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22 Stories Up - Module 1 - Micro Scene
One of the advantages to working on small(er) layout sections is you can play with various elements without feeling that guilty about other, necessary work getting done.
I've been planning this for a while, and finally I had the time to put it together. It's not a big deal, but it was surprisingly more fun than you might think.
Instead of me boring you with my text, I think I'll let the pictures tell the tale, and save us all 10k words.
My personal Blog
Hallo,
I´d like to share my view of this great spare time activity with my friends. For this, I have done a Blog - but only in German. Maybe it can be translated via Google for the readers not so familiar with my native language. Anyway you may find some interesting stuff and links.
My Modellcom-Blog: http://modellcom.blogspot.com/
Sincerely
Peter
There's a prototype for everything
I had the opportunity to take a very fun and interesting mountain bike ride this past weekend on the old Iron Horse State Park Trail here in Washington state. It's the old Milwuakee Road right-of-way over the Cascades at Snoqualmie Pass. Included in this portion of the trail is the 2.3 mile long Snoqualmie Tunnel built between 1912 and 1914. It's a eerie feeling riding through. Pitch black and very cool, even on this 77 degree day.
Ready for Prime Time - Backdrops on the 8th Sub
There's been a lot going on UNDER the layout lately with wiring and such, but there's finally something happening above ground again. The free-standing backdrop that winds along the layout's main serpentine peninsula started to receive sheathing as of the last blog entry http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/5636. Installation of the remainder was finished last week, so it was time to prepare everything for paint.
HO Scale Live Steam?
Well, I should say OO scale live steam. My friend in the area Norman showed me his Hornby live steam OO scale A4 locomotive yesterday, sadly I only had my old iPhone with me.
Rolling Stock Addition(s)
Taking a break on module construction, and now armed with a spray booth, I'm spending a little time working on some rolling stock additions that I've wanted.
My Youtube channel Trains,Trains and more Trains
I like to photograph and video trains. I have 200 videos posted on Youtube. Most of them are about Trains. I started videotaping trains around 1982 and converted a lot of them to a digital format for Youtube. I also have been shooting video of trains more recently. Mostly 1:1 scale but sometimes I get video of model railroads as well.
22 Stories Up - An Evening Run
I was so impressed with Kevin's Washington Northern video, I decided to do one myself, showing how things are looking currently on the layout.
I hope you enjoy...it's just over 6 minutes, and probably 3 times as long as it should be!
22 Stories up - The pain of apartment living is eased with a Portable Spray Booth!
There are some advantages of living in an apartment, but at least in mine, the ease of painting models isn't one of them. Our windows open only slightly due to the height of the building and the design, and we have no outside space to relocate to when it comes to this kind of task.
As a result, I had assembled a Tichy flat car, and there it sat for months, wanting paint. And naturally I sat by, also wanting to paint it.
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