I believe I've replaced the original pics on my first post.  I don't understand why you cant 'see' the ones on subsequent posts.

WOW !  Sort of reminds of the way John Allen expanded his Gorre and Dephideid, only in reverse.  What's the gauge
between rails ?  I'm unfamiliar with HOe.  That's one little layout you can take with you   Really nice !

Ken

Quote from: Terry Toenges on July 04, 2018, 12:01:33 PM
That's weird. I can't see any of your pics on the post even from back in March. It's just blank space, no image tags or anything. Since the others are commenting, they must be able to see them.

Funny, I can't see the first couple from my March post either ! ! !

See if this one works.

Well, it's been a while since I updated anything on here.  That's because I haven't added any new track or landscaping.
I have been working on a project that will add some scenic interest.

First up:  The VOID. That single line of track. right in front on the left side of the layout.  I didn't just want to add an
apron to the front and nothing beneath.





First, I needed some raw materials and a jig.  Fireplace matchsticks and craft stick (or wide tongue depressors)
should do the trick.





 

This is what I came up with.





Here the trestle is parallel to the track it will support.



Hope to finish this within the next month or so, will keep you updated.

Another test:  I opened another 'Facebook' account with Gmail to use as my 'photo hosting' site.  That way I'll
have dedicated site to 'host' only my railroad pictures and won't get all my 'friends' on my regular Factbook page
to click the obligatory 'like', etc...

This is the Ste. Genevieve transfer boat that operated between Thomure (on the Missouri side) and Kellogg (on
the Illinois side) of the Mississippi River. MoPac and Missouri and Illinois RRs used this a lot.  When I was little my
dad worked for the Mississippi Lime Kiln.  Some days he would come from work and tell me there was another train
loaded today at the Kiln and they were going to transfer it across.  He'd take me up to Thomure and we would
watch the loading and transfer of rolling stock.  On a good day they could do up forty cars...

For some reason I was unable to put this photo in the above text last night.  I did have to reset the decal
because it was heavily 'silvered'.  First I cut the decal between the sheathing and apply several coats of decal
solvent.  Then I added Elmer's white glue as window glazing, and replaced the trucks with some from Kadee.

...And a little weathering.

Must've been a long day

It's a Hallmark Model brass import.  I don't model MoPac, but I do model their rolling stock.
My layout is pure fantasy.

It's a Hallmark brass import.  I don't model MoPac, but I do model their rolling stock.
My layout is pure fantasy.

Thanks Jim, I haven't noticed any flickering on mine yet.  It's just nice to know that it's "supposed" to do that.

Ken

Love those trees, especially the smaller ones in the distance.  What are you using for the trunks ?  Wire armatures,
natural products, commercial products...?  I have a curious mind and really want to know.

Ken

Terry:  This is the 'G' model armed with two 37mm cannons.

John:  Did you check the basement of that bar ?  That's probably where he rebuilt his Stuka and then
          flew into my basement...

Just replacing the pictures that were mysteriously deleted from the original post.


This first photo is a 4X4 section that I saved from my earlier layout.  I wanted to keep the 'matchstick' trestle and
just re-landscaped around it.



Just more of the same from a different angle.





More of the same, but now all three levels are one continuous loop.  



Some new 'tree making' technique I dumbed into.  On the upper right you can see the 'distance' created
by using 'forced perspective'.  By using the smallest bits of landscaping material at the top and gradually
getting bigger the lower you go, you give the image of distance.



The far distant hill just in front of the painted 'sky' backdrop is a single thickness piece of cardboard with
landscape foam glued directly onto it.

More to follow.

Ken

This is why I'm rebuilding my layout...

WOO Hoo !  Thanks Hunt.