Model Railroading - Mainly in HO scale
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Making a test Snow Scene/frozen pond
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There is a bunch to do here. 1. Making a pine tree - I used the wire, rope, and straw method (as in a different post here). 2. making a l...
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Creating out of cheap stuff - The chain link fence
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In doing research I saw a bit of information I wanted to try. A how to make a good looking chain link fence. I got 1/16" polystyrene...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Benchworks basics - Rail line foundations
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Now that we had the basic supports for the landscaping in place and a rough draft of location of the loops we can start putting down the fou...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Benchwork - Backdrop time
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Now the supports are up time to see why we ran the furring strips on the wall to the ceiling.... We wanted to have the view of a sky and d...
Monday, March 5, 2012
Benchwork basics - Level 2
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OK, so we have the lower rail yards and the elevating helixes in place, time to add the second level bench work and to start layout out the ...
Benchwork basics - To helix or not to helix......
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In our design this level was designated train storage and return loop that would be hidden from normal view. Once the lower level supports w...
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Back to basics - Initial benchwork
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Thought that I should get back to where we started. First thing to do when you awant to create a layout is to plan. I would suggest you s...
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