Search results

  1. D

    Diorama Photos

    Here are a couple of shots of an Hon30 diorama I built a few months back… I took these pictures outdoors…one in direct sun, the other in shade…
  2. D

    "Planters Creek" - (Very) Small N Scale Diorama

    This was a little project I did kind of on a whim this past spring… I had seen some similar type things on a couple of other forums, so I thought I’d try my own version of a diorama on a jar lid… I had this tiny scratchbuilt trestle that I had salvaged from an N scale layout I had torn down, & I...
  3. D

    Questions About Tortoise Switch Machines

    Do I need to drill holes in the center of the roadbed for linking the machine to the throwbar of the turnout, or can I also link to the throwbar on the outside of the rail? I'm using Atlas code 83 turnouts...sub-roadbed is 1/2" plywood...
  4. D

    Starting Over With An HO Layout

    I’ve begun construction on a new project…an HO layout depicting an Appalachian shortline set in the 1930’s - 1940’s… I’ve always wanted to do something along these lines, but my primary impetus here was to build a RR that I could share & enjoy with my grandsons (at this writing, aged 3 & 4) My...
  5. D

    A Snowy Night On The MTC

    Daylight gets away from you fast in the wintertime, & that leaves the MTC’s little 0-6-0 to make its way through the snowy woods on a clear, cold January night, hauling logs to the mill…
  6. D

    Night Scene At Dawg Fork

    A night scene on the Dawg Fork Trestle… This was a regular color photo that didn’t turn out to well originally, so I played around with it in Photoshop…
  7. D

    Lumber Shed For The MTC

    I’ve begun building a lumber shed for the sawmill area on the MTC layout… I’m building it from styrene strip, & I added a couple of old Central Valley ladders to it… Here’s what it looks like after some painting & weathering… The next step will be to add a corrugated metal roof…
  8. D

    A Little More Progress On The MTC

    I’ve gotten a little more done on the layout since I visited here last… I’ve actually got scenery at both ends now! That last shot is the most recently completed…here’s what it looked like just a few days ago…
  9. D

    Scene From The Matthysen Timber Co. RR

    MTC climax #1 pushes a work train across the Dawg Fork Trestle...
  10. D

    Some New Scenery On The MTC

    I've been trying a new tecnique for ballast on the MTC layout... I've been mixing wood ash with sifted dirt...
  11. D

    Trains Are Moving On The MTC

    Mattysen Timber Co. #5 shoves a load of logs across the Dawg Fork trestle...
  12. D

    Kitbasher's Diary - HOn30 Tank Engine

    This is a project I began simply as a practice exercise, to see if I could build some type of steam loco for my HOn30 layout that was in any way presentable…(this is still a work in progress, & the jury is still out) The logical starting point was of course, an N scale steam engine…I didn’t want...
  13. D

    Drew's Feb. Layout Party - HO Sawmill

    Well, I hope this isn’t going to be a problem, but I did already post some of this in my layout construction thread… But it is in the narrow gauge forum, & there isn’t a whole lot of traffic over there… My chosen project for the “Layout Party” was to construct a small HO scale sawmill…this will...
  14. D

    Designing A Layout Based On A Single Industry

    I’ve done a lot of “armchairing” on this concept over the last couple of years…designing & building an entire layout based entirely on a single industry, rather than the more traditional approach; having multiple industries on a single layout… Up until now, logging layouts are the only ones...
  15. D

    What Do You Think Of This Layout?

    My grandson turned two on Mon (1/23), & his papaw loaded him up with a bunch of Thomas the Tank Engine stuff...sign1 bounce7 balloon6
  16. D

    Undated Photo

    An old photo showing an old 8-wheeler pulling a local across the Sumpter Run Trestle...probably around 1930...
  17. D

    My Laziness May Have Paid Off!

    My wife was bugging me back in August to pull these weeds out of the garden...I kept telling her that I would get around to it...Now it's Dec, & it looks to me like I have a healthy crop of freeze-dried trees for my layout! btw...we won't say anything to my wife about this, right? :D
  18. D

    Kitbasher's Diary - HOn30 Climax

    This is the first time I've ever tried anything like this, so I have no idea how this will turn out... I had originally built this to be a boxcab diesel, but that didn't quite suit me, so I decided to just start over... I'm starting with an N scale diesel chassis that I've widened to about 7 1/2...
  19. D

    Kitbasher's Diary - Model Power Lumber Mill (HO Scale)

    OK...I haven't done one of these for awhile...but after poking around here at The Gauge for the last couple of weeks, I've gotten inspired to try a little kitbash... I thought I'd see what I could come up with for this little cheapo kit I picked up at a swap-meet last summer... Here's the...
  20. D

    HOn30 Mini-Layout

    Here are a few pics of my progress on this latest project... It's HO scale on N gauge track (HOn30) The dimentions are 30"x48" I haven't worked on it at all for a couple of months, but I thought I'd show you where it is at this point... Here's the basic benchwork...1x2 L-girders, with 1x1.5...
Top