On30 Diorama
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That looks great Drew!!! I did a diorama for practice before I started my layout too. Yours is fantastic!
Val
Val
Thanks for the nice comments everyone!
Pete,
I appreciate that…this is a whole new world for me!
I’ve done a little more work since the last post…
Originally, in order to disguise the fact that I was using regular HO code 100 track, I buried the ties with Sculptamold, covered with dirt, to represent a seldom used spur track, with just rails sticking up out of the ground…Well, this didn’t turn out as good as I had hoped, so in one of those late-night fits of inspiration, I tore up the track, & replaced it with some more HO track…this time removing about half the ties to make it look a little more “narrow gaugy”…
I’ve also started a scratchbuilt line side shed…This is the first time I’ve built anything in O scale, & I’m also a newbie at working with real wood…after a failed attempt to frame t5he structure with square balsa stock, I resorted to building a sub-wall assembly out of heavy cardstock, painted black…
I’m now in the process of glueing basswood planks to the cardstock sub-wall…
I traded some of my N scale stuff to my friend Ken, for this little Porter, & some other On30 stuff…
I removed the PRR lettering on the side of the tank, painted those pretty little red window frames engine black, dirtied everything up quite a bit, & re-lettered the engine for the Ky Rock & Asphalt Co (Ky R&A)
I left the original road #1...
Here’s the other side of the little Porter…
Well, that’s all for now…
Pete,
I appreciate that…this is a whole new world for me!
I’ve done a little more work since the last post…
Originally, in order to disguise the fact that I was using regular HO code 100 track, I buried the ties with Sculptamold, covered with dirt, to represent a seldom used spur track, with just rails sticking up out of the ground…Well, this didn’t turn out as good as I had hoped, so in one of those late-night fits of inspiration, I tore up the track, & replaced it with some more HO track…this time removing about half the ties to make it look a little more “narrow gaugy”…
I’ve also started a scratchbuilt line side shed…This is the first time I’ve built anything in O scale, & I’m also a newbie at working with real wood…after a failed attempt to frame t5he structure with square balsa stock, I resorted to building a sub-wall assembly out of heavy cardstock, painted black…
I’m now in the process of glueing basswood planks to the cardstock sub-wall…
I traded some of my N scale stuff to my friend Ken, for this little Porter, & some other On30 stuff…
I removed the PRR lettering on the side of the tank, painted those pretty little red window frames engine black, dirtied everything up quite a bit, & re-lettered the engine for the Ky Rock & Asphalt Co (Ky R&A)
I left the original road #1...
Here’s the other side of the little Porter…
Well, that’s all for now…
this links to the On30 conspiracy thread in Narrow gauge.
http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=2899&page=4
maybe there's something here you could use. It continues on page 5.
Pete
http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=2899&page=4
maybe there's something here you could use. It continues on page 5.
Pete
Ah-hi, that's my boy. Looks super great Drew! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: JimChessie6459
Gauge Oldtimer
Just Goes To Show...
...that your talent is obviously not restricted to N scale. That's beautiful work, Drew. :thumb:
...that your talent is obviously not restricted to N scale. That's beautiful work, Drew. :thumb: