A small town water tower October 28, 2007
Posted by railroadman in Buildings and Scenery, Model Railroading.1 comment so far
I had a small space designated in Gainesville for a water tower but was having a hard time finding one suitable in style and size. I went to a train show last weekend and low and behold to my surprise I found two small water towers that must have belonged to an industrial building. At $2 a piece I took them both and figured that one way or another I will get them to work. Both needed a lot of work but I picked the best one and clean it up. Some filing and repair work was all it took. Since these were industrial tanks I had to convert them to a railroad older style water tower by adding a few parts. Lucky I had a few scrap water towers in a box that had the parts I was looking for. I added a water guage, spout, and counter weights and gave it a good paint job with some rusting and weathering details and it was done in an couple hours in between other jobs. The results look great. Here is a before and after image and a few with the water town installed in its new home.
An empty bench is the sign of an empty mind. October 26, 2007
Posted by railroadman in Buildings and Scenery, Electrical/Electronics, Engines, Layout Construction, Model Railroading, Other Railroad Layouts, Rolling Stock, Trackwork.add a comment
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Hiding all the underwork with the facia boards October 25, 2007
Posted by railroadman in Buildings and Scenery, Layout Construction, Model Railroading.3 comments
I finished up awhile ago some of the facia boards around the center of my layout that really starts to finish up the area. Once all the wood work and wiring is hidden the layout really starts to clean up but on the flip side I am loosing some storage space, but for the best…
You can see from some the images I have included that I have progressed with the scenery in this area. I am currently working on a lift out on the one end of the mountain to allow me access to area of the layout that can not be reached from the aisles. Lots of rock castings have been used here as the branch line runs up though this mountain. On both ends of the tunnel I am using a natural rock cut tunnel portal.
The first small town on top of the mountain will support a 2 track plaining mill as the branch line will be mostly logging. The further up the branch represents going higher in the hills where logs will be cut and rough lumber will be produced.
