I finally had a moment to work on my layout(s). It's been a while , probably since summer time...anyhow, this spurt was prompted by a couple things. First was a major cleanup of the layout room, wherein when I was done said to myself, "there's a layout in here, in fact there are two." The other was recieving two locomotives that I sent out for sound installations, once I powered them up, I was hooked again...If you haven't read previous blogs, one of the layouts features a modern day railroad, BNSF and CSX and the other a 1950's / New England / New Haven RR theme. Both are small, but satisfy my desire to model both eras. One of the best benefits is that when you get stuck on one, or are waiting for things to dry, you can jump on the other. In the photos above you can see I have been working on a muddy river scene in Iowa along a BNSF mainline, then jumped to some rock work on a New England harbor scene. If you've ever been in this dilema, where you've always modeled the steam/deisel era, and felt guilty when you felt like buying some Amtrak cars or an AC6000 locomotive, this is the answer. There are some compromises to be sure, but there always are in model railroading. My layout room is small to begin with, 11'x17'. The modern layout fits in the room like a U shape, while the 1950's era layout is only 2' x 10'. But my thinking was the modern layout would be sparse anyway, so easier to build lots of scenery. And the smaller layout more detailed but more manageable. I'll post some more pics soon, I have a feeling a lot will get done within the next few weeks.
I finally had a moment to work on my layout(s). It's been a while , probably since summer time...anyhow, this spurt was prompted by a couple things. First was a major cleanup of the layout room, wherein when I was done said to myself, "there's a layout in here, in fact there are two." The other was recieving two locomotives that I sent out for sound installations, once I powered them up, I was hooked again...If you haven't read previous blogs, one of the layouts features a modern day railroad, BNSF and CSX and the other a 1950's / New England / New Haven RR theme. Both are small, but satisfy my desire to model both eras. One of the best benefits is that when you get stuck on one, or are waiting for things to dry, you can jump on the other. In the photos above you can see I have been working on a muddy river scene in Iowa along a BNSF mainline, then jumped to some rock work on a New England harbor scene. If you've ever been in this dilema, where you've always modeled the steam/deisel era, and felt guilty when you felt like buying some Amtrak cars or an AC6000 locomotive, this is the answer. There are some compromises to be sure, but there always are in model railroading. My layout room is small to begin with, 11'x17'. The modern layout fits in the room like a U shape, while the 1950's era layout is only 2' x 10'. But my thinking was the modern layout would be sparse anyway, so easier to build lots of scenery. And the smaller layout more detailed but more manageable. I'll post some more pics soon, I have a feeling a lot will get done within the next few weeks.
2 comments:
Sounds like a neat idea Doug. Never thought of two smaller layouts.
Who did you have do your sound installations? Just curious, as I've had some done & really like having somone else do it - less stress on me! Worth every penny!
Norm,
I've sent off locomotives to a few places, one is Tony's Train Exchange in Vermont and the other Willis Hobbies on Long Island. Both are very good and reasonably priced. I haven't had any problems with the work. The last thing I want to do is try installing a decoder, not to mention i'd probably break the shell and the railings...
Doug
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