Now your getting somewhere.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
now i know, what looks wrong on my layout. the landscape is too smooth.
this sculptamold landscaping of yours looks mighty fine.
Stump City
Along the backwoods rail road right of way trees were cut and cleared to make way for the smoking woods beast. This resulted in a goodly number of tree stumps.
Cast in resin and white metal several dozen were planted in the tinted sculptamold before it dried.
Using acrylic paints and india ink washes the stumps were given some color.
With the completion of the stumps next step will be to paint the track.
Thanks for looking. Doc Tom
Progressing nicely,
I’m tempted to try something like it this winter though on a smaller scale than you and Kevin.
Keep the pics coming,
Tom
Smaller scale? HO? N? Z?
Looking great. I could be so tempted to go On30 indoors. I will reisit
Tom Bowdler said:
Progressing nicely,
I’m tempted to try something like it this winter though on a smaller scale than you and Kevin.
Keep the pics coming,
Tom
Thanks Tom. A small layout can be a lot of fun. This little mini layout is only 56 inches by 30 inches. I like the feeling that you can almost see the end in sight when working on these little layouts. All though realistically I am still many months into it because of the wintertime scenery I’m going to try to re-create. Doc Tom
David,
The scale of the layout would be smaller but the scale of the trains much bigger, 7/8" to the foot. I have a circle of 45mm gauge track…more like something Vic Smith would do. I also have some old closet doors…thinking about a linear layout with two scenes, loading at a quarry and unloading into a wagon or barge at a dock. I have little indoor experience preferring live steam in the garden.
So much inspiration, so little time. I’m “Devoning” at this point. 
Have fun,
Tom
David Maynard said:
Smaller scale? HO? N? Z?
I wonder if he meant smaller overall size? This little logger is small and can really only support two or three log car trains in O scale.
Doc Tom
Devon Sinsley said:
Looking great. I could be so tempted to go On30 indoors. I will reisit
Ahhhh the call of the “On30 Darkside” casts its spell. I got in to this On30 world as it was fun to do when the outdoors layout was out of reach because of inclement weather. These trains are fairly large and you get a lot of detail to enjoy…almost as much as 1:20.3.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
It is a good “side hobby” to the Large Scale world and can be done in a small mini layout (tight curves with HO gauge track) so it does not get out of hand and compete with the joys of an outdoor empire…
Doc Tom
Tom Bowdler said:
David,
The scale of the layout would be smaller but the scale of the trains much bigger, 7/8" to the foot. I have a circle of 45mm gauge track…more like something Vic Smith would do. I also have some old closet doors…thinking about a linear layout with two scenes, loading at a quarry and unloading into a wagon or barge at a dock. I have little indoor experience preferring live steam in the garden.
So much inspiration, so little time. I’m “Devoning” at this point.
Have fun,
Tom
This sounds like a lot of fun. You could run steam indoors perhaps??? Doc Tom
I have built three portable live steam tracks,
The first two now reside in Canada, the third is in my basement. It is a 13’ x 17’ oval with two lines of dual gauge track, the outer 6’ radius and the inner 5’ radius. I run mostly 1:20 scale trains but I have been building some things in 1:13.7 (7/8"/foot) lately. Some of my Canadian friends run 16mm scale on 32mm track hence the dual gauge. I will be taking the track down to erect it at the Rochester Institute of Technology train show Dec 10 & 11 in Rochester, NY so yes, I run live steam indoors. I also have an outdoor railway. I keep coming up with ideas so who knows what I’ll be modeling next.
Have fun,
Tom
Tom Grabenstein said:
Devon Sinsley said:
Looking great. I could be so tempted to go On30 indoors. I will reisit
Ahhhh the call of the “On30 Darkside” casts its spell. I got in to this On30 world as it was fun to do when the outdoors layout was out of reach because of inclement weather. These trains are fairly large and you get a lot of detail to enjoy…almost as much as 1:20.3.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
It is a good “side hobby” to the Large Scale world and can be done in a small mini layout (tight curves with HO gauge track) so it does not get out of hand and compete with the joys of an outdoor empire…
Doc Tom
Stop,
I don’t need peer pressure
No Devon, you self pressure, you are self pressurizing.
I like a lot of what is available in On30, but the reason I went large scale is because I have no room in the house for any kind of set up. So I can easily watch this thing grow, without becoming infected.
| Sidetracked Before taking brush in hand to paint rails, ties and spikes in a hopefully prototypically correct fashion, I decided to"Screw around" and kit mingle an”O” scale log donkey. (http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg412/DrGrab/Kittom%20Lumber%20the%20Original/IMG_1914_zps566jpdlz.jpg) The sled is a resin kit from Wiseman model services. and the steam donkey Is from a RTR Bachmann On30 log loader. (http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg412/DrGrab/Kittom%20Lumber%20the%20Original/IMG_1920_zps2mhldgod.jpg) Acrylic paint, acrylic paint washes, India ink/alcohol wash and acrylic dry brushing was used to paint the model. (http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg412/DrGrab/Kittom%20Lumber%20the%20Original/IMG_1917_zpsh2tnkqed.jpg) Here is placement of the loader on the layout. Electrical wires coming up from the ground will be used to power an ITT sound module of a steam log loader at work. I am looking for any advice about these sound modules and how you used them on your layouts. (http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg412/DrGrab/Kittom%20Lumber%20the%20Original/IMG_1915_zpsbseikp8q.jpg) The painting experience has made me a little less fearful in painting the track and rails. Any ideas on track brush painting appreciated also. I want the track to be a prototypical model too. Thanks for looking. Doc Tom |
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Tom Bowdler said:
David,
The scale of the layout would be smaller but the scale of the trains much bigger, 7/8" to the foot. I have a circle of 45mm gauge track…more like something Vic Smith would do. I also have some old closet doors…thinking about a linear layout with two scenes, loading at a quarry and unloading into a wagon or barge at a dock. I have little indoor experience preferring live steam in the garden.
So much inspiration, so little time. I’m “Devoning” at this point.
Have fun,
Tom
Hey Tom. Clem asked me to bring my Live steam Micro to Scranton. That might give you an idea for a small layout in 7/8th scale.
The other Tom. Looking good so far. Every time I see you guys making these layouts indoors, makes me want to build something with my son but a tad bigger.
Shawn Viggiano said:
The other Tom. Looking good so far. Every time I see you guys making these layouts indoors, makes me want to build something with my son but a tad bigger.
Another plus of On30 is that it is a fairly large scale and the models have some definite heft and details. Much like the garden RR models. This model of the log loader had piping,valves , and lift rings that were separately applied and not “cast on” as they would be in the smaller scales.
The narrow 30" gauge does allow for more trackage in a limited space. To me a very nice combination of detailed models in a small area.
Doc Tom
Well this was tedious.
The track is all in and wired and it was time to paint it. In the past, working with a large layout I would go with the basic flat brown from a rattle can. On this mini layout I wanted to do something different and in fact make the track an individual model with character. Therefore the rails were painted with mixtures of gray, Brown, and a reddish-brown. The ties were then individually painted with varying shades of gray and brown. An India ink and alcohol wash was used to bring all the colors together and to highlight shadows. Dry brushing using an off white/tan was then done. The track was carefully cleaned and electrical continuity assured and we got some photos.
Above is “the after shot.”
Above is “the before shot.”
Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking…Doc Tom
The track looks good. But what is holding up this track, besides wishful thinking?
Its starting to come together, I like.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-smile.gif)
