first pics

[Harpo]

Thought I'd finally get to posting a few pics of what I've been doing. The clapboard sided building is my first scratch building N gauge attempt, and also the first with styrene...which I really, really, really like working with. The building is all evergreen texture stuff, the windows & doors are Grant line. Structure is not quite completed..still needs gutters, downspouts, advertising, etc., but there it is. The other pics are my first trestle building attempts and first attempts with ground foam and such. Interestingly, the water photographed a whole lot better than it looked (about 10 coats of gloss medium over painted surface) but the next time I'll try epoxy resin, or something else. Great fun, but the entire railroad is going to be torn down and a new one started when I finally get out of the hospital in, hopefully, August.
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Harpo

 

[eightyeightfan1]

Looks good.
Styrene is my favorite scratchbuilding medium also.
Too bad you couldn't incorparate what you have into the new one, that looks real good.

 

[Ralph]

Looks mighty fine to me! Neat trestle and I also like the concrete overpass. That Erie unit looks like its made for speed!
Ralph

 

[umtrr-author]

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

I hope things go well for you and that you'll be back to the trains as soon as possible.

 

[csxengineer]

Pics..

Really, Really good!!

 

[jasbourre]

I like what you have done, looks good.

Any chance I can get a couple shot of the under pass for cars. I plan on doing one that goes under 3 rails.

 

[COX 47]

Nice modeling you could of fooled me looks like you have been "scrathin" for years..lets see some more...Cox 47

 

[santafefan]

Looking real good, only just started scenery on my layout, looks like a lot of fun.