lake area because it felt too deep. I built a center support...
I would rotate mainline on the wye closer to the turn table. This would allow a run around on so you can run stuff up the switch back. This may...
I used these on my HO scale layout. Even with HO there was times I wanted to trim the foam. In this pic you can see a retaining wall with the...
Two LifeLike Proto 2000 locos in Great Northern colors that I picked up at a train show. Like new in their boxes. Cost me $100 for the two....
