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Thanks Slekjr for the information

Are the ties on a trestle larger around than the ties on the ground areas, I know there longer and spaced closer together on a trestle. The ties on Micro Engineering track seem to be about 1/8" square less the low profile.....The ties I got in a "Black Bear" trestle kit are 1/8 tall x 3/16...

thanks Jess; ya I would of liked to seen that water tower you saw in real life,:rolleyes: for I've only seen pictures and models.:oops: I want to say tho I really love this scale :p"On30", for giving us the fun of scratch building larger structures. :thumb: I think I'll go now and put some oil...

Heres the water tower for the Elkhorn Creek mine area, with a Forney stopping thru to get a big ole drink:.........Randy May

Thanks for all the gracious comments; Americanairfan; this is a new layout,so your seeing the beginnings of my endeavor into the scale world of On30,,,,,Fun,:twisted:Fun,:twisted:Fun!:twisted:!!!!!! * I'm working on a peninsula section as well,24"x13',:rolleyes:( see my "new...

"Columbia Pacific Railroad" sketch announce1Heres a sketch of where this layout is heading,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:wave: so far so good,,,:rolleyes:,,,,,my room to work with is 11'4"x22':confused:,,,,,never big enough:nope:, but were off and running:cool:,,,,,,,Randy May (click the sketch for a little...

"Columbia Pacific Railroad" sketch announce1Heres a sketch of where this layout is heading,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:wave: so far so good,,,:rolleyes:,,,,,my room to work with is 11'4"x22':confused:,,,,,never big enough:cry:, but were off and running:cool:,,,,,,,Randy May (click the sketch for a little...

Lighthorseman; yes, it will be the centerpiece at the end of my layout room,,,,

Re: the "Red Stag" layout Now theres another exceptional layout,:thumb: the kind I like and hope to imitate in the landscaping,,,,,"Pacific Coastal Range Mountains",:twisted:,,,,TALL TREES:rolleyes:,,,,DENSE FOREST:oops:,,,,THICK GREEN VEGITATION,:mrgreen:,,,thanks Tileguy for the link, its one...

Heres some more pics with a little futher progress.the mine is stained,set into the diorama,the old mine shaft underneath is positioned.the canyon to the right is taking "shape", to accomodate a series of waterfalls and pools.Its starting to come alive.Randy May

stubby people Lighthorseman, you make me laugh thinking about it,,,,,,,,,,,I've got a couple of passenger coaches full of woodland scenics amputees!sign1sign1 I like woodland scenics people, how they look,and I've gotten used to there oversizednessed, its one of those areas where I live with...

Heres some O scale figures advertized to be 1:48 scale; from "Oakridge Hobbies",,,,,,,, http://www.oakridgehobbies.com/o_scale/o_41-42.html

Nkp174; is your 1884' layout here in pics in this forum, or elsewhere? I was intending to do around that time, then I opted for 1935'. I got a unusual,maybe a little rare item off ebay a couple of years ago for that 1884' type era,,,,,,,,,,,,the "20 mule team" kit made by borax,,,,3 wagons of...

Heres some more pics on my progress on my take on the "Red Rocks Railroad" mine building. My mine will be called the "Elkhorn Creek" mine. Its setting on a benchwork of 3'x5',with minus 6" to plus 20" foam cores. set some of those trees I made around it to get a feel for it. The depths of it all...

1:43/ 1:48? Er,,,,announce1For me 1:43 is very much the right size for On30,,,,,,,1:48 looks to puny,,,,,,,,,but to each his own right. :wave:Randy May

dan; Well I'm processing a 3'x5' section that includes a mine head building as a center piece,,,,,, a take off from the "Red Rocks Railroad" mine building. I've sculpted the section with 2" foam cores, and started the plastering of the mountains and gully this weekend. I have a 3" open frame...

Diecasts dan; You must collect diecasts strickly as collectables? I collect them just to trash them :cry: ,into model railroad scenes of course :twisted:. I've primer blacked, and primer browned a number of perfectly good diecasts! So do you have a large layout in "N".:oops: Is your layout...

Dan; are those diecast vehicles 1:43 scale,,,,,,thats the scale size for On30,,,,,,,,,,,last winter I collected quite a few vehicles off ebay.:mrgreen: I had a couple of Bumble bees in HO,,,,modeling 1935'.:thumb: I'm still modeling 1935' but now with O scale/On30.:cool: This time around I...

Tileguy; very good job on that rusted out old pickup,:thumb: I asked my wifes dad once what color those old trucks were in the 20s and the 30s,,,,and He said when He was young they all came in one color,,,"flat black",:cry: and when they died, they became "rust"!:mrgreen:,,,,,great job...

a common toy truck the 1934' Ford BB-157 "Tins Toys",,,comes in 4 models,,, a stake flatbed,,,a dump truck,,,a tanker truck,,,a wrecker truck,,,these are readily available on E-bay under "1:43 diecast".........if you add the year "1:43 Diecast 1934",,,it will bring up only the vehicles available...