It's a Mopar engine alright....just not for the car pictured.

The engine is for this one......

Sid

Also ended up with a small little industrial area out of this. I had a set of Woodland welders that I used right outta the box. I mounted them on a small scrap of plexiglass and set that into the Fusion Fiber ground base between the building and the water tank. I drilled .012" holes to stick the welding hoses into.









More to come soon. Enjoy!

Sid

The basic layout of the little town area is settled on and I trace aroound the bases then start laying in "fill". I like to use Scenic Express' Fusion Fiber for my ground cover base. I tint it with acrylic paints and top with Woodland's and other scenic materials including real dirt. Gator foam provides a smooth transition between bases and the Fusion Fiber smooths it all out. Way less mess than freakin' plaster. A tenth of the weight too, once it dries. and you get days of working time. Want longer? Mist with water. This stuff is great!

Well............a couple more weeks have gone by. I got some more progress made on that back corner and rockwall. Not as much as I would have liked to.....kind of got side tracked by cars again. It's a sickness





So back to train pictures..........added some plaster castings and some plaster to the foam. Gave it all a wash of earth tones and black> it aint bad for a base. Needs greenery in the nooks and crannies. It lifts out just as planned. It wont be an everyday thing, but if ever have to get in there, it won't take destroying a large chunk of scenery to do it.





The rock walls are Chooch brand foam sections mounted on 3/16ths foam board.

Very nice. Airbrush weathering or powders? Both?

Sid

You're right about trees. They have to be some of the costliest and hard to make items on a layout. Especially if you want a believable tree.

And you can never have enough of them, it seems.

Sid

Walthers lists them as a package of 3. Good luck with that .

https://www.walthers.com/3-color-lighted-sig-3pk

Sid

I think your beef might be with Walthers. The Bachmann online store lists them as singles.

https://shop.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7172

Sid

Agreed. The overall shots are nice. Gives some context to the individual scene photos.

Do you do a lot of ducking under things Ken? Or is it all accessible easily?

I have a duck under in mine.......it isn't terrible, but since the hip replacements, I do regret it.

Sid

Quote from: jward on July 11, 2020, 10:41:57 PM
Is this a split frame locomotive? If so, conversion should be similar to the GP30 you asked about earlier. The only wrinkle would be if the tender has electrical pickup as well, then you have to wire those pickups to the decoder too.

One wire at a time, and checque your work for shorts with an ohmmeter as you go.

Jeffery..........FYI..........."Is it spelled check or Cheque?
In summary, Check is the preferred spelling in American English for all contexts. Cheque is the preferred British English for financial contexts."

Sid

Nice pictures.....now we need some 'splainin' Lucy. 

Sid

I'm lucky......my wife has spent 35 years working IT Departments. When I have problems, I ask her .

Sid

Like I said earlier......you have it right.....just watch where the brackets are placed. These things [ ]

Sid

So close

Sid

Watch where your tags start and end.

Nice layout BTW.

Sid