Sheldon's Layout

[Grumpy468]

Sheldon your structures are great.  Beautifully weathered. I recognize the Walthers kits which I have some of but yours look so much better than mine.  I even recognize the Revell engine house of old.  I really like the electric substation, which kit is that?

Did the Revell Engine House become the Walthers Engine House? I know Sheldon, Jon and I all have the same engine house on our layouts.

There was an article in NGSLG a while back about the Revell kits and they never mentioned the molds being bought or sold .

Sid

Thank you for the kind words, everything to this point has been a Walthers kit. Be cool if Revell was making Ho Scale structures.

[Grumpy468]

I took a saw blade and dragged it across the pieces with the grain to make them look like wood. I also took a pounce wheel to make rows of nail holes.

[Len]

This is the old Revell two stall engine house:



And this is the Walthers version:



While both are 'brick' and somewhat similar, I'd say the differences are significant enough to say they used different tooling.

Len

[Trainman203]

They are very similar.  The longer Walthers one is more usable.  Revell's biggest engine was an F-unit, all they cared about getting completely inside.

Those are very cold weather type structures.  Although letting an engine out in winter was a lot worse than when your mother yelled st you to shut the door. 💨❄️🥶😂.

[Grumpy468]

I cut the doors different lengths to give a real feel to the doors being open at different heights.

[Grumpy468]

This is going to be a small pub with a smoking car port out back.

[Grumpy468]

I love these stall motors, a bit tricky to work with but great once installed.

[Grumpy468]

I made these, was my first attempt at small wood.

[Grumpy468]

I have a pretty bright flashlite in this one just wanted to see what it would look like. Will go with a couple of LED bulbs when i get to the lighting.

[Grumpy468]

Well i dipped my toe into the landscaping pool today. Its tricky at the same time very exciting. Looking forward to adding more slowly as i go. Now i have a clear definition of where the road is going to be,

[WoundedBear]

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

Sid

[Grumpy468]

Made my own ground coverage today. A couple local lumber yards gave me a few bags of saw dust. I went to the dollar store, bought 2 big plastic containers, Gales florist has fabric dye for $1.87 a box. Found an old bed sheet, filled it with sawdust, dipped in the dye till i was happy with the colour. The darker stuff was made first, then i got a lighter batch as the dye was running out, a happy accident if you will. I have a box of brown dye, i need to go back and get a few more colours.

[Grumpy468]

This is tricky, trying to make trees look right etc.

[WoundedBear]

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

[jonathan]

True enough.

There are never enough trees.  Great start, though.  3 down, 997 to go. 

Regards,

Jonathan